Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 August 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
Date of death | 20 May 2001 | (aged 60)||
Place of death | Milan, Italy | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1959–1962 | Fanfulla | 44 | (3) |
1962–1964 | Triestina | 70 | (4) |
1964–1966 | Lazio | 46 | (2) |
1966–1967 | Fiorentina | 17 | (0) |
1967–1968 | Brescia | 18 | (0) |
1968–1969 | S.P.A.L. | 20 | (2) |
1969–1976 | Massese | 245 | (25) |
Managerial career | |||
1975–1976 | Massese (assistant) | ||
1977–1978 | Empoli | ||
1978 | Pisa | ||
1979–1981 | Lucchese | ||
1982–1983 | Empoli | ||
1983–1984 | Perugia | ||
1984–1985 | Varese | ||
1985–1986 | Sambenedettese | ||
1987 | Campobasso | ||
1987–1989 | Parma | ||
1989 | Como | ||
1991 | Empoli | ||
1991–1992 | Taranto | ||
1993–1994 | Modena | ||
1995 | Palermo | ||
1996 | Pistoiese | ||
1997 | Palermo | ||
1997–2000 | Carrarese (technical director) | ||
1998 | Carrarese (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Giampiero Vitali (1 August 1940 — 20 May 2001) was an Italian
football defender and later manager.
[1]
[2]
He died in 2001, aged 60, due to an incurable disease.
[3]
[4]
Overall, as a player, he scored 81 appearances and 2 goals in
Serie A with
Lazio,
Fiorentina and
Brescia, 124 appearances and 9 goals in Serie B with
Triestina,
SPAL and
Massese, 255 appearances and 25 goals in Serie C with
Fanfulla and
Massese.
With
Massese he obtained a promotion from
Serie C to
Serie B, still setting the record for matches played in the league with 245 appearances.
[5]
When he ceased playing sports, he had twenty years of experience as a coach (to his credit 13
Serie B championships), leading, among other things,
Parma for two seasons before the advent of
Nevio Scala and
Palermo twice. He obtained one admission to the new
Serie C1 championship with
Empoli (1977-1978 season), a promotion from
Serie C1 to
Serie B in 1982-1983 always at the lead of
Empoli and ended his career at Carrara, in
Serie C1, season 1997-1998, when hired as Technical Director, the management asked him to return to coaching (with the team relegated to the last place in the standings), managing to save the Tuscans.
[6]
[7]
In total, as a professional coach, he directed 539 matches in the league, of which 317 in
Serie B, 154 in
Serie C1 and 68 in
Serie C2.
[8]
Since 2001, the year of his death, a sporting event has been organized annually in
Tuscany in memory of him,
[9] which attracts great personalities from the world of sport.
[10]
[11]
[12]
In 2020 the
Stadio degli Oliveti in
Massa was named after him.
[13]