“They forgot me’: German World Cup hero finishes with DFB. “Carlo il Biondo’ (Carlo the Blonde), as he is known in Italy, has been forgotten in his German homeland.
The Rhineland native still lives near Milan. On Easter Sunday (March 31st) he celebrated his 85th birthday there with his wife, three daughters, Italian sons-in-law and four grandchildren. ‘It always seems to me as if I’m a foreigner in Germany – and in Italy too,’ said Schnellinger.