Pierluigi Cera

Pierluigi Cera
Pierluigi Cera 1969 in the jersey of the US Cagliari
Personnel
birthday	February 25, 1941
place of birth	Legnago ,  Italy
size	172 cm
position	Central defender
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1957-1964	Hellas Verona	141 (7)
1964-1973	US Cagliari	240 (4)
1973-1979	AC Cesena	97 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1969-1972	Italy	18 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Pierluigi Cera (born February 25, 1941 in Legnago ( VR ), Italy ) is a former Italian football player .

Career

The defender Pierluigi Cera played in the 1960s and 1970s for the club AC Cesena , US Cagliari and Hellas Verona . In 1969/70 he won the Scudetto , the Italian championship, with the US Cagliari under Manlio Scopigno . He was in the squad of the Italian national team at the Football World Cup in Mexico in 1970 , where he was runner-up and was used as a defender in the memorable match of the century in the semifinals against Germany . In the 67th minute of this game he fouled Franz Beckenbauer near the penalty area. Referee Arturo Yamasaki did not award a penalty to the annoyance of the German players. Beckenbauer dislocated his shoulder during the foul and had to continue playing with an arm sling.

Cera played a total of 18 international matches for Italy from 1969 to 1972. The Italian Football Association mistakenly led him as a goal scorer in a friendly match on October 17, 1970 in Switzerland ; in fact, however, the striker Sandro Mazzola scored the goal.

successes

As a national player

• Vice world champion : 1970

With his clubs

• Italian champion : 1969/70

Web links

Commons : Pierluigi Cera  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pierluigi Cera in the database of weltfussball.de
• International match dates for the Italian association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cera Pier Luigi figc.it (accessed on July 15, 2014)
2. ↑ Switzerland v Italy, October 17, 1970 11v11 (accessed July 15, 2014)