Gianpiero Combi was an Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent his entire club career at Juventus, where he won five Italian League titles. At international level, he won the 1934 Worl
Combi (left) together with referee Ivan Eklind (m.) and František Plánička (r.) before the 1934 FIFA World Cup Final
Virginio Rosetta, Combi and Umberto Caligaris with Juventus in the early 1930s
Combi (left) as Italian goalkeeper and captain in the 1934 World Cup, here with his Spanish colleague Ricardo Zamora in the Quarter-finals.
From left to right: Italian manager Pozzo, Monzeglio, Bertolini, Combi, Monti (half-hidden) and the assistant manager Carcano (behind) before the start of extra time in the victorious final versus Czechoslovakia.
František Plánička was a Czech football goalkeeper and one of the most honoured players in the history of Czechoslovak football. He played all his career for Slavia Prague, during which time the club
Gianpiero Combi
…1935), and an Olympic bronze medal in 1928. Combi was considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world during the 1930s, alongside Ricardo Zamora and František Plánička, and is regarded as one of Italy's best ever goalkeepers; in a 1999 IFFHS poll, he was elected Italy's second best goalkeeper of the twentieth century…
Angelo Schiavio scores against Plánička in the 1934 World Cup final
Netherlands Captain Puck Van Heel (left) greets Plánička prior to the match the Czech won (0–3) on 5 June 1938 at the Stade municipal du Havre in the first round of the 1938 World Cup