Gianluca Signorini

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Gianluca Signorini
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-03-17)17 March 1960
Place of birth Pisa, Italy
Date of death 6 November 2002(2002-11-06) (aged 42)
Place of death Pisa, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back, libero
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1979
Pisa
2 (0)
1979–1980 Pietrasanta 29 (1)
1980–1981
Prato
26 (0)
1981–1983
Livorno
65 (3)
1983–1984 Ternana 29 (0)
1984–1985
Cavese
29 (0)
1985–1987
Parma
70 (6)
1987–1988
Roma
29 (0)
1988–1995
Genoa
207 (5)
1995–1997
Pisa
? (?)
Managerial career
1998
Pisa
(caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gianluca Signorini (17 March 1960 – 6 November 2002) was an Italian

Genoa C.F.C.[1]

Career

Born in

Anfield Road home turf; he also helped the team to a fourth-place finish during the 1990–91 Serie A season, the club's best league finish since the end of the Second World War.[1]

He left Genoa in 1995, aged 35, to join his hometown club Pisa, then in Serie D, and retired two years later.[4] He played 210 Serie A matches with 6 goals.

Retirement and illness

After having ended his playing career, Signorini started a managing career working for Pisa, and serving as joint caretaker manager during their 1997–98

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, an illness that slowly forced immobility, paralyzing all his muscles. He died on 6 November 2002, in his Pisa home. In his honour, the #6 jersey, worn by Signorini during his time for the rossoblu club, was retired.[1][5]

Style of play

A large, tough, elegant, and physically strong player, Signorini is regarded as one of Italy's best and last true

sweepers; his talent, technical ability, and tactical intelligence as a central defender had a strong influence on Franco Baresi's playing style.[1][6][7]

Personal life

Signorini was married to Antonella; together they had four children.[6] On 17 May 2009, one of Signorini's sons, Andrea, a footballer himself, made his Serie A debut with Genoa, thus continuing the legacy of his father and former rossoblu captain.[8]

Honours

Club

Parma[2]
Genoa[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Calcio, morto Signorini, bandiera del Genoa" [Football, Signorini dead, symbol of Genoa]. Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 6 November 2002. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Stagione 1985/86" (in Italian). Storia del Parma Calcio. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b LORENZO MANGINI (30 January 2008). "Stessa maglia, stesso ruolo Il mito di Signorini continua" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Il Pisa Calcio dal 1994 ad oggi" (in Italian). Pisa Calcio. Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  5. ^ Filippo Grimaldi (6 November 2007). "Genoa e Signorini Una serata speciale" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b MARCO TRAVAGLIO (11 January 2001). "Il dramma di Signorini da mesi semiparalizzato" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Franco Baresi (II)" (in Italian). magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Gasperini: "Resto al Genoa"" (in Italian). Pianeta Genoa. 2009-05-17. Retrieved 2009-05-17.

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