Giorgio Mariani

Giorgio Mariani
Personnel
birthday	April 6, 1946
place of birth	Sassuolo ,  Italy
date of death	December 8, 2011
Place of death	Sassuolo ,  Italy
size	175 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
1960	US Sassuolo Calcio
1961-1964	AC Florence
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1965-1966	Modena FC	1 (0)
1966-1967	Cosenza Calcio 1914	24 (4)
1967-1968	Ascoli Calcio	28 (7)
1968-1971	AC Florence	38 (3)
1971-1972	Hellas Verona	27 (6)
1972-1973	SSC Naples	24 (3)
1973	SSC Palermo	3 (0)
1973-1974	Inter Milan	39 (8)
1975-1977	AC Cesena	30 (1)
1977-1988	AS Varese	25 (2)
1979-1980	Carpi FC
	US Sassuolo Calcio
1 Only league games are given.

Giorgio Mariani (born April 6, 1946 in Sassuolo ; † December 8, 2011 there ) was an Italian football player .

Life

Mariani, who was born in Sassuolo in 1946 and played in the storm, began his career as a professional footballer at FC Modena in the 1965/66 season . He then played for a short time for Cosenza Calcio in 1914 and for Ascoli Calcio before moving to Fiorentina . With the Fiorentina he was in the season 1968/69 under Bruno Pesaola Italian champion , although he was used as a substitute only once.

In the 1972/73 season Mariani saved his club Hellas Verona in the decisive direct relegation game against Sampdoria Genoa by scoring three goals to 3-1 after an initial deficit. He was best known abroad as a striker for Inter Milan , where he complemented himself well with Roberto Boninsegna . Between 1973 and 1974 he scored eight goals in 39 games for Inter over a year and a half. In the 1976/77 UEFA Cup , Mariani was eliminated with AC Cesena in the first round against 1. FC Magdeburg 3-1 and 3-1, scoring the first goal for Cesena in the second leg.

In total, Giorgio Mariani scored 29 goals in 158 games in Serie A. In Serie B he scored twice in 29 games. Most recently he served his hometown club US Sassuolo Calcio as sports director for some time .

Giorgio Mariani died after a long illness on December 8th 2011 at the age of 65 in Sassuolo.

Web links

• Giorgio Mariani in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary for Giorgio Mariani at TG Verona ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.