Giacomo Losi

Football player infobox
playername = Giacomo Losi


fullname =
height = 1,69 m
nickname = "Core de Roma" ("Heart of Rome")
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1935|9|10| cityofbirth = Soncino (CR)
countryofbirth = Italy flagicon|Italy
currentclub = retired
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears = -1951
1951-1955
youthclubs = Soncino
Cremonese
years = 1955-1969
clubs = AS Roma
caps(goals) = 0450 (2)
nationalyears = 1960-1962
nationalteam = Italy flagicon|Italy
nationalcaps(goals) = 11 (0)
pcupdate = 15:32, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 15:32, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Giacomo Losi (born September 10, 1935) is a former Italian football defender, who played his entire professional career, from 1955 to 1969 for AS Roma.

Though he was not native of Rome, during the 15 seasons he played in the capitoline city, he was nicknamed "Core de Roma" (Romanesco for "Heart of Rome"). In total he made 450 appearances with the "giallorossi", a record which last for 38 years, until 31 January 2007, day in which Francesco Totti played his 451st match with AS Roma. [http://www.corederoma.net/brevissime.asp?ID=5839]

Biography

Losi was born in Soncino (Province of Cremona), he started playing football in the team of his town, in 1951 he transferred to Cremonese, and in 1955 to AS Roma where he made his first appearance on 20 March against Inter Milan.

He was a fullback with a playing style based on strength but also on fair play, in fact in his whole career he received just one yellow card. Though his short height (only 1,69 mt) he was a great header and thanks to this skill he played many years as sweeper.

He gained the nickname "Core de Roma" in 8 January 1961, during a match against Sampdoria in which the result was 2-2, Losi injured but there were no more available substitutions, so he kept playing but succeeded in scoring the goal of the victory from a corner kick. For this reason Roma's supporters understood that even if he was not Roman, he was a great example of how people from Rome love their team.

He made his first appearance with Italian national team on 13 March 1960 in a friendly match lost 3-1 against Spain. He was part of the squad that partecipated to the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, playing two of the three matches of Italy. He has 11 international caps for "azzurri".

He still lives in Rome where he is the director of a football team, the "Valle Aurelia '87".

Honours

*Coppa Italia: 1968-69
*Coppa Italia: 1963-64
*Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1960-61

References

External links

* [http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=losi.htm AS Roma supporters site about Giacomo Losi]