Romolo Alzani

Romolo Alzani
Personal information
Date of birth (1921-03-06)6 March 1921
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Date of death 3 October 2002(2002-10-03) (aged 81)
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1939 Roma 0 (0)
1939–1940 Rimini 24 (0)
1940–1941 Roma 1 (0)
1941–1943 Ala Littoria
1943–1944 Tirrenia Roma 15 (2)
1945–1955 Lazio 263 (7)
1957–1958 Foligno

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Romolo Alzani (born 6 March 1921 in Rome; died 3 October 2002) was a professional Italian football player.

He was the part of the very reliable defensive formation of S.S. Lazio for several years that was called "iron defense" ("la difesa di ferro").

Overall, he played for 10 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma and Lazio, collecting 247 appearances and 6 goals.



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