Moreno Torricelli

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Moreno Torricelli
Torricelli in March 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-01-23) 23 January 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Erba, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992
Caratese
 57 (3)
1992–1998 Juventus 152 (1)
1998–2002 Fiorentina 99 (2)
2003–2004 Espanyol 33 (0)
2004–2005
Arezzo
 25 (1)
Total 366 (7)
International career
1996–1998 Italy 10 (0)
Managerial career
2009
Pistoiese
2009–2010 Figline
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Moreno Torricelli (Italian pronunciation: [moˈrɛːno torriˈtʃɛlli]; born 23 January 1970) is an Italian football manager and former defender, who usually played as a full-back on the right flank. Torricelli played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, but achieved prominence during his successful stint with Juventus, with whom he won several titles; he also had a spell in Spain with Espanyol. At international level, he also represented the Italy national side, taking part at UEFA Euro 1996 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Torricelli, born in

Como
to attend a youth regional championship (Allievi Regionali) with them but at the end of the loan he had to get back to his former amateur team US Folgore of Verano Brianza.

At Folgore, played in the main team too, up to age 18, before transferring to Oggiono, newly promoted to the top regional league "Promozione" at the end of 1987–88 season. In the "Promozione", Moreno played 49 matches in two seasons.

Upon joining

Caratese from Oggiono in 1990 he was granted a work in a factory and played football on a part-time basis because Caratese was a high-level team attending to the top national amateur league "Interregionale".[1]

Torricelli with Juventus in 1998.

In July 1992, Caratese played against Serie A giants Juventus in a pre-season friendly. Torricelli's performance in this match impressed then-Juventus coach Giovanni Trapattoni so much that he was purchased by the Turin side for 50 million lire shortly afterwards.[1] Due to his past as a carpenter, his Juventus teammate Roberto Baggio gave Torricelli the nickname Geppetto during his time with the club.[2]

Torricelli made his debut in Serie A on 13 September 1992 in a 4–1 win for Juventus against

Italian Supercups, a Coppa Italia, a UEFA Champions League, a UEFA Super Cup, and an Intercontinental Cup, in addition to reaching three consecutive Champions League finals between 1996 and 1998, and another UEFA Cup final in 1995.[3]

In 1998, Torricelli left Juventus to join

Arezzo.[6][7]

International career

At international level, Torricelli won ten

Euro 96 under Arrigo Sacchi, where Italy suffered a surprising elimination in the group stage. Under manager Cesare Maldini, he was also a member of the Italian side at the 1998 World Cup, where Italy were eliminated on penalties by hosts and eventual Champions France in the quarter-finals, but he did not feature throughout the tournament.[3]

Style of play

A right-footed defender, Torricelli usually played as a full-back on the right flank, although he was a versatile player who also capable of playing on the left, as well as in any other defensive role in a zonal marking system. In his youth, he had played as a

sweeper in a man marking back-line. Despite his lack of notable skills, class, or technical ability with his feet, he was a hard-working, tenacious, combative, reliable and determined team-player, who was both energetic and tactically intelligent; he also possessed significant physical strength, good elevation, and a strong mentality. These attributes played a key role in his success as a footballer.[3][9][10][11][12]

Managerial career

In February 2009, Torricelli took his first managing role in football after being appointed as head coach of

Foligno
in the relegation playoffs.

On 23 June 2009, he was announced as new head coach of

2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione campaign, the first in the Italian third tier for the small Tuscan club.[14] He left the club at the end of the season.[15]

In the summer of 2014, he was hired by Pont-Donnas/Hône-Arnad in Aosta as a youth coach.[11]

Personal life

Torricelli was married to Barbara, who died from leukemia on 27 October 2010. Together they had three children, Arianna, Alessio and Aurora.[16]

Honours

Juventus[17]

Fiorentina[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "UNA FAVOLA COME SI PUÒ DIVENTARE UN CAMPIONE" (in Italian). La Stampa. 12 August 1992. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  2. ^ Chiara Biondini (5 November 2012). "TMWMagazine - Torricelli: "Ecco chi mi ha soprannominato Geppetto"" (in Italian). www.tuttomercatoweb.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Marino Bartoletti (1 June 2002). "Torricelli, il panchinaro contento: "Vice di Bergomi, la mia vittoria"" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. p. 41. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  4. ^ Carlo Laudisa (7 July 1998). "Torricelli torna alla corte del Trap" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  5. ^ Carlo Laudisa (23 January 2003). "E' una Reggina pigliatutto" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  6. ^ Nicola Binda (3 November 2004). "Infinito Torricelli: riparte da Arezzo" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  7. ^ Carlo Lovati (24 July 2006). "Scende in campo la squadra che non c' è" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. p. 7. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Torricelli, Moreno" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  9. ^ "LA FAVOLA DI MORENO TORRICELLI" (in Italian). Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Moreno Torricelli" (in Italian). www.tuttocalciatori.net. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  11. ^ a b Stefano Sergi (21 June 2014). "La nuova vita valdostana di Moreno Torricelli: "Rispetto e determinazione così si diventa campioni"" (in Italian). La Stampa. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  12. ^ Matteo Baccellini (30 March 2009). "Torricelli: "In panchina con la grinta da falegname"" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  13. ^ "UFFICIALE: Torricelli nuovo allenatore della Pistoiese" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  14. ^ "UFFICIALE: Figline, il nuovo mister è Torricelli" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  15. ^ Mario Pagliara (9 August 2010). "Quanti allenatori a spasso In vacanza col cellulare acceso" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  16. ^ "Lutto in casa Torricelli E' scomparsa la moglie" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  17. ^ a b "Moreno Torricelli". Eurosport. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  18. ^ "Toyota Cup - Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  19. ^ 1995–96 All matches – season at UEFA website
  20. ^ 1996–97 All matches – season at UEFA website
  21. ^ 1997–98 All matches – season at UEFA website
  22. ^ 1992–93 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
  23. ^ 1994–95 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website*Official Site
  24. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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