Claudio Gentile
Claudio Gentile | ||
Claudio Gentile 2006
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Personnel | ||
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birthday | September 27, 1953 | |
place of birth | Tripoli , Libya | |
size | 182 cm | |
position | Defense | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
Varese FC | ||
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1971-1972 | Arona | 34 (4) |
1972-1973 | Varese FC | 34 (1) |
1973-1984 | Juventus Turin | 283 (9) |
1984-1987 | AC Florence | 70 (0) |
1987-1988 | Piacenza Calcio | 20 (0) |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1975-1984 | Italy | 71 (1) |
Stations as a trainer | ||
Years | station | |
2000-2006 | Italy U21 | |
1 Only league games are given. |
Claudio Gentile (born September 27, 1953 in Tripoli , Libya ) is a former Italian football player and coach .
Career
As a player
Claudio Gentile's career began in the youth department of Varese FC . In the 1971-72 season he played in Arona in the Series D . For the following season he returned to Varese.
When he moved to Juventus Turin in 1973 , he was already a seasoned player in his position as left or right full- back. For years he was known for his level-headed but consistent man marking . The successes he achieved with the Turin club were correspondingly great . By the time he left Juventus in 1984, he had worn the white and black jersey a total of 414 times. For the 1984/85 season he moved to Fiorentina , for which he played three years. In 1987 he went to Piacenza Calcio .
Its use at the Soccer World Cup in 1982 , at which Italy also became world champions, is legendary to this day . At that time he played the most important tournament of his career: His close and very hard man marking eliminated both Diego Maradona and later Zico . Between 1974 and 1984 he played a total of 71 times for the Italian national soccer team .
As a trainer
After his active career Claudio Gentile in 1992 initially began as a club coach at Calcio Lecco , before 1998 FIGC changed and assistant coach and later coach of the U-20 national team was.
In July 2000, he became the assistant coach of Giovanni Trapattoni for the Italian national team .
On October 12, 2000 Gentile was hired as the coach of the Italian U-21 national team . At the U-21 European Championship in Germany in 2004 , his team became European champions, and a little later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , his team won the bronze medal. After the U-21 European Championship in Portugal in 2006 , where Italy was eliminated in the first round, Gentile's contract was no longer renewed. He was succeeded by former star strikers Pierluigi Casiraghi and Gianfranco Zola .
successes
As a player
- World Champion : 1982
- Italian champion : 1974/75 , 1976/77 , 1977/78 , 1980/81 , 1981/82 , 1983/84
- Italian cup winner : 1978/79 , 1982/83
- UEFA Cup : 1976/77
- European Cup Winners' Cup : 1983/84
As a trainer
- U-21 European Champion : 2004
- Bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Web links
- Claudio Gentile in the database of weltfussball.de
- Mission data at the Italian Association (Italian)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gentile, Claudio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian soccer player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1953 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tripoli , Libya |