Cesarino Cervellati

Cesarino Cervellati

Personal information
Date of birth	15 February 1930
Place of birth	Baricella, Italy
Date of death	13 April 2018 (aged 88)
Place of death	Pontecchio Marconi, Italy
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1962	Bologna	300	(88)
International career
1951–1961	Italy	6	(0)
Managerial career
1968–1969	Bologna
1972	Bologna
1977	Bologna
1979	Bologna
1983	Bologna
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cesarino Cervellati (Italian pronunciation: [tʃezaˈriːno tʃervelˈlaːti]; 15 February 1930 – 13 April 2018) was an Italian footballer and manager from Baricella in the Province of Bologna, who played as a forward, usually as a right winger.

Club career

Cervellati was a one club man in the truest sense of the term, spending fourteen seasons as a player at his home province side Bologna. He made his Serie A debut with the club on 21 November 1948, in an 8–2 away defeat to Lazio. Between 1948 and 1962, he scored 88 league goals for the team in 300 appearances, winning a Mitropa Cup title in 1961.

International career

Cervellati represented Italy at international level on 6 occasions between 1951 and 1961; he made his debut on 6 May 1951, in a 0–0 home draw against Yugoslavia.

After retirement

After retiring from the playing field, Cervellati was known to keep in touch with his roots at Bologna, going on to have five managerial spells at the club where he is considered in such high regard; he won a Serie A title with the club in 1964, serving as an assistant manager to Fulvio Bernardini.

Honours

Player

Bologna

• Mitropa Cup: 1961

Assistant manager

• Serie A: 1963–64