Giorgio Ferrini
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Giorgio Ferrini | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Roncello, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 8 November 1976 | ||
| Place of death | Turin, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 19??–1955 | Ponziana | ||
| 1955–1958 | Torino | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1958–1959 | → Varese (loan) | 34 | (10) |
| 1959–1975 | Torino | 443 | (42) |
| National team | |||
| 1960 | Italy Olympic | 3 | (0) |
| 1962–1968 | Italy | 7 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1976 | Torino (Assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Giorgio Ferrini (18 August 1939 – 8 November 1976) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder.
He played for Torino from 1959 to 1975 and holds the club's all-time appearance record with 566 official appearances. He won the 1968 European Championship with the Italian national team.
Club career
Early career
Ferrini was born in Trieste and grew up in the A.S.D. Ponziana youth team. In 1955 he joined Torino F.C. and inserted in to their youth team, where he remained for three years. On 11 August 1958 Ferrini was loaned to A.S. Varese 1910 in Serie C. In his only season with the biancorossi, he contributed 10 goals to the salvation of the team in which he was a starting player.
Torino
In 1959 he returned to Torino (who were preparing to play their first season in Serie B) and went into immediate contention with Italo Mazzero who occupied his role as mezz'ala. He debuted with the Torino jersey on 20 September 1959 in Sambenedettese -Torino (0–0) and scored his first goal the following week against Cagliari (5–0). He ended the season with 38 appearances and 3 goals with promotion to Serie A achieved.
He played until 1975, making 443 appearances and scoring 42 goals.
International career
He also earned 7 caps for the Italy national football team, and played in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, including the infamous Battle of Santiago, and the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship, where Italy lifted their first European title.
Death
He died in Turin, at the age of 37, due to an aneurysm.
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