Claudio Garella

Italian association football player

Claudio Garella (16 May 1955 – 12 August 2022) was a Italian footballer. He played as a goalkeeper.[2] He was known for making over 100 appearances for U.C. Sampdoria from 1978 to 1981 and for Hellas Verona F.C. from 1981 to 1985.

Claudio Garella
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-05-16)16 May 1955
Place of birth Turin, Italy
Date of death 12 August 2022(2022-08-12) (aged 67)
Place of death Turin, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1973 Torino 1 (0)
1973–1975 Casale 68 (1)
1975–1976 Novara 38 (0)
1976–1978 Lazio 29 (0)
1978–1981 Sampdoria 113 (0)
1981–1985 Hellas Verona 119 (0)
1985–1988 Napoli 88 (0)
1988–1990 Udinese 63 (0)
1990-1991 Avellino 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Garella died on 12 August 2022 at a hospital in Turin, Italy from problems caused by heart surgery at the age of 67.[3]

References change

  1. "La Scheda di Claudio Garella" (in Italian). www.hellastory.net. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. "Claudio Garella". weltfussball.de. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. L'ultima parata di Claudio Garella, il portiere dello scudetto è morto a 67 anni (in Italian)