Carlo Ceresoli

Carlo Ceresoli (14 June 1910 – 22 April 1995 ) was an Italian football goalkeeper.

Club career
Born in Bergamo, Ceresoli played club football in the Italian Serie B with Atalanta, and in the Serie A with Inter Milan, Bologna, Genoa and Juventus.

International career
Ceresoli was considered one of the strongest Italian goalkeepers of the 1930s along with Gianpiero Combi, Guido Masetti & Aldo Olivieri. With the Italy national team he played the only qualifying match of the 1934 FIFA World Cup against Greece, and the famous Battle of Highbury against England, in which he saved a penalty from Eric Brook. As Gianpiero Combi retired from football after the 1934 World Cup, Ceresoli got to start the last three matches of the 1933-35 Central European International Cup. Winning his first tournament with the Italy national team. He also won the 1938 World Cup with the Italy national team, as a back up for Aldo Olivieri, and went on to win a total of 8 caps for Italy.

International

 * Italy
 * FIFA World Cup: 1938
 * Central European International Cup: 1933–35