Roberto Bettega

Roberto Bettega
Roberto Bettega (1973)
Personnel
birthday	December 27, 1950
place of birth	Turin ,  Italy
size	184 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
1961-1969	Juventus Turin
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1969-1983	Juventus Turin	326 (129)
1969-1970	→  Varese FC  (loan)	30 0(13)
1983-1984	Toronto Blizzard	48 0(11)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1971	Italy U-21	1 00(0)
1975-1983	Italy	42 0(19)
1 Only league games are given.

Roberto Bettega (born December 27, 1950 in Turin ) is a former Italian football player .

Bettega was considered one of the strongest strikers in the world in his prime . Almost his entire career he was under contract with Juventus Turin . He was nicknamed penna bianca ( the white feather ) because of his gray hair at a young age .

Career

Alongside Paolo Rossi, Bettega was the great star striker of Juventus Turin in the 1970s and 1980s. Coming straight from Juventus' youth department, he played 326 Serie A games over the course of his career , scoring 129 goals. As a player, he won several Italian championships and the UEFA Cup . The striker finished fourth with Italy at the 1978 World Cup in Argentina . He played all seven games and scored two goals. He also took fourth place at the 1980 European Football Championship in his own country (4 appearances). However, he did not experience the great triumph of Italian football due to injury. In 1982 his colleagues became world champions without the Juve star .

After his active career, which he ended in 1984, he switched to sports management . He initially worked briefly at Toronto Blizzard , where he mainly gained business experience. After returning from Canada , he took on management positions at Juventus and also worked as a football commentator . Since 1995 he has been vice president of the association. He represents Juventus on all international issues, in particular he is Juventus' representative at the G-14 .

In management he made up for successes that he had missed as a player, including winning the Champions League , the European Super Cup and the World Cup .

successes

In the club

• Italian championship : 1971/72 , 1972/73 , 1974/75 , 1976/77 , 1977/78 , 1980/81 , 1981/82
• Coppa Italia : 1978/79 , 1982/83
• UEFA Cup : 1976/77

Individual awards

• Scorer of the Series B : 1969-70
• Serie A top scorer : 1979/80

Web links

Commons : Roberto Bettega  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Roberto Bettega in the database of weltfussball.de
• Mission data at the Italian Association (Italian)
• Career data from Bettega on rsssf.com (English)