Giuseppe Savoldi

Giuseppe Savoldi

Giuseppe Savoldi playing for Bologna in the 1974-75 season
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-01-21) 21 January 1947
Place of birth Gorlago, Bergamo, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1968 Atalanta 57 (17)
1968–1975 Bologna 201 (85)
1975–1979 Napoli 118 (55)
1979–1982 Bologna 29 (11)
1982–1983 Atalanta 16 (1)
Total 421 (169)
National team
1968–1969 Italy U-21 7 (1)
1975 Italy 4 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Giuseppe Savoldi (born 21 January 1947 in Gorlago, Bergamo) is a retired Italian professional footballer, who played during the sixties, seventies and eighties, as a forward. He versatile attacker, he played club football in Italy for Atalanta, Bologna and S.S.C. Napoli, and represented the Italian national side at international level.[1]

Club career

Savoldi made his debut in Serie A in 1965 with Atalanta. From 1968 to 1975 he played in the red and blue kit of Bologna, making 201 appearances, scoring 85 goals. He gained popularity and notoriety as a goalscoring striker with the Emilian club, achieving notable success, winning two Coppa Italia titles in 1970 and 1974, finishing both editions as top scorer with 10 goals. He also win the Anglo-Italian League Cup in 1970, as well as winning the Serie A top scorer award during the 1972–73 Serie A season, with 17 goals.[1]

In 1975 he was signed by S.S.C. Napoli for a then world record two billion Lira (£1.2 million), becoming football's first million pound player.[1] With the club, he continued his success, becoming a popular figure with the fans, as he won his third Coppa Italia title during the 1975–76 season, also finishing as the Coppa Italia top scorer, with 12 goals, during the 1977–78 season. He also helped the club to win the Anglo-Italian League Cup in 1976, the second time he had won this title.[1]

Savoldi ended his career playing with once again Bologna, before finally returning to the club with which he had started his career, Atalanta, for one season (1982–83), in Serie B.[1]

During his career in Serie A he made 405 appearances scoring 168 goals.[1]

International career

In 1975, Savoldi made 4 appearances for the Italian national side, making his debut on 8 June in a 1–0 away defeat to the Soviet Union, in Moscow, also making two appearances in 1976 European Qualifying matches. He scored his only international goal from a penalty in a 3–2 friendly home win over Greece, on 30 December, which was his final international appearance.[1][2]

Style of play

A versatile and prolific forward, Savoldi was capable of playing anywhere along the front line; throughout his career he was deployed as a centre-forward, as a striker, as a left winger, or as an attacking midfielder. He was primarily known for his pace, strength, and in particular, his ability in the air as a goalscoring centre-forward, as well as his accuracy from penalties.[1][3]

Honours

Club

Bologna[1]
Napoli[1]

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Giuseppe Savoldi" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Nazionale in cifre: Savoldi, Giuseppe". figc.it (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Roberto Vinciguerra. "I migliori rigoristi della storia della serie A" [The best penalty takers in Serie A history] (in Italian). Il Guerin Sportivo. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Roberto Di Maggio; Davide Rota (4 June 2015). "Italy - Coppa Italia Top Scorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
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