Rene Colusso
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Renato Colusso | ||
Date of birth | 19 August 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1975 | Torino | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1974 | Marconi | ||
1975–1976 | Ivrea | ||
1976–1977 | Pisa | ||
1977–1980 | Arezzo | ||
1981–1982 | Alessandria | ||
1982–1984 | Akragas | ||
1986 | Castelfiorentino | ||
International career | |||
1975 | Australia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Renato "Rene" Colusso (born 19 August 1956 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian former association football player.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Colusso played his early football for Marconi Stallions in the New South Wales State League.[1][2]
In 1975, he moved to Italy where he initially played youth team football for Torino.[1][2]
He then went on to play for Ivrea, becoming the first Australian to play professional football in Italy.[1][2]
He moved to Pisa for the 1976/1977 season.[1]
In 1977, he transferred to Arezzo where he played several seasons.[1]
He later played for Alessandria, Akragas Calcio and Castelfiorentino.[1]
International career
[edit]In 1975, he made his only full international appearance for Australia in a match against China.[3]
Management career
[edit]Colusso had stints as an assistant manager at Reggina and Avellino.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Colusso, Renato". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ a b c d Cockerill, Michael (30 January 2009). "Well respected, well connected … and he's one of us". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains. Football Federation Australia.
- 1956 births
- Soccer players from Sydney
- Australian expatriate men's soccer players
- Australia men's international soccer players
- SS Arezzo players
- Pisa SC players
- ASD Calcio Ivrea players
- US Alessandria Calcio 1912 players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Living people
- Men's association football forwards
- Australian men's soccer players
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian soccer biography stubs