Gino Pivatelli
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 March 1933 | ||
Place of birth | Sanguinetto, Italy | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1947–1949 |
Internazionale | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1949–1950 | Cerea | ||
1950–1953 |
Hellas Verona | 68 | (25) |
1953–1960 |
Bologna | 196 | (105) |
1960–1961 |
Napoli | 21 | (3) |
1961–1963 |
Milan | 37 | (11) |
International career | |||
1954–1958 | Italy | 7 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
1970–1972 |
Rimini | ||
1972–1973 |
Ravenna | ||
1974–1975 |
Ravenna | ||
1976–1977 |
Pro Vasto | ||
1977–1979 | Padova | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gino Pivatelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒiːno pivaˈtɛlli]; born 27 March 1933) is a former Italian footballer and manager who played as a striker. An agile and technically gifted centre-forward, with a powerful right-footed shot, although he was a prolific goalscorer, he was also a highly versatile player, who was capable of playing in a creative role as a second striker or attacking midfielder, in deeper midfield positions, or as a defender, in addition to his usual position of forward.[1][2]
Club career
Throughout his club career, Pivatelli most notably played for
International career
Pivatelli was included in Italy for the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland, although he did not appear during the tournament. He made his senior international debut for Italy on 30 March 1955, at the age of 22, wearing the number 10 shirt, and scoring the match-winning goal in a 2–1 friendly away victory over reigning World Champions West Germany, in Stuttgart. He scored his second international goal against Portugal on 22 December 1957, in a 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifying match. In total he earned 7 caps and scored 2 goals for the national team between 1954 and 1958.[1][3][4]
Honours
Club
Individual
- Serie A Top Goal-scorer: 1955–56 (29 goals)[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "GINO PIVATELLI: DA ATTACCANTE A DIFENSORE" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Raffaele Tomelleri (2 March 2014). "Pivatelli è diviso a metà "Le maglie della mia vita"" (in Italian). L'Arena. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Pivatelli, Gino" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Pivatelli, Gino" (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.