Romeo Menti Explained

Romeo Menti
Birth Date:5 September 1919
Birth Place:Vicenza, Italy
Death Place:Superga, Italy
Position:Forward
Years1:1934–1938
Clubs1:L.R. Vicenza Virtus
Caps1:82
Goals1:34
Years2:1938–1941
Clubs2:Fiorentina
Caps2:75
Goals2:44
Years3:1941–1943
Clubs3:Torino
Caps3:50
Goals3:23
Years4:1944
Clubs4:Milan
Caps4:9
Goals4:1
Years5:1944–1945
Clubs5:→ Stabia
Caps5:?
Goals5:?
Years6:1945–1946
Clubs6:Fiorentina
Caps6:18
Goals6:7
Years7:1946–1949
Clubs7:Torino
Caps7:81
Goals7:31
Nationalyears1:1947–1949
Nationalteam1:Italy
Nationalcaps1:7
Nationalgoals1:5

Romeo Menti (pronounced as /it/; 5 September 1919 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian footballer who played as a forward. He scored 145 goals in a career that spanned fifteen years.

Career

Born in Vicenza, Menti debuted for his hometown's Serie C club in 1935, in the same stadium that was to be dedicated to him a few years later.

His older brothers Mario Menti and Umberto Menti and nephew Luigi Menti (son of Mario) all played football professionally, with Umberto playing for Juventus FC, S.S.C. Napoli and A.C. Milan. To distinguish them, Mario was known as Menti I, Umberto as Menti II, Romeo as Menti III, and Luigi as Menti IV. In some sources, Mario was ignored and Umberto and Romeo were listed as Menti I and Menti II respectively.

In 1938 he was sold to Fiorentina, where he played for three seasons before moving to Torino F.C. His abilities became evident also with national team, for which he received 5 caps with 7 goals.[1]

Menti played for the then almost unbeatable Torino (dubbed Grande Torino, "Great Torino") until his death, except for the 1945–46 season, when he played again for Fiorentina. Menti died in 1949 with almost his entire team in the Superga air disaster, after scoring the last goal of "Grande Torino" in Lisboa.

Honours

Club

Fiorentina

1938–39

1939–40

Torino

1942–43, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49

1942–43

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Menti, Romeo. 5 August 2020 . figc.it.