Famous Italian goalie, agile, I'll foul (7,7)

I believe the answer is:

galileo galilei

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'famous italian' is the definition.
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'goalie agile i'll foul' is the wordplay.
'foul' indicates anagramming the letters.
'goalie'+'agile'+'ill'='goalieagileill'
'goalieagileill' anagrammed gives 'GALILEO GALILEI'.

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