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Italian footballer and soldier
Giuseppe Caimi
Giuseppe Caimi ca. 1910.
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Date of birth
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(
1890-12-19
)
19 December 1890
[1]
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Place of birth
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Milan
, Kingdom of Italy
[2]
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Date of death
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26 December 1917
(1917-12-26)
(aged 27)
[3]
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Place of death
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Ravenna
, Kingdom of Italy
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Position(s)
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Midfielder
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Years
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Team
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Apps
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(
Gls
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1911?1913
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Inter Milan
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23
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(2)
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Total
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23
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(2)
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Giuseppe Caimi
(19 December 1890 ? 26 December 1917) was an Italian
footballer
and a
soldier
in the
Royal Italian Army
. Caimi spent two seasons with
Inter Milan
, making 23 league appearances, before he was drafted into the army at the outbreak of the
First World War
.
Playing career
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Inter Milan
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Caimi began his professional football career with
Inter Milan
in 1911 and made 16 appearances in the league in his debut season,
[2]
helping Inter to fourth place.
[4]
He played less frequently in his second season, making 7 appearances, and scoring once, as Inter finished third in the league.
[5]
International
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Caimi was selected for the
Italian
Olympics
squad in 1912.
[6]
[7]
Although he was named on the bench in each of Italy's three games, he did not play in any of them.
[8]
[9]
[10]
Military service
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Upon the outbreak of the
First World War
, Caimi was drafted into the
Royal Italian Army
, fighting as part of the
7th Alpini Regiment
.
[3]
During his time in the army, he earned two
Medaglia d'Argento al Valore Militare
.
[3]
He was seriously wounded in a battle on
Monte Valderoa
on 14 December 1917,
[11]
and died of his wounds on 26 December.
[3]
As a result of his actions in that battle, he was posthumously awarded the
Medaglia d'Oro
on 23 October 1921.
[11]
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