Giacomo Losi
Personal information
Date of birth	November 9, 1935 (age 71)
Place of birth	Soncino (CR), Italy
Height	1,69 m
Nickname	Core de Roma (Heart of Rome)
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
-1951 1951-1955	Soncino Cremonese
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1955-1969	AS Roma	0450 (71)
National team2
1960-1962	Italy	11 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:32, 15 February 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 15:32, 15 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals) November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Soncino, city of the province of Cremona. ... Cremona (It. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Bolton player in white closest to the camera is a defender in this case, trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... A.S. Roma (Associazione Sportiva Roma) is a Italian football club. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ...

Giacomo Losi (9 October 1935) is a former Italian football defender, who played his entire professional career, from 1955 to 1969 for AS Roma.
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Though he was not native of Rome, during the 15 seasons he played in the capitoline city, he was nicknamed "Core de Roma" (Romanesco for Heart of Rome). In total he made 450 appearances with the giallorossi, a record which last for 38 years, until 31 January 2007, day in which Francesco Totti played his 451st match with AS Roma.^[1]
Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban... Romanesco is a group of Romance dialects spoken in Rome and most of the surrounding regions of Lazio, Umbria, central Marche and extreme southern Tuscany in central Italy. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Francesco Totti, Cavaliere (born September 27, 1976 in Rome) is an Italian football player, who currently plays for A.S. Roma in Serie A and for the Italian national team, who are the current world champions after winning the 2006 FIFA World Cup. ... A.S. Roma (Associazione Sportiva Roma) is a Italian football club. ...

Biography

Losi was born in Soncino (Province of Cremona), he started playing football in the team of his town, in 1951 he tranferred to Cremonese, and in 1955 to AS Roma where he made his first appearance on 20 March against Inter Milan. Soncino, city of the province of Cremona. ... Cremona (It. ... A.S. Roma (Associazione Sportiva Roma) is a Italian football club. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in leap years). ... Football Club Internazionale Milano (commonly, but incorrectly, known as Inter Milan) is an Italian football club, playing in the Serie A (first division). ...

He was a fullback with a playing style based on strength but also on fair play, in fact in his whole career he received just one yellow card. Though his short height (only 1,69 mt) he was a great header and thanks to this skill he played many years as sweeper. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... A yellow card is used in many sports as a means of cautioning a player regarding their conduct, or indicating that a player is to receive a certain level of punishment. ... In football (soccer), sweeper is a defensive position. ...

He gained the nickname "Core de Roma" in 8 January 1961, during a match against Sampdoria in which the result was 2-2, Losi injured but there were no more available substitutions, so he kept playing but succeeded in scoring the goal of the victory from a corner kick. For this reason Roma's supporters understood that even if he was not Roman, he was a great example of how people from Rome love their team. January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Italian football clubs ... In association football a corner kick is awarded if the defensive team is the last to touch the ball before it crosses its own goal line (goal line of the end of the field it is defending) outside of the goal itself (whether by kicking or off the hands of...

He made his first appearance with Italian national team on 13 March 1960 in a friendly match lost 3-1 against Spain. He was part of the squad that partecipated to the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, playing two of the three matches of Italy. He has 11 international caps for azzurri. First international Italy 6 - 2 France (Milan, Italy; 15 May 1910) Biggest win Italy 9 - 0 USA (Brentford, England; 2 August 1948) Biggest defeat Hungary 7 - 1 Italy (Budapest, Hungary; 6 April 1924) World Cup Appearances 16 (First in 1934) Best result Winners, 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006 European Championship Appearances... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Qualifying countries The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup, was held in Chile from May 30 to June 17. ...

He still lives in Rome where he is the director of a football team, the "Valle Aurelia '87". Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban...

Honours

• Coppa Italia: 1968-69
• Coppa Italia: 1963-64
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1960-61

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References

1. ^ http://www.corederoma.net/brevissime.asp?ID=5839

External links

• AS Roma supporters site about Giacomo Losi

	Italy squad - 1962 FIFA World Cup
1 Buffon | 2 Losi | 3 Radice | 4 Salvadore | 5 Maldini | 6 Trapattoni | 7 Mora | 8 Maschio | 9 Altafini | 10 Sivori | 11 Menichelli | 12 Mattrel | 13 Albertosi | 14 Rivera | 15 Sormani | 16 Robotti | 17 Pascutti | 18 David | 19 Janich | 20 Tumburus | 21 Ferrini | 22 Bulgarelli | Coach: Mazza / Ferrari This is a list of Captains of A.S. Roma. ... Joaquín Peiró Lucas (born in Madrid, January 29, 1936) was a former Spanish football (soccer) player and manager. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... First international Italy 6 - 2 France (Milan, Italy; 15 May 1910) Biggest win Italy 9 - 0 USA (Brentford, England; 2 August 1948) Biggest defeat Hungary 7 - 1 Italy (Budapest, Hungary; 6 April 1924) World Cup Appearances 16 (First in 1934) Best result Winners, 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006 European Championship Appearances... Qualifying countries The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup, was held in Chile from May 30 to June 17. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Lorenzo Buffon (born December 19, 1929 in Maiano, Italy) was a football (soccer) goalkeeper. ... Luigi Gigi Radice, born on January 15, 1935 in Cesano Maderno, is an Italian football coach. ... Sandro Salvadore (born Milan, Italy, 29 November 1939) is a former Italian footballer. ... Cesare Maldini (February 5, 1932, Trieste, Italy) is a football (soccer) coach and former player. ... Giovanni Trapattoni. ... Bruno Mora (born 29 March 1937; died 10 December 1986) was an Italian footballer. ... Humberto Maschio (February 20, 1933) is an Italian-Argentine former football player. ... José João Altafini (born July 24, 1938 in Piracicaba, Brazil) was a Brazilian-born Italian footballer. ... Omar Sivori (October 2, 1935 - February 17, 2005) was an Argentine football player. ... Carlo Mattrel (born April 14, 1937 in Turin — died September 25, 1976 in Fronte Canavese) was an Italian footballer. ... Enrico Albertosi (born 2 November 1939 in Pontremoli, Italy) was a football (soccer) goalkeeper who played for the Italian national team in the 1966 World Cup and the 1970 World Cup. ... Giovanni (Gianni) Rivera (born August 18, 1943 in Alessandria) was an Italian football player, the European Footballer of the Year in 1969. ... Angelo Benedicto Sormani (born July 3, 1939 at Jaú, Brazil) is a former Italian footballer of Brazilian origin. ... Ezio Pascutti (born June 1, 1937 in Mortegliano) is an Italian former footballer. ... Mario David (born in Udine, March 13, 1934 – dead July 26, 2005) was an italian footballer. ... Francesco Janich (born 27 March 1937 in Udine) is a former Italian footballer. ... Giacomo Bulgarelli (born in Portonovo di Medicina, Bologna, October 24, 1940) was a former italian footballer and TV commentator. ... Giovanni Ferrari (born December 6, 1907 in Alessandria; died December 2, 1982) was an Italian football (soccer) player. ...