Azeglio Vicini

Azeglio Vicini
Personnel
birthday	March 20, 1933
place of birth	Cesena ,  Italy
date of death	January 30, 2018
Place of death	Brescia ,  Italy
position	Defense , midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1953-1956	Lanerossi Vicenza	54 (8)
1956-1963	Sampdoria Genoa	191 (6)
1963-1966	Brescia Calcio	55 (2)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1967-1968	Brescia Calcio
1975-1976	Italy U23
1976-1986	Italy U21
1986-1991	Italy
1992-1993	AC Cesena
1993-1994	Udinese Calcio
1 Only league games are given.

Azeglio Vicini (born March 20, 1933 in Cesena , † January 30, 2018 in Brescia ) was an Italian football player and coach .

He was team boss of the Italian national team during the European Football Championship in 1988 and the 1990 World Cup .

Career

Vicini was the youngest of five children in a poor family in Cesena. In addition to his studies, he worked as a carpenter. From 1952 he played for AC Cesena and from 1958 for Sampdoria Genoa , where he was repositioned from attacking midfielder to defensive player. In 1965 he moved to Serie B in Brescia . Two years later he took over the club as a coach. In 1969 he moved to the association and in 1975 he was the coach of the Italian U-23, which appeared as the U-21 national team from 1977 . In 1986 Vicini was with her Vice European Champion .

In August 1986, after the 1986 World Cup , Azeglio Vicini took over the Italian senior team as the successor to Enzo Bearzot . His first international game as team boss took place on October 8, 1986 against Greece (2-0). With the Italian team , Vicini was eliminated from the 1988 European Football Championship in Germany against the USSR in the semi-finals. At the 1990 World Cup in his own country, he was able to achieve third place with his team . 1991 Vicini resigned after the failure of Italy to qualify for the European Championship in Sweden . He was succeeded by Arrigo Sacchi . In the 1992/93 season he coached AC Cesena for a short time in Serie B and in 1993/94 Udinese Calcio in Serie A , before later taking over the chairmanship of the Italian coaching association.

successes

• U-21 Vice European Champion : 1986
• European Championship third : 1988
• World Championship third : 1990

Web links

Commons : Azeglio Vicini  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Azeglio Vicini in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ È morto Azeglio Vicini . In: Giornale di Brescia.it, January 31, 2018, accessed February 1, 2018 (Italian).
2. ^ Roberto Di Maggio: Italian National Team Coaches . rsssf.com , November 30, 2017, accessed February 1, 2018.