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Rodolfo Volk (Sometimes italianized in Rodolfo Folchi) (born 14 January 1906 in Fiume – died 2 October 1983 in Nemi) was an Croatian-Italian footballer.
He is the third goalscorer in A.S. Roma's history, having scored 103 goals in over 150 appearances.
Biography
He was born in Fiume in 1906 and began to play for the U.S. Fiumana, team of his city; he was a powerful striker.
He played a non-official match with Fiorentina under the fake surname of Bolteni, this was due to the fact the he was serving the military service and couldn't do any onther activity.
In 1928 he was signed up by the barely constituted A.S. Roma and became one of its the most important player during the '20s and the '30s. He was the first official goalscorer in Campo Testaccio, the first Roma's stadium.
Playing an amount of 150 games with the Giallorossi scoring 103 goals, he was the scorer of the first Derby della Capitale, a 1-0 victory against S.S. Lazio in 1929.
During the season 1930-31 he became Serie A Topscorer with 29 goals in 33 games, helping Roma to finish as runners-up.
He left Roma in 1933 for personal problems with Enrique Guaita and Elvio Banchero and was signed up by Pisa.
When he finished his football career, he worked as janitor in Rome, and died in 1983 in misery in the town of Nemi.
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Marcello Mihalich (born March 12, 1907 in Fiume, Austria-Hungary, now Croatia; died October 27, 1996 in Turin) was an Italian professional football player and coach.
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Giovanni Varglien (16 May 1911 - 16 October 1990) also known as Varglien II was an Italian football player from Fiume.
He played the majority of his club football for Juventus in Italy, also playing one season with his hometown club Fiumana, as well as representing the Italian national football team three different times.
Mario Varglien (26 December 1905 - 11 August 1978) also known as Varglien I was an Italian football player born in Fiume (today Rijeka). He played club football for Juventus, winning five Serie A championships, he was also part of the Italian national football team which won the 1934 World Cup.
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Gino Gardassanich (last name changed to Gard in 1949) (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2010) was an Italian American soccer goalkeeper who was a member of the United States team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He was born in Fiume, Free State of Fiume and died in Illinois, United States.
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Club career
Gardassanich began his career with Fiumana and Reggina. After World War II, he played with NK Kvarner in the 1946–47 Yugoslav First League. In 1949, he moved to the United States, settling in Chicago. When he arrived, he changed his name to Gino Gard and joined Chicago Slovak of the National Soccer League of Chicago. He played with Slovak until 1959. During that time, Gard and his team mates won multiple titles, including the league title in 1951, 1952 and 1954; and the 1951 Peel Cup. In 1953, it lost the National Amateur Cup final to Ponta Delgada S.C. Gard was named the NSLC goalkeeper of the year in 1950.
National team
Gard was selected to the U.S. roster for the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He was the original choice as the starting goalkeeper, but never entered a game.
Gard was inducted into the Illinois Hall of Fame in 1992 and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2002.
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Ezio Loik (26 September 1919 - 4 May 1949) was an Italian football player, who played for Torino FC and died in the Superga air disaster together with the whole Grande Torino team.
Biography
Loik was born in Fiume (then part of Italy, current Rijeka, Croatia). He played as a midfielder, debuting for U.S. Fiumana aged 17 in the 1936-1937 serie C tournament. After three seasons in Serie A with AC Milan, he moved to Venezia, where he obtained a third place and a Coppa Italia in 1941. He moved to Torino in 1942, where he formed a midfield duo with Valentino Mazzola, also coming from Venezia.
With Torino, Loik won five consecutive Serie A scudetti and one further Coppa Italia (1942–1943), until dying with most of the team in the Superga air disaster near Turin, in May 1949. He was capped nine times for the Italian national team, scoring four goals.