Claudio Garella

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
Claudio Garella - AC Hellas Verona 1984-85 (2).jpg
Personal information
Date of birth(1955-05-16)16 May 1955
Place of birthTorino, Italy
Date of death12 August 2022(2022-08-12) (aged 67)
Place of deathTurin, Italy
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972–1973Torino1(0)
1973–1975Casale68(1)
1975–1976Novara38(0)
1976–1978Lazio29(0)
1978–1981Sampdoria113(0)
1981–1985Hellas Verona119(0)
1985–1988Napoli88(0)
1988–1990Udinese63(0)
1990-1991Avellino2(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

  1. "La Scheda di Claudio Garella" (in Italian). www.hellastory.net. Retrieved 5 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  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)