Sebastiano Nela

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Sebastiano Nela
Personnel
birthday March 13, 1961
place of birth Rapallo ,  Italy
size 177 cm
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
CFC genoa
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1978-1981 CFC genoa 70 0(6)
1981-1992 AS Roma 281 (19)
1992-1994 SSC Naples 34 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1981-1982 Italy U-21 5 0(0)
1984-1987 Italy 5 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Sebastiano "Sebino" Nela (born March 13, 1961 in Rapallo ) is a former Italian football player .

For the Italian national football team , the defender , who could be used on both wings, played five games. In the club he played for CFC Genoa , AS Roma and SSC Napoli .

Career

In the club

Sebastiano Nela began his career at CFC Genoa , for which he made his professional debut in Serie B in 1978/79 . As early as 1979/80 he was a regular at the Grifoni and in the following season he rose to Serie A with the team trained by Gigi Simoni .

For the 1981/82 season Nela moved to AS Roma , for whom he celebrated his debut in Italy's top division on September 13, 1981 in a 0-0 draw against US Avellino at the age of 20. The defender was immediately a regular at the capital club and won the 1982/83 season under Nils Liedholm the only Italian championship of his career. In the following season he won the Coppa Italia with Roma against Hellas Verona . In Europe Champions Cup you had to in the final of the Liverpool FC 2: 4 after penalties beaten. In 1985/86 Nela won again the Coppa Italia with AS Roma, in 1987 he sustained an injury in an accident that put him out of action for almost a year.

After his third Coppa Italia victory in 1990/91, Sebastiano Nela left Roma in 1992 and went to SSC Napoli , where he ended his professional career in 1994.

In total, Nela played 315 Serie A games and scored 16 goals.

In the national team

Nela completed a total of five international matches in the Italian U-21 team from 1981 to 1982 under the then national coach Azeglio Vicini . He made his debut on September 23, 1981 in the away game against Bulgaria for the Azzurrini . In his five appearances in the U-21, the teams scored only three goals, Italy won one game.

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , where Nela participated in the soccer tournament with Italy , he completed three games and finished fourth with his team.

For the senior national team of Italy , the defensive player completed his first international match on May 22, 1984, which was lost 1-0 to Germany . In the three following games against Austria , Greece and Malta , a victory for the Squadra Azzurra could be achieved. The high point of his national team career was his appointment to the Italian squad for the 1986 World Cup . Nela made his last appearance on April 18, 1987 again against Germany, the game ended goalless.

After the active career

Sebastiano Nela has been working as a TV commentator since the end of his career.

successes

Trivia

  • In 1987, after his injury, the singer Antonello Venditti dedicated the song Correndo correndo on the CD In questo mondo di ladri to Sebastiano Nela .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sebastiano NELA. www.fifa.com, accessed June 30, 2010 (English).
  2. ↑ "Lacrime di ... gioia" by Sensi? vendittando.splinder.com, August 3, 2006, accessed June 30, 2010 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Nela, Sebastiano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sebino (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Rapallo