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Pietro Puzone (born 1 February 1963) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a winger.
At the age of nineteen, Puzone debuted for Italian Serie A side Napoli during a 2–0 loss to Cesena, and was regarded as a prospect for Napoli. [1] After that, he played for Italian sides Cavese, Akragas, Catania, Spezia and Ischia Isolaverde, before retiring from professional football at the age of twenty-seven. [2]
After retiring from professional football, Puzone became homeless due to drug and alcohol addiction. [3]
Puzone mainly operated as a right winger. [4]
Annibale Frossi was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a forward.
José João Altafini, also known as "Mazzola" in Brazil, is an Italian-Brazilian former footballer, who played as a forward. Although he began his career with Palmeiras in Brazil, he soon moved to play football in Italy, and is mostly remembered for his highly successful stint with Italian club AC Milan, with which he achieved great domestic and international success; he later also played for Napoli and Juventus, before ending his career in Switzerland with spells at Chiasso and Mendrisiostar. A highly prolific goalscorer, Altafini also held the record for the most goals scored in a single European Cup campaign for over 50 years; he is also one of only eight players to have scored five goals in a single European Cup match. He is the joint-fourth highest scorer in Italian Serie A history with 216 goals, and also holds the record for being the fifth-youngest player in Serie A history to score 100 goals, a feat which he managed at the age of 24 years and 239 days. At international level, he represented both Brazil and Italy; he was a member of the Brazilian side that won the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and later also represented Italy at the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
Paolo Cannavaro is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. After beginning his career with Napoli, he moved to Parma in 1999, where he played alongside his older brother Fabio. Paolo remained with the club for seven seasons, aside from a loan spell with Verona during the 2001–02 season, helping the club reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 2005. In 2006, he returned to Napoli, where he was eventually named the club's captain and contributed to the club's resurgence: he helped the team to earn promotion to Serie A in his first season and subsequently aided his side to qualify for the UEFA Cup in 2008, earn a spot in the Champions League in 2011 and win the Coppa Italia in 2012, the club's first title in over 20 years. After eight seasons with Napoli, he moved to Sassuolo in 2014, where he remained until his retirement in 2017. Following the conclusion of his professional football career, he joined his brother as a member of the team's coaching staff at Guangzhou Evergrande and Benevento.
Christian Maggio is an Italian former footballer who played as a right-back, as a wing-back, or as a right winger.
Alberto Fontana is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Michele Padovano is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker.
Salvatore Bagni is a former Italian footballer who mainly played as a central midfielder. He currently works as a sporting director. Bagni played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, in particular Inter, where he won a Coppa Italia title, and Napoli, where he won a Scudetto-Coppa Italia double. At international level, he represented Italy on 41 occasions, and took part at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
William Thomas Garbutt was an English professional football coach and player. His contribution to Italian football through laying the foundations of player training and coaching popularized the sport in the nation, and he was widely considered the model for professional managers in Italy.
Luís Vinícius de Menezes, more famously known as Vinício is a professional football player, who played as a centre forward. Although he is a Brazilian, Vinício played his entire career in Italy, and because of this, he was excluded from the Brazil national side, in a similar manner to José Altafini; unlike Altafini, however, Vinício chose not to play for the Italian national side. Following his professional footballing career, he later became a manager, who became known for introducing tactics based on Dutch total football in Italy.
Giuseppe Savoldi is an Italian former professional football player and coach, who played during the sixties, seventies and eighties, as a forward. A versatile attacker, he played club football in Italy for Atalanta, Bologna and S.S.C. Napoli, and represented the Italy national side at international level.
Alberto Di Chiara is an Italian former professional footballer, who played for Roma, Reggiana, Lecce, Fiorentina, Parma and Perugia, as well as for the Italian national side, as a winger and full back. He is the younger brother of the Italian footballer Stefano Di Chiara.
Massimo Mauro is an Italian politician and a former professional football player, who played as a midfielder. A hard working and tactically intelligent team-player, throughout his career, he was known in particular for his technique and crossing ability on the right-flank. Despite not being particularly quick, due to his stocky physique, he was able to excel in this position due to his vision and positional sense, as well as his control and strength, which allowed him to hold up the ball for teammates. His brother Gregorio also played football professionally.
Lorenzo Insigne is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Toronto FC.
Maurizio Sarri is an Italian professional football manager who is the current manager of Serie A club Lazio.
Kalidou Koulibaly is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Professional League club Al-Hilal and captains the Senegal national team.
Matteo Politano is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger or as a second striker for Serie A club Napoli and the Italy national team.
Roberto Insigne is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Frosinone.
Giovanni Di Lorenzo is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie A club Napoli, which he captains, and the Italy national team.
Gianluca Gaetano is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a left winger for Serie A club Napoli.
Giacomo Raspadori is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Napoli, on loan from Sassuolo, and the Italy national team.
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