Pierluigi Pizzaballa

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Pierluigi Pizzaballa
Personnel
birthday September 14, 1939
place of birth Bergamo ,  Italy
position goalkeeper
Juniors
Years station
Verdello
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1958-1966 Atalanta Bergamo 87 (0)
1966-1969 AS Roma 70 (0)
1969-1973 Hellas Verona 79 (0)
1973-1976 AC Milan 10 (0)
1976-1980 Atalanta Bergamo 54 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1966 Italy 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Pierluigi Pizzaballa (born September 14, 1939 in Bergamo ) is a former Italian football goalkeeper. At club level, especially with Atalanta Bergamo and the Roma active, he took the national team of his home country and at the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England in part.

Career

Club career

Pierluigi Pizzaballa, born on September 14, 1939 in the northern Italian city of Bergamo , began playing football for the local Verdello club before Atalanta Bergamo hired him for the first team in 1958. In his very first season, the young goalkeeper helped Atalanta to return to Serie A as the first in Serie B in 1958/59 with a two-point lead over US Palermo . There the club established itself in the following years. Pierluigi Pizzaballa was also there when Atalanta Bergamo landed the greatest success in the club's history. In the Coppa Italia 1962/63 they beat AC Como , CC Catania , AC Padova and AS Bari one after the other and finally stood in the final, where AC Turin waited as an opponent . With Pierluigi Pizzaballa in goal and after three goals from the future star striker Angelo Domenghini , Atalanta prevailed 3-1 and brought the trophy of the Italian Cup winner to Bergamo for the first and only time to date.

Pierluigi Pizzaballa played for Atalanta Bergamo until the summer of 1966 and made a total of 87 league games for the club. In 1966 he moved to AS Roma and spent three very successful years there. While little edifying placements were achieved in the league, the Roma won the Coppa Italia 1968/69 with Pizzaballa in goal by a first place in the final round before the US Cagliari , Foggia Incedit and AC Turin. In the same year Pierluigi Pizzaballa left AS Roma after three years and 70 league games again, he joined league rival Hellas Verona for the new season . The goalkeeper spent four years in Verona and made 79 appearances in the league during this time. And they also managed to stay in the league in all four years, which brought Hellas Verona its longest first division time to date without interruption.

In the summer of 1973 Pierluigi Pizzaballa changed clubs again and became second goalkeeper at AC Milan . Behind Enrico Albertosi , however, he only made ten league games in three years, a title win did not jump out. Pizzaballa also only experienced the final participation in the Coppa Italia 1975/76 from the bank. In 1976, the goalkeeper finally returned to the starting point of his career, Atalanta Bergamo. The club had meanwhile relegated to Serie B again , but after Pizzaballa returned, they immediately returned to Serie A by finishing second in Serie B in 1976/77 , only behind Lanerossi Vicenza . There you could only stay for two years, however, in the 1978/79 season followed as the penultimate relegation. After the following second division season could only be completed in midfield, Pierluigi Pizzaballa ended his footballing career at the age of 41. Previously, in his second time at Atalanta Bergamo, he had made 54 league games in four years.

National team

In 1966 Pierluigi Pizzaballa played an international match for the Italian national football team . National coach Edmondo Fabbri called him into the southern European squad for the 1966 World Cup in England , but only acted as the third goalkeeper behind Enrico Albertosi and Roberto Anzolin at the tournament . As a result, Pizzaballa was denied a World Cup appearance. The Italian team, however, was eliminated from the World Cup after the preliminary round, after finishing third in a group with the Soviet Union , North Korea and Chile .

successes

1962/63 with Atalanta Bergamo
1968/69 with AS Roma
1958/59 with Atalanta Bergamo

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personal data
SURNAME Pizzaballa, Pierluigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergamo , Italy