Mauro Bellugi

Mauro Bellugi (7 February 1950 – 20 February 2021) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender.

Club career
Bellugi started his career with Inter Milan, making his debut for them on 31 August 1969 in a Coppa Italia match. In five seasons with Inter he played 90 Serie A matches, and 137 times in all senior competitions.

Bellugi later also played for Bologna F.C. (1974–79), S.S.C. Napoli (1979–80) and A.C. Pistoiese (1980–81).

International career
Bellugi played 31 matches for the Italy national football team from 1972 to 1979. He played five games in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where Italy managed a fourth-place finish, and was also in the squad for the 1974 tournament. His final game for Italy was against Switzerland in Udine on 17 November 1979. He was an unused member of the Italian squad that managed a fourth-place finish at UEFA Euro 1980 on home soil.

Death
Bellugi died from complications of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, thirteen days after his 71st birthday.