Giovanni Moscardini

Giovanni Moscardini (; 1897–1985), also known as Johnny Moscardini, was an Italian Scottish footballer who played as a forward for Lucchese, Pisa, Genoa He scored 7 goals in his 9 games for the Italy national team. Born in Falkirk, he was one of the earliest of the Oriundi. While the majority of Oriundi who played for Italy came from South America, Moscardini was the only one born in Scotland. Among tributes in his honour, the football stadium in Barga, Tuscany, is named after him. Moscardini's family hailed from Barga.

World War I Italy joined World War I on 23 May 1915. Moscardini is reported enlisted in the Italian Army as a machine gunner. In the Battle of Caporetto on the Austrian front late in 1917, he was wounded in the left elbow by shrapnel. Sent to Sicily to recover, while there he helped organise a local football team. Lucca (as the club were then named) in 1920–21 re-joined the Tuscany section of Prima Categoria, a predecessor Italian Football Championship to the 1929 formed Serie A. While at Lucca, in November 1921 he debuted for the Italian National Team. While with Lucca, he travelled as a guest player with Genoa CFC on their 1923 four game tour to Buenos Aires and Montevideo. He played in the last three of they games; firstly against a Combined Southern team, then in games against each of Uruguay and Argentina. He scored versus Uruguay.

After five years playing for Lucchese he switched to Pisa

International career Between 1921 and 1925 Moscardini he scored 7 goals in his 9 Italy games. He scored debuting for Italy in the 1–1 draw versus Switzerland on 6 November 1921. On 15 January 1922 he scored two drawing 3–3 versus Austria. On 21 May 1922 he scored winning 4–2 versus Belgium. His fifth international goal was on 27 May 1923, losing a 5–1 at Czechoslovakia. He scored two in his last Italy game, versus France on 22 March 1925 winning 7–0. Moscardini won his first eight caps while playing for Lucchese and his last while at Pisa.

Later years Moscardini married his wife, Tecla Castelvecchi, in 1924 while he still played in Italy. With professional in Italian football still in its pre-Serie A infancy, he retired from football there in 1925 to focus on supporting his family. He would have been about 28 years old. He returned to Scotland that year to manage his uncle's Royal Cafe on the harbour front in Campbeltown. He played amateur football for Campbelltown Pupils AFC.

Johnny Moscardini inspired a musical composition titled "Il Saluto di Giovanni Moscardini" (Johnny Moscardini's Salute). The composition is a reel for pipes and drums, brass band, strings, and percussion. It was composed by Blair Douglas. In 2016, renewed interest in Moscardini led to the creation of the Moscardini Cup, competed for by teams of writers from Scotland and Italy. The Italian team won the game 5–0 played at the Stadio Johnny Moscardini in 2016. Moscardini's years in Campbeltown are the subject of a poem by Thomas Clark, titled O Johnny Moscardini!.