Giampaolo Menichelli

Giampaolo Menichelli
Personal information
Date of birthJune 29, 1938
Place of birthRome, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1957–1958Roma2(0)
1958–1959Sambenedettese27(6)
1959–1960Parma37(8)
1960–1963Roma79(14)
1963–1969Juventus144(40)
1969–1970Brescia23(6)
1970–1971Cagliari13(0)
National team
1962–1964 Italy9(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Giampaolo Menichelli (born 29 June 1938 in Rome) is a retired Italian footballer, who played as a winger. Menichelli was a fast, agile winger, with good technical ability, and he was known for mainly being a team player, despite also having an eye for goal.[1][2]

Career

He played for 12 seasons (261 games, 60 goals) in the Serie A for A.S. Roma, A.C. Parma, Juventus F.C., Brescia Calcio and Cagliari Calcio. Whilst at Roma, he formed a notable partnership with fellow winger Alberto Orlando,[3] winning the 1960-61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[4] With Juventus he won the Coppa Italia over Herrera's "Grande Inter" during the 1964-65 season, finishing the competition as top scorer, with 3 goals,[5] also reaching the final of the 1964-65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, only to lose 1-0 to Ferencváros in Turin.[6][1][2] He also won the 1966-67 Serie A title during his six seasons in Turin, scoring an impressive 11 goals in 33 appearances during the league winning season.[1][6][2]

Menichelli also represented the Italy national football team during the 60s; in total, he earned 9 caps for Italy between 1962 and 1964, scoring a single goal for the azzurri in a 3-1 away win against Belgium on the 13th May 1962.[7] He participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup with Italy, making two appearances against Germany and Chile as Italy were rather disappointingly eliminated in the group stage.[8][1]

Honours

Club

Juventus[6]
Roma

Individual

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Menichelli - Enciclopedia dello sport". Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Giampaolo MENICHELLI". Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. "Alberto Orlando". Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "European Champions' Cup and Fairs' Cup 1960-61 - Details". Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. "Capoconnonieri della Coppa Italia di calcio". Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Giampaolo Menichelli". Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  7. "Convocazioni e presenze in campo - Menichelli". Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  8. Giampaolo MenichelliFIFA competition record
  9. "Italy - Coppa Italia Top Scorers". Retrieved 29 December 2014.

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