Gino Pivatelli

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Gino Pivatelli
Pivatelli with Bologna, c. 1958
Personal information
Date of birth (1933-03-27) 27 March 1933 (age 91)
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

Atalanta. With the Emilian side, he was the Serie A top-scorer during the 1955–56 Serie A season, with 29 league goals in 30 appearances, and was the only Italian player to win the Capocannoniere title during the 1950s. In total, he scored 105 goals for Bologna during his seven seasons with the club. After playing with Napoli for the 1960–61 season, he joined Milan in 1961, and was part of the side that won the Serie A title in 1962, and the European Cup in 1963 under manager Nereo Rocco, after which he subsequently retired from playing professional football.[1][3]

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

Milan[1][3]

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "GINO PIVATELLI: DA ATTACCANTE A DIFENSORE" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. ^ Raffaele Tomelleri (2 March 2014). "Pivatelli è diviso a metà "Le maglie della mia vita"" (in Italian). L'Arena. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "Pivatelli, Gino" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Pivatelli, Gino" (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.