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Football player Mario Corso

Mario Francesco Corso

Mario Corso

Born on 25 August 1941
Died on 20 June 2020 (aged 78)

National team appearances of Mario Corso

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Italy	1961 - 1971	23		5	2	4		0.174
Total:		23		5	2	4		0.174

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
FC Inter, Milano	24 May 1961 - 09 Oct 1971	23		5	2	4		0.174

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Sub. in

Sub. off

Goals

Goals/ Caps

European Championship qualifiers (QE)

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

0.750

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.077

Total:

0.174

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
24 May 1961	England	debut	19 years 8 months 29 days
15 Oct 1961	Israel	first goal	20 years 1 month 20 days
9 Oct 1971	Sweden	last appearance	30 years 1 month 14 days

Record of Mario Corso's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Israel	3		2	1	1			1.500	2	1.500
Switzerland	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
(+) other teams									20
Total:	4		3	2	1	0	0	1.333	23	0.174

Record of national team matches played by Mario Corso

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Italy national football team	23	16	5	2	49	16	80.5

Mario Corso's international caps

as player of FC Inter, Milano:

debut age - 19 years 8 months 29 days

24 May 1961 16:00 (+1:00)

Rome, Stadio Olimpico

2-3

Italy vs England

Friendly International

15 Jun 1961 21:00 (+1:00)

Florence, Stadio Comunale

4-1

Italy vs Argentina

Friendly International

age when scoring first goal - 20 years 1 month 20 days

15 Oct 1961 15:00 (+2:00)

Ramat Gan, National Stadium

2-4

Israel vs Italy

1962 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

2х

04 Nov 1961 14:45 (+1:00)

Turin, Stadio Comunale

6-0

Italy vs Israel

1962 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

1х

27 Mar 1963 15:30 (+2:00)

Istanbul, Mithatpaşa Stadyumu

0-1

Turkey vs Italy

1964 European Nation`s Cup Qualifying, Classification matches

12 May 1963 16:00 (+1:00)

Milan, Stadio San Siro

3-0

Italy vs Brazil

Friendly International

09 Jun 1963 17:00 (+1:00)

Vienna, Praterstadion (Wiener Stadion)

0-1

Austria vs Italy

Friendly International

13 Oct 1963 14:00 (+3:00)

Moscow, Lenin Central Stadium

2-0

Soviet Union vs Italy

1964 European Nation`s Cup Qualifying, Round of 16

14 Dec 1963 16:00 (+1:00)

Turin, Stadio Comunale

1-0

Italy vs Austria

Friendly International

10 May 1964 14:30 (+1:00)

Lausanne, Stade Olympique de La Pontaise

1-3

Switzerland vs Italy

Friendly International

1х

04 Nov 1964 14:45 (+1:00)

Genoa, Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (Marassi)

6-1

Italy vs Finland

1966 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 8

13 Mar 1965 16:00 (+1:00)

Hamburg, Volksparkstadion

1-1

West Germany vs Italy

Friendly International

18 Apr 1965 12:00 (+1:00)

Warsaw, Stadion Dziesięciolecia Manifestu Lipcowego

0-0

Poland vs Italy

1966 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 8

16 Jun 1965 19:00 (+1:00)

Malmö, Malmö Stadion

2-2

Sweden vs Italy

Friendly International

19 Mar 1966 15:00 (+1:00)

Paris, Parc des Princes

0-0

France vs Italy

Friendly International

18 Jun 1966 19:00 (+2:00)

Milan, Stadio San Siro

1-0

Italy vs Austria

Friendly International

01 Nov 1966 14:30 (+1:00)

Milan, Stadio San Siro

1-0

Italy vs Soviet Union

Friendly International

26 Nov 1966 14:30 (+1:00)

Naples, Stadio San Paolo

3-1

Italy vs Romania

UEFA Euro 1968 Qualifying, Group 6

22 Mar 1967 15:45 (+2:00)

Nicosia, G.S.P. [Sport Club Pancyprian

0-2

Cyprus vs Italy

UEFA Euro 1968 Qualifying, Group 6

27 Mar 1967 15:00 (+1:00)

Rome, Stadio Olimpico

1-1

Italy vs Portugal

Friendly International

10 May 1971 19:00 (+1:00)

Dublin, Lansdowne Road

1-2

Rep. of Ireland vs Italy

UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 6

25 Sep 1971 17:00 (+2:00)

Genoa, Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (Marassi)

2-0

Italy vs Mexico

Friendly International

09 Oct 1971 14:30 (+1:00)

Milan, Stadio San Siro

3-0

Italy vs Sweden

UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 6

Comments

football - Other notes posted on 23 June 2017 at 16:05:38

his full name is Mario Francesco ’Mariolino’ Corso

herman Belgium - Additional information posted on 20 June 2020 at 09:38:18

he died on 20 June 2020 (link:

)

pieterkooijman Netherlands - Error report posted on 22 June 2020 at 13:34:10

The link mentioned by Herman in his 20-06-2020-comment say that Cosrso died on
19-06-2020. (link:

)

herman Belgium - Other notes posted on 1 July 2020 at 09:46:59

Indeed some sources say he died on 19 June, but the vast majority confirms it was on 20 June. None of these sources are dated on 19 June. This Italian link even mentions the hour of his death : 6.30 am on the last day of spring, i.e. 20 June. (link:

)

Italy upcoming fixtures

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Italy vs Estonia

Bergamo, Friday 5 September 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Israel vs Italy

Debrecen, Monday 8 September 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Estonia vs Italy

Tallinn, Saturday 11 October 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Italy vs Israel

Udine, Tuesday 14 October 2025

Italy fixtures

Mario Corso's most often teammates

Giacinto Facchetti (1963 - 1971) - 17 games
Alessandro Mazzola (1963 - 1971) - 15 games
Gianni Rivera (1963 - 1971) - 13 games
Aristide Guarneri (1963 - 1967) - 12 games
Giacomo Bulgarelli (1963 - 1967) - 10 games
Tarcisio Burgnich (1964 - 1971) - 10 games
Giovanni Trapattoni (1961 - 1964) - 10 games

Italy players born on 20 July

Roberto Lovati (1927) - 2 caps