Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fulvio Luigi Saini | ||
Date of birth | 7 March 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Biassono, Italy | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1977–1980 | Monza | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1998 | Monza | 544 | (13) |
1998–2001 | Pro Sesto | 92 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2011 |
Fulvio Luigi Saini (born 7 March 1962) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Italian club Monza (then in Serie B and Serie C) [1]
He began his career in the youth team of Monza, the team that launched him into professionalism and of which he became captain. The player from Brianza lived for almost twenty years with the red and white shirt, collecting 544 appearances in the championship (290 of which in Serie B and 254 in Serie C1), a record for the Monza club, topped off with 13 goals, the victory of two Italian Serie C Cups and three promotions to Serie B. [2]
He closed his career playing 3 seasons in Serie C2 in Pro Sesto, with 92 games and one goal.
After completing his experience as a footballer, he coached the Monza youth team for many years. In June 2017, exactly 40 years after he joined the Monza youth team as a footballer, he left his position as coach. [2]
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