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unusual facts about Torino F.C.


Alfred Gomis

Alfred Benjamin Gomis (born 6 October 1993 in Ziguinchor, Senegal) is an Senegalian-Italian goalkeeper who plays for Serie B club F.C. Crotone, on loan from Torino.


Aldo Olivieri

Nicknamed Ercolino Semprimpiedi ("Always-Standing Little Hercules"), a famous definition of Italian journalist Gianni Brera) he played for Verona, Lucchese and Brescia in Serie B, and Torino in Serie A.

Daisuke Matsui

Among the teams which were believed to have shown interested in signing him at the time were Catania, Genoa, Lazio and Torino of Serie A, Celtic and Rangers of the Scottish Premier League, Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg of the Bundesliga, and Lille of Ligue 1.

Domenico Doardo

Doardo played professionally for several teams in his native Italy, including Torino and Hellas Verona, with whom he played in Serie A before dropping down the leagues during his later career.

Nikola Maksimović

Nikola Maksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Максимовић; born 25 November 1991 in Bajina Bašta) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club Torino and the Serbian national team.

Samuel Kuffour

Born in Kumasi, Kuffour was brought to Europe by Torino F.C. in 1991 aged just 15, after playing junior football for local teams in his native country.

Velodrome Humbert I

When Alfred Dick left Juventus to form a new team called Torino FBC, they would play at the ground since Dick held the lease.

Walter Novellino

He started his professional career with Torino, then obtaining his major successes with Perugia and AC Milan, and being nicknamed Monzon (after an Argentine boxer) due to both his physical resemblance to him and his determination on the pitch.


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Dani Sénna

He was later confirmed as part of the Torino F.C. roster for their 2009–10 Serie B campaign.