Antonello Cuccureddu

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Antonello Cuccureddu
Personal information

Date of birth	(1949-10-04) October 4, 1949
Place of birth	Alghero, Italy
Playing position	Manager (former defender, sometimes midfielder)
Club information
Current club	Grosseto
Youth career
	Alghero
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1966–1967	Torres	34	(0)
1967–1969	Brescia	22	(0)
1969–1981	Juventus	303	(26)
1981–1984	Fiorentina	34	(0)
1984–1985	Novara	22	(0)
National team
1975–1978	Italy	13	(0)
Teams managed
1989–1995	Juventus (youth team)
1997–1998	Acireale
1998	Ternana
1999–2001	Crotone
2002–2003	Al-Ittihad
2004–2005	Avellino
2005–2006	Torres
2006–2007	Grosseto
2007–2008	Perugia
2009–2010	Pescara
2013–	Grosseto
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

Antonello Cuccureddu (born 4 October 1949) is an Italian association football coach and former player. He is the current manager of Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Grosseto.

Career

A central defender, Cuccureddu spent his playing career with Brescia (1968–69), Juventus (1969–81, winning six Serie A titles), and Fiorentina (1981–83). He earned 13 caps for the Italy national football team, and played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup (where he won 5 caps, including the match against Argentina won 1-0 and the 3rd place final against Brazil lost 1-2).

Rather prolific for being a defender (he had a very strong long distance shot), in one League season he managed to score 12 goals (Italian Serie A 1973-74), although in that season he played as a midfielder. His most famous goal in the League was scored at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome facing AS Roma in the last match of the 1972-73 League: with that goal Juventus beat AS Roma 2-1 and won their 15th domestic title by 1 over AC Milan that was leading the League until last match kickoff and 2 over SS Lazio.

In 2006-07 he led Grosseto to become Serie C1/A winners and gain a historical first-ever promotion to Serie B. Cuccureddu left Grosseto soon after the end of the season to join Serie C1 club Perugia, where he did not manage to repeat his successes at Grosseto. From March 2009 he was the new head coach of Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Pescara;^[1]^[2] this adventure ended in January 2010 when he was replaced by Eusebio Di Francesco, former coach of Lanciano.

References

↑ "REVOCATO L'INCARICO A GALDERISI" (in Italian). Pescara Calcio. 2009-03-23. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
↑ "CAMBIO IN PANCHINA: ARRIVA CUCCUREDDU" (in Italian). Pescara Calcio. 2009-03-23. Retrieved 2009-03-23.

v t e Italy squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Zoff (c) 2 Bellugi 3 Cabrini 4 Cuccureddu 5 Gentile 6 Maldera 7 Manfredonia 8 Scirea 9 Antognoni 10 Benetti 11 Pecci 12 Conti 13 P. Sala 14 Tardelli 15 Zaccarelli 16 Causio 17 C. Sala 18 Bettega 19 Graziani 20 Pulici 21 Rossi 22 Bordon Coach: Bearzot

v t e U.S. Grosseto F.C. – current squad

GK Lanni GK Maurantonio DF Biraschi DF Burzigotti DF Cipriani DF Dalmazzi DF Dicuonzo DF Formiconi (c) DF Gotti DF Legittimo DF Tedeschi DF Terigi MF Asante MF Bombagi MF Brenci MF Colombi MF Delvecchio MF Esposito MF Mancini MF Obodo MF Onescu MF Ricci FW Bigliazzi FW Gioè FW Giovio FW Montalto FW Scappini Head coach: Cuccureddu

Persondata
Name	Cuccureddu, Antonello
Alternative names
Short description	Italian footballer and manager
Date of birth	1949-10-04
Place of birth	Alghero, Italy
Date of death
Place of death

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