Giampiero Marini

Giampiero Marini
Personal information
Date of birthFebruary 25, 1951
Place of birthLodi, Italy
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
Fanfulla
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1968–1969Fanfulla19(0)
1969–1970Varese0(0)
1970–1972Reggina15(0)
1971–1972Triestina25(4)
1972–1975Varese89(0)
1975–1986Internazionale375(13)
National team
1980–1983 Italy20(0)
Teams managed
1993-1994Internazionale
1997Como
1997-1999Cremonese
1999-2000Como
2001Italy B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Giampiero Marini (born in Lodi, 25 February 1951) is an Italian former football manager and football player, who played as a midfielder. As a player, he was known for his strength, work-rate, and defensive ability in midfield, as well as his powerful and accurate striking ability from distance.[1]

Career

Nicknamed Malik by fans, he played 256 matches in Serie A, scoring 10 goals. Throughout his career, he played for several teams, including Fanfulla, Varese, Reggina, Triestina and most notably Internazionale Milano. With Inter, he won a Serie A title ("Scudetto") during the 1979-80 season, and two Coppa Italia titles in 1978 and 1982.[1]

With Italy, Marini obtained 20 caps, and he represented Italy in their victorious 1982 FIFA World Cup campaign, which enabled him to become a World Champion.[2] As coach he has won the UEFA Cup with Internazionale in 1994.[1]

Honours

Player

Club

Inter[1]

International

Italy[1]

Coach

Inter[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "IO, "PIEDONE" MARINI". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. Giampiero Marini Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
Preceded by
Giovanni Trapattoni
UEFA Cup Winning Coach
1993-94
Succeeded by
Nevio Scala