Name:
Abdon Rolando Luigi Sgarbi
Country:
Italy
Club:
Milan F.C.Position: *
DMFSide: RF/BS
Age: 24-26 years (29/03/1903)
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 74 kg
Attack:
75Defence:
73Balance:
83Stamina:
85Top Speed:
76Acceleration:
77Response:
81Agility:
77Dribble Accuracy:
77Dribble Speed:
75Short Pass Accuracy:
83Short Pass Speed:
74Long Pass Accuracy:
76Long Pass Speed:
70Shot Accuracy:
75Shot Power:
80Shot Technique:
72Free Kick Accuracy:
62Curling:
66Header:
71Jump:
78Technique:
81Aggression:
73Mentality:
91Goalkeeper Skills:
50Team Work:
87Injury Tolerance:
BCondition:
5Weak Foot Accuracy:
6Weak Foot Frequency:
5Consistency:
6Growth type:
Early/PeakCARDS:S02 - Passer
S09 - Covering
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Passing - Centre - Covering
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Balanced
INFO:Sgarbi was a centre-half. His career started in 1921 at Spal where he spent the majority of his short career, making 111 appearances and scoring 19 goals in six seasons. He signed for Milan in 1927 and played 62 matches in two years, scoring 5 goals. He capped for Italy once in 1929. Destined to be the main centre-half of the Italian national team for many years, he tragically died of typhus on 18th August 1929.
Considered one of the best midfielders in Italy at his time, Sgarbi was strong, fair, calm, efficient and irreplaceable in the middle of the half-back line. He was gifted with tactical intelligence, good footwork, precise passing, great stamina and mentality. When his team wasn't giving their 100%, he had the ability to make up for the inefficiency of his teammates thanks to an unselfish and enough accurate style of play that gave a great support to his forwards. In fact, most of Milan's attacks started from and were developed by him. He possessed also a solid shooting ability given that he scored a fair amount of goals for a defensive player. In his only international match with Italy he played brilliantly and better than his teammates in the back-line, fighting consistently with all his energy and tenacity.
