Lido Vieri

Lido Vieri
Personal information
Full nameLido Vieri
Date of birth16 July 1939
Place of birthPiombino, Italy
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
1954–1957Torino
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1957–1958Vigevano (loan)31(0)
1958–1969Torino265(0)
1969–1976Inter Milan140(0)
1976–1980Pistoiese63(0)
National team
1963–1968Italy4(0)
Teams managed
1980–1981Pistoiese
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Lido Vieri (born 16 July 1939) is a former Italian football manager and former football player who played as a goalkeeper.

He won the 1968 European Championship and was a runner-up at the 1970 FIFA World Cup with the Italian national team.

Club career

During his club career he played for Torino, Inter and Pistoiese. Vieri won the Coppa Italia with Torino during the 1967-68 season,[1] and the 1970-71 Serie A with Inter.[2][3]

International career

Vieri earned 4 caps for the Italy national football team between 1963 and 1968.[4] He was a backup keeper to Zoff and Albertosi in Italy's victorious 1968 UEFA European Football Championship campaign on home soil under manager Ferruccio Valcareggi, and also at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, where Italy reached the final.[2]

Style of play

A strong, consistent, and dominant keeper regarded as one of the best Italian goalkeepers of his generation,[1] Vieri won the "Premio Combi" during the 1962-63 season, which was awarded to the best goalkeeper in Serie A.[5]

Honours

Lido Vieri

Club

Torino
Inter

International

Italy

Individual

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Hall of Fame: Lido Vieri". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Lido Vieri, il portiere marinaio che parava senza noia: "Ma ora usano i piedi"". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. "Lido Vieri". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  4. "Nazionale in cifre: Vieri, Lido". http://www.figc.it'' (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. "8 giugno 1958: esordisce Lido Vieri". Retrieved 30 December 2014.

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