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- Gigi_Peronace abstract "Luigi \"Gigi\" Peronace (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒidʒi peroˈnatʃe]; 29 November 1925 – 29 December 1980) was a Calabrian football agent doing business predominantly between English and Italian clubs. He has been described as the \"first real agent in England\".Luigi Peronace was born in Soverato, Calabria, Italy was born on 29 November 1925. His initial involvement in football came as a playing goalkeeper. Peronace spoke English, and when the British troops came to Calabria during the Second World War he organised football games with them. After the war he went to Turin to study engineering, but there he also became interpreter to Juventus's Scottish manager, William Chalmers, and then to his managerial successor, Jesse Carver. When Carver was sacked, Peronace was no longer needed and let go. He later reunited with Carver when he took the post of business manager at Torino. In 1954, he was unexpectedly put in charge of transfers at Lazio, the team which he supported.In 1957, Leyton Orient manager Alec Stock was interested in moving to Italy. He was put in contact with Peronace, and they discussed the possibility of a move in Green Park. Peronace convinced A.S. Roma that Stock was the manager they wanted and the move was completed. That year Peronace also negotiated the transfer of John Charles from Leeds United to Juventus for £65,000 and a £10,000 signing-on fee. In 1961, he negotiated the transfer of Jimmy Greaves from Chelsea to A.C. Milan,and the transfers of two English players to Torino – Joe Baker from Hibernian and Denis Law from Manchester City. He also aided friend Matt Busby in transferring Law back to England in 1962, this time to Manchester United.He helped organise the Anglo-Italian Cup in the 70s and 80s, and following his death in 1981, the 1982–86 instalments of the tournament were named the Gigi Peronace Memorial. Peronace moved to London, and bought a home in Twickenham. Under Enzo Bearzot, he became general manager for the Italy national football team at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He did the same job at the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship, and later that year he was influential in the transfer of Liam Brady from Arsenal to Juventus. Gigi suffered a fatal heart attack in December 1980. He was in Montevideo preparing with the Italian team for the 1980 Mundialito and died in Bearzot's arms in the team hotel on 29 December 1980. He left behind a wife and five children.".
- Gigi_Peronace birthDate "1925-11-29".
- Gigi_Peronace birthPlace Calabria.
- Gigi_Peronace birthPlace Italy.
- Gigi_Peronace birthPlace Soverato.
- Gigi_Peronace birthYear "1925".
- Gigi_Peronace deathDate "1980-12-29".
- Gigi_Peronace deathPlace Montevideo.
- Gigi_Peronace deathPlace Uruguay.
- Gigi_Peronace deathYear "1980".
- Gigi_Peronace occupation Association_football.
- Gigi_Peronace occupation Gigi_Peronace__1.
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- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageRevisionID "671011473".
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink 1978_FIFA_World_Cup.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink 1980_Mundialito.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink A.C._Milan.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink A.S._Roma.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Alec_Stock.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Anglo-Italian_Cup.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Arsenal_F.C..
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Association_football.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Billy_Chalmers.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Business_manager.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Calabria.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Category:1925_births.
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- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Category:Italy_at_the_1978_FIFA_World_Cup.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Category:Juventus_F.C..
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_the_Province_of_Catanzaro.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Category:S.S._Lazio.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sports_agents.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Category:Torino_F.C..
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Chelsea_F.C..
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Denis_Law.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Enzo_Bearzot.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Green_Park.
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- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Italy.
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- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Jesse_Carver.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Jimmy_Greaves.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Joe_Baker.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink John_Charles.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Juventus_F.C..
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Leeds_United_F.C..
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Leyton_Orient_F.C..
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Liam_Brady.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Manchester_City_F.C..
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- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Matt_Busby.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Montevideo.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink S.S._Lazio.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Soverato.
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- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Turin.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Twickenham.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink UEFA_Euro_1980.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Uruguay.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLink Category:Italy_at_the_1980_UEFA_European_Football_Championship.
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gigi Peronace".
- Gigi_Peronace wikiPageWikiLinkText "the man".
- Gigi_Peronace birthDate "1925-11-29".
- Gigi_Peronace birthPlace Calabria.
- Gigi_Peronace birthPlace Italy.
- Gigi_Peronace birthPlace Soverato.
- Gigi_Peronace dateOfBirth "1925-11-29".
- Gigi_Peronace dateOfDeath "1980-12-29".
- Gigi_Peronace deathDate "1980-12-29".
- Gigi_Peronace deathPlace Montevideo.
- Gigi_Peronace deathPlace Uruguay.
- Gigi_Peronace name "Luigi Peronace".
- Gigi_Peronace name "Peronace, Gigi".
- Gigi_Peronace occupation "Association football agent".
- Gigi_Peronace placeOfBirth Calabria.
- Gigi_Peronace placeOfBirth Italy.
- Gigi_Peronace placeOfBirth Soverato.
- Gigi_Peronace placeOfDeath Montevideo.
- Gigi_Peronace placeOfDeath Uruguay.
- Gigi_Peronace shortDescription "Uruguayan football agent".
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- Gigi_Peronace description "Uruguayan football agent".
- Gigi_Peronace description "Uruguayan football agent".
- Gigi_Peronace subject Category:1925_births.
- Gigi_Peronace subject Category:1980_deaths.
- Gigi_Peronace subject Category:Football_people_in_Italy.
- Gigi_Peronace subject Category:Italy_at_the_1978_FIFA_World_Cup.
- Gigi_Peronace subject Category:Juventus_F.C..
- Gigi_Peronace subject Category:People_from_the_Province_of_Catanzaro.
- Gigi_Peronace subject Category:S.S._Lazio.