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Giuseppe "Peppino" Meazza (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe meˈattsa]; 23 August 1910 – 21 August 1979), also known as il Balilla, was an Italian football manager and player. Throughout his career, he played mainly for Inter Milan in the 1930s, scoring 242 goals in 365 games for the club, and winning three Serie A titles, as well as the Coppa Italia; he later also played for local rivals Milan, as well as Turin rivals Juventus, in addition to his spells with Varese and Atalanta. At international level, he led Italy to win two consecutive World Cups: in 1934 on home soil, and in 1938 as captain; he was named to the All-star Team and won the Golden Ball Award at the 1934 World Cup, as the tournament's best player. Meazza is widely considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, as well as being regarded by many in the sport as Italy's greatest ever player. Giuseppe Prisco and Gianni Brera considered him to be the greatest footballer of all time.

Honours[

Inter Milan

• Serie A: 1929–30, 1937–38, 1939–40

• Coppa Italia: 1938–39

Italy

• FIFA World Cup: 1934, 1938

• Central European International Cup: 1927–30, 1933–35

• Central European International Cup: Runner-up: 1931-32

Individual

• Serie A top goalscorer: 1929–30, 1935–36, 1937–38

• Mitropa Cup top goalscorer: 1930, 1933, 1936

• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1938[48]

• Inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame (posthumous honour, 2011)

• Inducted into the Walk of Fame of Italian sport: 2015

• Inter Milan Hall of Fame: 2019