Fabrizio Poletti
 Poletti in the 1970–71 Torino F.C. season | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 July 1943 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bondeno, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) |
Full-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1961 | Bondenese | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 |
Asti | 24 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1962–1971 |
Torino | 224 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 1971–1974 |
Cagliari | 64 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 |
Sampdoria | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 317 | (21) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Italy U21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1970 | Italy | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1978 |
Suzzara | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Faenza | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Fabrizio Poletti (Italian pronunciation: full-back.
He is remembered for his career with
final of the 1970 FIFA World Cup.[1]
Club career
Born in
Genoa in Serie A. During his nine seasons in Turin, he made 275 official appearances for the club (224 in Serie A, with 18 goals, 37 in the Coppa Italia, with 4 goals, and 14 appearances in European Competitions, with 1 goal, as well as 10 in friendly matches, bringing his total to 285 appearances), scoring 23 goals, and is the club's 14th highest appearance holder. Alongside his team-mate Natalino Fossati, he formed one of the strongest full-back pairings in Serie A at the time, developing into an efficient two-way full-back, who contributed both offensively and defensively, under the tutelage of manager Nereo Rocco. During his time at the club, he was also the main penalty taker, despite being a defender, which allowed him to contribute with several goals throughout his career.[2]
Poletti later moved to
Sampdoria, where he ended his career at the end of the 1974–75 season, making 5 appearances (and one additional appearance in a friendly). In total, he spent 13 seasons in Serie A, making 294 appearances and scoring 20 goals, also making 344 career appearances, scoring 24 goals.[4][5][6]
International career
Poletti earned six caps for the
Managerial career
In January 1978, Poletti replaced Gianfranco Bozzao as
Suzzara's coach in Serie D, but was unable to prevent the team's relegation to the Promozione league division. He is currently working and as a coach in Costa Rica, where he has resided after moving there in the 80s with his partner Maritza.[8]
Personal life
Poletti has two children (Marco and Erika), three grandchildren (Milena, Fabiola, and Martina), and two great grandchildren (Samuele and Zoe). The evening of 15 October 1967, in Torino, he was hit by a motorist after crossing Corso Re Umberto, sustaining a minor injury to his leg; his close friend and team-mate
Sampdoria, was killed in the crash.[8]
Honours
Torino[5]
- Coppa Italia: 1967–68, 1970–71
Italy[5]
- Mediterranean Games: 1963
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1970
Individual
- Medaglia d'oro al valore atletico[5]
References
- ^ a b FIFA Profile
- ^ Andrea Piva (13 July 2013). "13 luglio 1943: nasce Fabrizio Poletti". toro.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ "Poletti al Cagliari, Carmignani alla Juve". emeroteca.coni.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 9 July 1971. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "Poletti, Fabrizio". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Fabrizio Poletti". medagliedoro.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "Enciclopedia del Calcio, 2011: Poletti, Fabrizio". enciclopediadelcalcio.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Nazionale in cifre - FIGC - Convocazioni e presenze in campo: Poletti, Fabrizio" [Fabrizio Poletti's international stats at FIGC]. figc.it (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ a b c Giorgio Dell’Arti (2 July 2014). "Fabrizio Poletti". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
