Luigi Di Franco (born 18 November 1918, date of death unknown) was an Italian footballer.
Biography Playing as a left winger, Di Franco played in the Yugoslav ChampionshipLuiigi Di Franco at exyufudbal.in.rs with SK Jedinstvo BelgradeMilorad Sijić: "Football in Kingdom of Yugoslavia", pag. 169, Di Franco is listed at Jedinstvo squads of 1939 and 1940 where he got first registered at January 1937Sportista, n1024, Belgrade 20 January 1937, page 2 and played until 1941.1940-41 Yugoslav Championship season at fkvojvodina.com (open squad details) In 1941, he moved to a more popular Belgrade club SK Jugoslavija.BSK - Jugoslavija Sećanja Na Prvi Beogradski Večiti Derbi by Živko M. Bojanić at GoogleBooks With the beginning of the Second World War, the national league was divided, and Di Franco (spelled as Di Franko or Difranko in the Serbian press) finished second with SK Jugoslavija in the 1940–41 season.
With the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, Di Franco returned to Italy, signing with the Serie A side Venezia.Career at enciclopediadelcalcio.it They finished the 1942–43 season at 13th place.
At the end of the war, in 1945, Di Franco signed with Mestrina, which was playing in the Serie B. However, at the end of the 1946–47 season, they were relegated to Serie C. Luigi Di Franco stayed with Mestrina until 1949.Career at enciclopediadelcalcio.it
Di Franco moved to Colombia to become player-manager of Deportivo Pereira during the 1949 and 1950 seasons.
Di Franco is deceased.
References
External links Luigi Di Franco at enciclopediadelcalcio.it