In Spanish oriundo means native or inhabitant, but this term was also used in Spain to refer to a series of athletes, born in Latin America, whose ancestors were Spanish emigrants. In Italian culture,
Mauro Camoranesi was born in Argentina and played for Italy due to his ancestry. In 2006, he won the World Cup held in Germany with the Italy national team.
José Altafini playing for Milan
Italian Argentines are Argentine-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Argentina during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born peop
Oriundo
…ban was eased when one foreigner per Serie A team was allowed from 1980. In recent years, the most famous Italian oriundo has been the former Juventus' Italian Argentine footballer Mauro Camoranesi, who was eligible for Italian citizenship through a great-grandfather who in 1873 emigrated from Potenza Picena, in Italy's…
Italian Argentines during the opening parade of the XXXIV Immigrant's Festival in Oberá, Misiones
A sculpture symbolizing first Italian immigrants' arrival to Resistencia, Chaco
House of the Italian Argentines of Oberá, Misiones
Italian immigrants in a conventillo in Buenos Aires