Bruno Conti

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Personal information
Bruno Conti
Full name	Bruno Conti
Date of birth	March 13, 1955 (1955-03-13) (age 53)
Place of birth	Nettuno, Italy
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1973-1990 1975-1976 1978-1979	A.S. Roma Genoa (loan) Genoa (loan) Career	304 (37) 36 (3) 32 (1) 372 (41)
National team
1980-1986	Italy	46 (5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Bruno Conti (born March 13, 1955 in Nettuno, province of Rome) is an Italian ex-football player and former coach of the Serie A team A.S. Roma from 14 March 2005 to 30 June 2005. He was a winger. Among the best in the world during his time, Conti was extremely fast, a great passer and a phenomonal dribbler.

[edit] Life and career

Conti was on the Italian national side that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He was one of the best players in the tournament, and played an instrumental role in Italy's win in the Final. Despite being booked for a foul on Karl-Heinz Förster after 31 minutes, he was a central figure in Italy's second goal that was scored by Marco Tardelli and created Italy's third goal by breaking from the half-way line and picking out Alessandro Altobelli to score after 81 minutes. The Italians won the game 3-1.

During his domestic league career, he played for AS Roma from 1973 to 1990, winning the scudetto in 1983 and Coppa Italia four times. Following the departure of coach Luigi Del Neri, Conti moved up from his position as head of the club's youth teams to first team coach during the 2004-05 season. Conti does not possess a coaching licence. World Cup winners, however, are exempted from taking coaching exams. Remarkably, he led Roma to the Coppa Italia final, and to a UEFA Cup berth. His short term role as caretaker manager finished when A.S. Roma appointed Luciano Spalletti as coach.

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v • d • e Italy squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup Winners (3rd Title)

1 Zoff • 2 Baresi • 3 Bergomi • 4 Cabrini • 5 Collovati • 6 Gentile • 7 Scirea • 8 Vierchowod • 9 Antognoni • 10 Dossena • 11 Marini • 12 Bordon • 13 Oriali • 14 Tardelli • 15 Causio • 16 Conti • 17 Massaro • 18 Altobelli • 19 Graziani • 20 Rossi • 21 Selvaggi • 22 Galli • Coach: Bearzot

v • d • e Italy squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup

1 Galli • 2 Bergomi • 3 Cabrini • 4 Collovati • 5 Nela • 6 Scirea • 7 Tricella • 8 Vierchowod • 9 Ancelotti • 10 Bagni • 11 Baresi • 12 Tancredi • 13 De Napoli • 14 Di Gennaro • 15 Tardelli • 16 Conti • 17 Vialli • 18 Altobelli • 19 Galderisi • 20 Rossi • 21 Serena • 22 Zenga • Coach: Bearzot

v • d • e

A.S. Roma – Managers

Garbutt (1927–29) • Baccani (1929–30) • Burgess (1930–32) • Barr (1932–3) • Kovács (1933–34) • Barbesino (1934–38) • Ara (1938–39) • Schaffer (1939–42) • Kertész (1942–43) • Masetti (1943–45) • Degni (1945–47) • Senkey (1947–48) • Brunella (1948–49) • Bernardini (1949–50) • Baloncieri (1950) • Serantoni (1950) • Masetti (1950–1951) • Viani (1951–1953) • Varglien (1953–54) • Carver (1954–56) • Sárosi (1956) • Masetti (1956–57) • Stock (1957–58) • Nordahl (1958–59) • Sárosi (1959–60) • Foni (1960–61) • Carniglia (1961–63) • Krieziu (1963) • Foni (1963–64) • Miró (1964–65) • Lorenzo (1965–66) • Pugliese (1966–68) • Herrera (1968–70) • Tessari (1970) • Herrera (1971–72) • Trebiciani (1972–73) • Liedholm (1974–77) • Giagnoni (1978–79) • Valcareggi (1979–80) • Liedholm (1980–84) • Eriksson (1984–86) • Sormani (1986–88) • Liedholm (1988) • Spinosi (1988–89) • Radice (1989–90) • Bianchi (1990–92) • Boškov (1992–93) • Mazzone (1993–96) • Bianchi (1996) • Liedholm (1996) • Sella (1996) • Zeman (1997–1999) • Capello (1999–2004) • Prandelli (2004) • Völler (2004) • Del Neri (2004–05) • Conti (2005) • Spalletti (2005–)