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'''Pietro Rava''' ([[January 21]], [[1916]] – [[November 5]], [[2006]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[football (soccer)|football]] [[defender (football)|defender]] and [[coach (sport)|coach]]. He won the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] and at the [[1938 FIFA World Cup]] with the [[Italy national football team|Italian national team]].

Rava, born in [[Cassine]], [[Province of Alessandria]], played for the clubs [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|U.S. Alessandria]] (?-1935, 1946-47), [[Juventus F.C.]] (1935-46 and 1947-50) and [[Novara Calcio]] (1950-51). He won two [[Coppa Italia|Italian Cups]] in the 1937/38 and 1941/42 seasons, and the ''[[scudetto]]'' 1949/50. He was Juventus' captain from 1947 to 1950. In total, he played in 352 [[Serie A]] matches (including 303 for Juventus), scoring 19 goals.<ref name="Gazetta-obit">{{it icon}} [http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Primo_Piano/2006/11_Novembre/05/rava.shtml "Addio Rava, Mondiale nel 1938"] - www.gazzetta.it - ''[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]]'' - retrieved Nov. 05, 1006.</ref>

For the [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]], he appeared in 30 international matches from 1936 to 1946, becoming the captain in 1940. He won the [[gold medal]] at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]], and won the [[1938 FIFA World Cup]]. He was selected to the [[Football World Cup Awards#All-Star Team|"Best XI" of the 1938 World Cup]]. Along with [[Alfredo Foni]], [[Sergio Bertoni]], and [[Ugo Locatelli]], Rava is one of only four Italian players ever to win both the Olympic tournament and the World Cup.

As a coach, he managed the clubs [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]], [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]], [[Calcio Padova|Padova]], [[A.C. Monza Brianza 1912|Monza]], [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]], [[Novara Calcio|Novara]], [[Carrarese Calcio|Carrarese]], and [[A.C. Cuneo 1905|A.C. Cuneo]].

On [[November 5]], [[2006]], Rava, the last surviving member of the 1938 World Cup champion squad, died in [[Torino]] after having had surgery on his right [[femur]] due to a fracture days before. He had been suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]] for several years.<ref name="Gazetta-obit"/> Juventus announced that the following day, for a [[Serie B]] match against [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]], the players would wear mourning armbands in his memory.<ref>{{it icon}} [http://www.juventus.com/it/news/detail.aspx?lml_language_id=0&trs_id=1203000&ID=9209 "La Juventus in lutto per Rava"] - www.juventus.com - [[Juventus FC]] official web site - retrieved Nov. 05, 1006.</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{it icon}} [http://www.tifonet.it/juventus/articolo.php?codice=757 Player bio] - www.tifonet.it - retrieved November 2006.
*[http://www.myjuve.it/Default.asp?page=Giocatori/Tabellino.asp&id=24 Rava's statistics at Juventus] - www.myjuve.it - retrieved November 2006.
*[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/rava-intl.html Pietro Rava - International Appearances] - www.rsssf.com - by Roberto Di Maggio, [[RSSSF]].


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