Lido Vieri

Lido Vieri
Vieri c. 1970
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-07-16) 16 July 1939 (age 85)
Place of birth Piombino, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1954–1957 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1969 Torino 275 (0)
1957–1958 → Vigevano (loan) 31 (0)
1969–1976 Inter Milan 140 (0)
1976–1980 Pistoiese 63 (0)
Total 499 (0)
International career
1963–1968 Italy 4 (0)
Managerial career
1980–1981 Pistoiese
1981–1982 Siracusa
1982–1983 Massese
1983–1986 Juve Stabia
1986–1987 Massese
1987–1988 Carrarese
1988–1989 Juve Stabia
1994–1995 Torino
1995–1996 Torino
1996–1997 Torino
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy (as player)
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1968 Italy
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1970 Mexico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lido Vieri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈliːdo ˈvjɛːri]; born 16 July 1939) is an Italian former football player and manager who played as a goalkeeper. He won the 1968 European Championship and was a runner-up at the 1970 FIFA World Cup with the Italy 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 four caps for the Italy national team between 1963 and 1968.[4] He was a backup keeper to Dino 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 quick, physically 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] Throughout his career he made a name for himself as an aggressive, vocal, and commanding goalkeeper. Vieri was an elegant, courageous, and acrobatic shot-stopper, who was known in particular for his athleticism, spectacular saves, bravery, and ability to rush quickly off his line to collect the ball, as well as his command of the area, leadership, and handling of crosses; despite his goalkeeping ability, he also gained a degree of infamy for his tenacity and strong character throughout his career.[2][6][7]

Honours

Lido Vieri

Torino

Inter Milan

Italy[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hall of Fame: Lido Vieri". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Lido Vieri, il portiere marinaio che parava senza noia: "Ma ora usano i piedi"" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Lido Vieri". Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Nazionale in cifre: Vieri, Lido". figc.it (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. ^ "8 giugno 1958: esordisce Lido Vieri" (in Italian). Toro.it. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  6. ^ Filippo Nassetti (8 January 2016). "5 portieri scudettati per 50 anni di Inter, visti da Luciano Castellini" (in Italian). Panorama.it. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Mondonico e la favola Marchetti "Un grande, Buffon si preoccupi"" (in Italian). L'Eco di Bergamo. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  8. ^ "L. Vieri". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 December 2015.