Carlo Reguzzoni
Carlo Reguzzoni was born in Busto Arsizio (Varese), on January 18 1908.
His first team was his hometown club Pro Patria. From 1926 to 1930 he played 75 league games and scored 52 goals.
The Tigrotti finished 1st in the Prima Divisione (2nd tier) and promoted, 7th (Group B of top flight), 5th (Group B) and 12th in the first-ever Serie A.
His managers were Imre János Bekey from Hungary (two and a half seasons) and Augusto Rangone. At Pro Patria he formed a great attacking partnership with Andrea Gregar. Interesting to note is that the 1926-27 promotion squad was made up exclusively of local boys.
In 1930 Reguzzoni joined Bologna and stayed 13 seasons. He was bought for 80,000 lire, an astronomical price at the time. He proved worth it and played 359 league games and scored 155 goals.
The Rossoblu won the Scudetto 4 times (1936, 1937, 1939 and 1941) and the Mitropa Cup twice (Central European Cup, 1932 and 1934). These were Bologna's glory years, "lo squadrone che tremare il mondo fa".
At Bologna he played alongside other forwards such as Angelo Schiavio (242 league goals), Bruno Maini, Héctor Puricelli and Frane Matošić.
His managers were Hermann Felsner, Gyula Lelovics, József Nagy, Achille Gama, Pietro Genovesi, Angelo Schiavio, Lajos Kovács, Árpád Weisz (2 league titles), Hermann Felsner (2 league titles to add to 1925 and 1929) and Mario Montesanto.
The war then interrupted sport at national level and Reguzzoni returned to Pro Patria where in 1944 the Biancoblu finished 6th in the Lombard League under Carlo Rogotti. Reguzzoni played 14 games with 3 goals.
In 1945-46 he was back in Bologna in the Divisione Nazionale Alta Italia (there was no single national Serie A yet). Bologna finished 6th but won the Coppa Alta Italia (consolation tournament for teams out of national finals).
The managers were: Alexander Popovic (1-13) and Angelo Schiavio with Pietro Genovesi (14-26). Reguzzoni played 18 league games with 2 goals. This season he played alongside forward Gino Cappello.
In 1946 he returned home to Pro Patria for two more seasons. The Tigrotti were in Serie B but won the league and promotion under Carlo Rigotti.
Reguzzoni played 40 league games with 13 goals. The following season in Serie A he suffered an injury halfway through and only played 11 games with 1 goal. Pro Patria finished 8th under Aldo Biffi.
Reguzzoni then retired at 40.
At international level he only earned one cap for Italy (Romania in a friendly). This was because Vittorio Pozzo preferred to play with Gino Colaussi (Triestina and Juventus) and Raimundo Orsi (Juventus).
After retiring he had a few coaching experiences with the Pro Patria youth teams, Juventus Duomo (Domodossola) and Luino (Varese) at amateur level.
Reguzzoni was a prolific club player. He was a winger but apart from crosses and assists he could also score goals.
His best years were with Bologna in the 1930s and early 40s. He scored 168 goals (155 in A, 5 in Coppa Italia and 18 in Europe). He is Bologna's 2nd top scorer in Serie A (behind Schiavio) and 3rd for appearances (behind Giacomo Bulgarelli and Tazio Roversi). He won an impressive 4 league titles with the Rossoblu.
On a curious note, he was the cousin of Lazio player (1935-43) and later briefly manager (1958), Alfredo Monza.
Reguzzoni died in Busto Arsizio, on December 16, 1996
The ground in Busto Arsizio where he made his debut, in via Valle Olona, now bears his name.
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