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Mauro Bellugi

マウロ・ベルージ　/　まうろ・べるーじ

Association football player from Italy

February 7, 1950 – February 20, 2021　・　Buonconvento, Province of Siena, Italy

Province of Siena
association football player
association football coach

My Take

Mauro Bellugi represents a kind of footballer I genuinely respect: the unglamorous defender who holds a team's spine together. Born in 1950 in tiny Buonconvento near Siena, he played as a defender and later coached, passing the craft along. What moves me most is the dignity of his final years, when illness took his legs yet he kept speaking about the game he loved until his death in 2021. Stars get the headlines, but men like Bellugi earn the lasting affection. I think of him less as a celebrity and more as someone worth honoring quietly.

Overview

Mauro Bellugi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmauro belˈluːdʒi]; 7 February 1950 – 20 February 2021) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Mauro Bellugi
Name (Japanese): マウロ・ベルージ
Reading: まうろ・べるーじ
Born: February 7, 1950 – February 20, 2021
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Tiger
Origin: Buonconvento, Province of Siena, Italy
Blood type: Private
Height: 183 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

bronze medal for athletic prowess

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8

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