Pietro Anastasi

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Pietro Anastasi
Anastasi with Juventus during the 1971–72 season
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-04-07)7 April 1948
Place of birth Catania, Italy
Date of death 17 January 2020(2020-01-17) (aged 71)
Place of death Varese, Italy
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1964–66 Massiminiana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1968
Varese
 66 (17)
1968–1976 Juventus 205 (78)
1976–1978 Inter Milan 46 (7)
1978–1981
Ascoli
 58 (9)
1981–1982 Lugano 14 (10)
Total 389 (121)
International career
1967 Italy under-21 6 (2)
1968 Italy B Team 4 (2)
1968–1974 Italy 25 (8)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy (as player)
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1968 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pietro Anastasi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro anaˈstaːzi]; 7 April 1948 – 17 January 2020), nicknamed Petruzzu 'u turcu (Sicilian for 'Pete the Turk') by fans, was an Italian footballer who played mainly in the role of a forward.[1][2][3]

He started his professional club career in Italy with

Ascoli, where he remained for three seasons. He finally retired in 1982, after a single season with Swiss club Lugano
.

At international level, Anastasi represented Italy on 25 occasions between 1968 and 1975, scoring eight goals. He made his senior international debut at UEFA Euro 1968 on home soil, and is widely known for later scoring in the final victory over Yugoslavia, which gave Italy their first ever European Championship title. He later also took part at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

After retiring, he worked as a pundit. He died on 17 January 2020 from

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
.

Club career

Anastasi was born in

Ascoli. In Serie A, he played 338 matches and scored 105 goals (For Juventus, he played 205 games and scored 78 goals).[1] Although he never won the Serie A Top Goalscorer award, he was the third highest goalscorer in the League on three occasions, during the 1968–69, 1969–70 and 1973–74
seasons.

He made his professional debut with Missiminiana di Catania in

Fiorentina, at the age of nineteen. During his first season in Serie A, he scored an impressive 11 goals, three of which were scored in Varese's shocking 5–0 win over Juventus on 4 February 1968, a performance which enabled him to be called up to the Italy national side.[4]

Anastasi (no. 9) in 1975, as captain of Juventus, with Ternana captain Fernando Benatti

Due to his precocious performances, he was purchased by

Ajax. In total, he scored 130 goals for Juventus, in 303 appearances.[1]

In 1976, Anastasi began to find less space within the first team Juventus squad, partially due to his disagreements with manager

Napoli, although his Inter performances were not as consistent or prolific as those with Juventus. As a result, he was sold to Ascoli in 1978, and he remained at the club for three more Serie A seasons, scoring 9 goals. In December 1979, he scored his 100th goal in Serie A in a 3–2 win over his former club, Juventus. He spent his final year playing for FC Lugano in the Swiss League, during the 1981–82 season, before retiring.[8]

International career

Anastasi (left) beats Marić and scores the definitive goal in Italy's 3–1 friendly victory against Yugoslavia, in Turin, on 20 September 1972.

With the

final against Yugoslavia at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 8 June, which ended in a 1–1 draw.[10] In the final replay against the same opponent two days later, he also scored his first international goal, the second goal in Italy's 2–0 victory, with a right-footed volley from just outside the area.[9][11] He was initially set to take part in the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico with Italy, but he was unable to participate due to injury. In his place, and that of midfielder Giovanni Lodetti, two strikers were called up by manager Ferruccio Valcareggi: Roberto Boninsegna and Pierino Prati, as Italy went on to reach the final.[12] Anastasi also participated at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, scoring one goal in the team's 3–1 victory against Haiti in the first round, although Italy failed to advance from their group.[13] In total, he played 25 international matches for Italy between 1968 and 1975, scoring 8 goals.[8][14]

Style of play

Anastasi is regarded as one of the best Italian strikers of his generation,

crossing ability, and he even had a tendency to drift onto the left flank when he was deployed as an out-and-out striker in order to create chances for his teammates.[2][3][15][17][18][19][20][24][25][26]

Nicknamed "il

Sicilian dialect), due to the dark, olive-colour of his complexion whenever he was tanned.[12][17] Off the pitch, however, he did at times draw criticism in the media for his lack of discipline.[2]

After retirement

After retiring from professional football, Anastasi worked briefly as a youth coach,[20] and later served as a football pundit for the Italian television network 7 Gold and SKY.[29]

Personal life

Anastasi was married to Anna; together, they had two sons: Silvano and Gianluca.[21] He met his wife during his time with Varese, when he first began his professional career. After his retirement, he returned to the town, where he remained until his death.[26][30]

Death

Anastasi died in

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2018. During the last three years of his life, medical examinations also found that he had an intestinal tumour, which was removed through an operation.[15][20][30][31]

Honours

Juventus[2]

Inter[32]

Italy[2]

Individual

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Stefano Bedeschi (7 April 2013). "Gli eroi in bianconero: Pietro ANASTASI" (in Italian). Tutto Juve. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
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  8. ^ a b c "Pietro Anastasi fotografia del turbolento '68: per il 'Pelè bianco' milioni a palate e compressori" (in Italian). www.filippofabbri.net. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  9. ^ a b "La gioia di Anastasi, Salvadore e Rosato". La Stampa (in Italian). 11 June 1968. p. 11.
  10. ^ Accatino, Giulio (8 June 1968). "Il ventenne Anastasi sostituisce Mazzola". La Stampa (in Italian). p. 10.
  11. ^ "Your Favourite UEFA Goal: Euro 1968 Anastasi". UEFA.com. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  12. ^ a b c Luca, Lucio (30 May 2002). "L' azzurro amaro di Anastasi ko in Messico, fuori in Germania". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  13. ^ Pintagro, Mario (24 June 2014). "Anastasi: "Il mio gol prima del naufragio"". la Repubblica (in Italian).
  14. ^ "Nazionale in cifre: Anastasi, Pietro" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  15. ^ a b c d Cerruti, Alberto (18 January 2020). "Pietruzzu si è arreso alla Sla: con lui l'Italia vinse l'Europeo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  16. ^ a b c Tomaselli, Paolo (17 January 2020). "Morto Pietro Anastasi, fu goleador con Juve, Inter e in Nazionale". Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  17. ^ a b c d e Crosetti, Maurizio (18 January 2020). "Pietruzzu, la Fiat e la Juve. Con i gol fece saltare le divisioni sociali". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
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  19. ^ a b Lanza, Cesare (3 October 1966). "Autogol rocambolesco stronca il Catanzaro". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). p. 9.
  20. ^
    Gazzetta dello sport
    (in Italian). 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  21. ^ a b c "In memory of Pietro Anastasi". Juventus F.C. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  22. ^ Albanese, Giovanni (19 January 2020). "Juve, con il Parma in memoria di Pietro Anastasi: più Dybala che Higuain" (in Italian). www.tuttomercatoweb.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  23. ^ "Anastasi a Stadio Goal: "Mancini adatto alla Juve. Stagione disastrosa. La mia squadra aveva le palle, questa no!"" (in Italian). Tutto Juve. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  24. ^ "Fraizzoli pretende lo scudetto". La Stampa (in Italian). 2 August 1976. p. 14. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
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  26. ^ a b Prestigiacomo, Dario (25 September 2011). "Pietro Anastasi Io, il ragazzo di Catania che conquistò il Nord". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  27. ^ a b Marani, Matteo (19 January 2020). "Anastasi, l'uomo del sud che alla Juve divenne il Pelé bianco. VIDEO" (in Italian). sport.sky.it. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  28. ^ Albanese, Giovanni (19 January 2020). "Pietro Anastasi, il ritratto di quel giovane che diventò un'icona del Sud" (in Italian). www.juventusnews24.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  29. ^ Giorgio Dell'Arti (10 October 2013). "Pietro Anastasi" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  30. ^ a b "Il figlio di Anastasi: "Papà aveva la Sla, ha chiesto la sedazione assistita"" [Anastasi's son: "Dad had ALS, he asked for palliative sedation"] (in Italian). Ansa. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  31. ^ "Italy EURO hero Pietro Anastasi passes away". UEFA.com. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  32. ^ "Pietro Anastasi" (in Italian). Inter.it. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  33. ^ Roberto Di Maggio; Davide Rota (4 June 2015). "Italy – Coppa Italia Top Scorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  34. ^ "Fairs/UEFA Cup Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  35. ^ "Pirlo, Mazzone, Boniek in Hall of Fame". Football Italia. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

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