Alberto Fazio was born on September 15 1918 in Buenos Aires.
He started playing football in the youth teams of San Lorenzo and arrived in Italy on March 18 1940 in the Port of Genoa. He signed for Lazio but had to wait until the beginning of the following season to debut. In the meantime, he played a few friendlies including a derby which finished 3-3.
He stayed three seasons at Lazio. He was a ruthless central defender, nicknamed “the assassin”, he was that harsh. He was a good player, very dedicated, hard worker, generous and with a good vision of play. He made 63 appearances. In 1943, together with the Pisa brothers Silvestro and Anselmo, Enrique Flamini and Miguel Angel Pantò, he left to avoid the incoming war, settling in Spain for a couple of months before returning to Argentina. Back at home he became a butcher, not surprisingly for some seeing how he played football.
Not much is known about him since then. He used to occasionally call his team mates to know how Lazio were doing, but then lost touch.
Lazio career
Season | Total appearances | Serie A | Coppa Italia |
1940-41 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
1941-42 | 27 | 25 | 2 |
1942-43 | 27 | 24 | 3 |
Total | 63 | 57 | 6 |
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