Ettore Recagni was born in Lodi on November 6, 1937.
His first professional club was Mantova between 1957 and 1959. The Lombards were in the 4th tier and won promotion to Serie C and then made the double jump the following season winning the league again. Recagni played 64 league games and scored 28 goals.
In 1959-60 he spent a season at Lazio. The Biancocelesti finished 12th in Serie A under Fulvio Bernardini. Recagni only played 2 league games while he played 12 times in the reserve league with 4 goals. The main forwards were Maurilio Prini, Humberto Tozzi and Orlando Rozzoni and Recagni did not break into the first team.
In 1960 he returned to Mantova for four seasons. The Biancorossi were in Serie B but won promotion again and then finished 9th, 11th and 13th in Serie A. Recagni played 107 league games with 19 goals. His managers were Edmondo Fabbri for the first two seasons, then Nándor Hidegkuti and Luigi Bonizzoni. His teammates included future Lazio managers, Gigi Simoni (1985-86) and Dino Zoff (1990-94, 1997, 2001) plus future player Mario Tomy (1969-71).
In 1964 he joined Reggiana in Serie B. He stayed two seasons and the Granata finished 11th and 15th, under Dino Ballacci and Romolo Bizzotto. Recagni played 53 league games with 16 goals plus 1 game in Coppa Italia. He played alongside Tomy again and future Lazio Scudetto winner Paolo Franzoni (1973-75).
In 1966-67 he played a season with Savona in Serie B but only played 6 league games with 1 goal. The Biancoblu were relegated under first Ercole Rabitti and then Vincenzo Occhetta. His teammates included legendary future Lazio manager Eugenio Fascetti (1986-88) and Juventus legend Beppe Furino (534 games for the Zebras).
In 1967-68 Recagni played for Alessandria for a season. The "Orso Grigio" (Grey Bear) were in Serie C and finished 9th. The manager was Mario Pietruzzi and Recagni played 23 league games and scored 10 goals. There were two Lazio connections in the squad: Avelino Moriggi (1970-72) and Gaetano Legnaro (1970-71, 1972-76).
Recagni's last club was Sora (Frosinone) where he played for two seasons in Serie D, 1968-70, finishing 6th and 10th. He then retired at almost 33.
He went straight into coaching. He started at Palmese (Serie D, 1971-72, 1973-74, 9th and 12th). In 1972-73 he was assistant manager at SPAL (promoted to B). He then had spells at Reggina (Serie B, 1973-74, relegated), Salernitana as assistant (Serie C, 1974-75, 6th), Taranto (Serie B, 1975-76, 9th), Sorrento as assistant (Serie C, 1976-77, 15th), Roma as assistant to Gustavo Giagnoni (Serie A, 1977-78, 8th), Formia (Serie C2, 1979-80, 13th), Sansepolcro (Serie C2, 1980-81, relegated) and Giugliano (5th tier, 1983-84, 11th).
In 1984 he started working for the Italian Football Association. Between 1984 and 1989 he was head coach of the Italy Women's national team and again in 1999-2000.
Recagni was a forward. Early in his career he played mainly as a winger and then later moved towards midfield. He was one of the protagonists of the Mantova miracle (from 4th division to Serie A).
At Lazio he had very little playing time so he returned to Mantova where he experienced the peak of his career.
Ettore Recagni died in Rome on November 2, 2020.
Lazio Career
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