Giorgio Fioravanti

Giorgio Fioravanti was born in Cesena, on February 14, 1921.

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He was a goalkeeper and his first club was Forlimpopoli near Cesena in 1937-38 in Serie C.

In 1938 he signed for Venezia and stayed five seasons. The Lagunari were in Serie B but won promotion and then finished 10th, 12th, 3rd and 14th in Serie A. In 1941 the Arancioneroverdi won a historic Coppa Italia defeating Roma 4-3 on aggregate. His managers were Luigi Barbesino, Giuseppe Girani, Giovan Battista Rebuffo (Coppa Italia triumph) and János Vanicsek. In this period, he made 58 league appearances.

In 1943 Fioravanti returned home to Cesena and played a season of regional matches due to the war.

In 1945 he returned to Venezia for two more seasons. In the first the Venetians finished 13th in Serie A Alta Italia and in the second 17th in A and relegated. He only played 6 league games, under Rebuffo and then Nereo Marini.

In 1947 he joined Vicenza for two seasons. The Biancorossi were in Serie A but were relegated and then finished 3rd in Serie B. He played 20 league games, all in the first season. He had several managers over the two seasons: Giovanni Vecchina, Piero Spinato, Elemér Berkessy, Carlo Rigotti and Wilmas Wilhelm.

In 1949 he again returned to Venezia. The Winged Lions were in Serie A again but finished 20th and relegated under Astro Galli. He played 26 league games.

It was in the summer of 1950 that Fioravanti and Lazio's paths crossed. Lazio had the opportunity to play the prestigious Latin Cup but their main keeper Lucidio Sentimenti IV was involved in the 1950 World Cup in Brazil with the Italy squad. Lazio therefore asked for Fioravanti on loan from Venezia just for the duration of the tournament. He only played one game, the 3-4th place game against Atlético Madrid which the Biancocelesti lost 1-2.

He then returned to Venezia for another season in Serie B before spending two seasons at Empoli in Serie C. With the Tuscans he played 24 league games and finished 2nd and 5th under Piero Andreoli.

He retired at 32 and had experiences as a coach with Faenza in 1960-61 at regional level and Ravenna from end of 1966-67 and briefly at the beginning of 1967-68 in Serie C.

He will be remembered mainly for his periods at Venezia where he played over a hundred games and won the club's most important silverware in their history, the 1941 Coppa Italia.

Giorgio Fioravanti died in Cesena on December 1, 2007.

On a curious note, his son Pietro would also become a goalkeeper and play 9 league games and 2 in Coppa Italia for Lazio on loan in the 1968-69 season.

Lazio Career

Season	Lazio Cup Appearances
1949-50	1

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