Angelo Peruzzi

Angelo Peruzzi

Peruzzi in 2010
Personal information
Full nameAngelo Peruzzi
Date of birth16 February 1970
Place of birthBlera, Viterbo, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Sampdoria (assistant coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1986–1989Roma13(0)
1989–1990Verona29(0)
1990–1991Roma3(0)
1991–1999Juventus208(0)
1999–2000Internazionale33(0)
2000–2007Lazio192(0)
Total478(0)
National team
1989–1992Italy U-2110(0)
1992Olympic Italy2(0)
1995–2006Italy31(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Angelo Peruzzi, Ufficiale OMRI[2][3] (Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo peˈruttsi]; born 16 February 1970 in Blera, Viterbo) is an Italian former football goalkeeper, and a three-time winner of the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award. He is regarded by pundits as one of the greatest Italian goalkeepers of all time, and as one of the best keepers of his generation.[4] A powerful, athletic, and consistent goalkeeper, Peruzzi was renowned for his strength, positioning, and reactions, as well as his agility, despite his short and stocky physique; he particularly excelled at rushing off his line to parry the ball on the ground.[5][6]

He played 31 times for the Italy national football team from his debut in 1995, and was a member of their squad which won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also represented them at the 1992 Olympics, at Euro 96 (as a starting goalkeeper), and at Euro 2004.

Peruzzi retired from professional football after the 2006–07 season and now works as Delio Rossi's assistant at Sampdoria in Serie A, a position he was appointed to on July 2012, after has been his assistant for two years in the Italian under-21 team.[7]

Club career

Peruzzi began his Serie A career with A.S. Roma in 1987. He was loaned to Hellas Verona in 1989, but was one of the two A.S. Roma players (the other being Andrea Carnevale) suspended for a year in October 1990 after failing a doping test because an appetite suppressant he was taking at the time contained a banned substance. His signing with Juventus in 1991 successfully revived his career, and he soon surpassed Stefano Tacconi as the Turin giants' starting goalie. Peruzzi won three Scudetto, a UEFA Cup, and was part of Juventus' 1996 Champions League title squad that defeated AFC Ajax in the final on penalties. After one season with Internazionale, he transferred to Lazio for €17.9 million in 2000, and made over 200 appearances in Serie A and European competition with the club.

Although his contract with the Biancocelesti ran until 2008, Peruzzi announced that he would call it quits at the end of the '06-07 season after Lazio's 0-0 draw with Cagliari Calcio on 15 October 2006. "I will retire at the end of the campaign," he said. "I know the Lazio president and fans will not be happy but had I not made this decision, I would remain at the club for another six or eight years." He later backtracked on this decision, claiming that his comments were a joke and that it was premature to talk about retirement at this early stage of the season, emphasizing that his potential retirement was being considered "one season at a time."

After the 0-0 draw with Roma 29 April 2007, Peruzzi confirmed that he had indeed played his last match due to the frustration of nagging injuries, but he was put on for the final few minutes in Lazio's final home match of the season, a goalless draw against Parma F.C. on 20 May as a goodbye to the fans. He was named the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year for the third time in his career on 28 January 2008; only he and compatriot Gianluigi Buffon have won the award more than once since its inception in 1997.

International career

Peruzzi was capped 31 times in 11 years with Italy, between 1995 and 2006. He was also a member of the national squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, making two appearances during the tournament. Peruzzi made his senior debut under manager Arrigo Sacchi, in a 4-1 home win over Estonia, in an UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying match, on 25 March 1995, and he was named Italy's starting goalkeeper at Euro 96, although Italy sufferred a group-stage elimination. He was scheduled to be the starter at the 1998 FIFA World Cup under Cesare Maldini, but suffered a late injury, and was replaced by Gianluca Pagliuca. He momentarily left the national team in 1999 after a match against Norway, but returned to them the following year, with whom he hoped to start at Euro 2000 under Dino Zoff, but a last-minute injury once again cost him the starting spot as Francesco Toldo led the team to the final.

The following Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni wanted to call up Peruzzi as the third goalkeeper in the Italy squad for the 2002 World Cup, but Peruzzi refused, saying, "The mascots for the World Cup have already been chosen." Two years later, though, he was called up as the third keeper behind Buffon and Toldo at Euro 2004. He didn't start for Italy again until a friendly against Spain on 28 April 2004, then was the first choice for a pair of World Cup qualifiers against Scotland and Belarus in August 2005 while Buffon was shelved with a shoulder injury.

Peruzzi served as second keeper behind Buffon in the 2006 FIFA World Cup as Italy won for the fourth time. He retired from international football after the tournament.[8]


Statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
1987–88RomaSerie A1000-10
1988–891207010200
1989–90Hellas Verona29010-300
1990–91Roma30002050
1991–92Juventus6060-120
1992–9329060100450
1993–943201060390
1994–952608090430
1995–9630000100400
1996–972902090400
1997–9831010110430
1998–992501080340
1999–00Internazionale33040-370
2000–01Lazio2900070360
2001–022702080370
2002–033000060360
2003–042700070340
2004–052102010240
2005–0630000-300
2006–0728000-280
Country Italy 47804109506140
Total 47804109506140

[9]

Italy national team
YearAppsGoals
199550
199660
199790
199850
199910
200000
200100
200200
200300
200410
200540
Total310

Honours

Juventus
Lazio
Italy

Individual

Orders

  • 4th Class / Officer: Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2006[10]
  • Collar of Merit Sports: 2006[11]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.enciclopedia-football.com/web/index.php?option=com_adsmanager&view=details&id=34&catid=2&Itemid=18&lang=en
  2. ↑ FIFA.com
  3. ↑ AscotSportal.com
  4. ↑ "Classifica: I Migliori portieri degli ultimi 25 anni". Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "I cavalieri della Signora – Angelo Peruzzi, Tyson fra i pali". Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Angelo PERUZZI". Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ferrara è il nuovo tecnico, Peruzzi vice: lunedì in Figc la presentazione" (in Italian). FIGC.it. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "Nazionale in cifre: Peruzzi, Angelo". http://www.figc.it'' (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Angelo Peruzzi - International Appearances". Rsssf.com.
  10. ↑ "Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig. Angelo Peruzzi" Retrieved 26 May 2012
  11. ↑ "Coni: Consegnati i Collari d’oro e diplomi d’onore ai campionissimi". Coni.it. 23 February 2014.

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