Giampiero Vitali (1 August 1940 — 20 May 2001) was an Italian football defender and later manager.[1]
He died in 2001, aged 60, due to an incurable disease.[2][3]
Overall, as a player, he scored 81 appearances and 2 goals in Serie A with Lazio, Fiorentina and Brescia, 124 appearances and 9 goals in Serie B with Triestina, SPAL and Massese, 255 appearances and 25 goals in Serie C with Fanfulla and Massese.
With Massese he obtained a promotion from Serie C to Serie B, still setting the record for matches played in the league with 245 appearances.[4]
When he ceased playing sports, he had twenty years of experience as a coach (to his credit 13 Serie B championships), leading, among other things, Parma for two seasons before the advent of Nevio Scala and Palermo twice. He obtained one admission to the new Serie C1 championship with Empoli (1977-1978 season), a promotion from Serie C1 to Serie B in 1982-1983 always at the lead of Empoli and ended his career at Carrara, in Serie C1, season 1997-1998, when hired as Technical Director, the management asked him to return to coaching (with the team relegated to the last place in the standings), managing to save the Tuscans.[5][6]
In total, as a professional coach, he directed 539 matches in the league, of which 317 in Serie B, 154 in Serie C1 and 68 in Serie C2.[7]
Since 2001, the year of his death, a sporting event has been organized annually in Tuscany in memory of him,[8] which attracts great personalities from the world of sport.[9][10][11]
In 2020 the Stadio degli Oliveti in Massa was named after him.[12]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 August 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 20 May 2001 (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | Milan, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1962 | Fanfulla | 44 | (3) |
| 1962–1964 | Triestina | 70 | (4) |
| 1964–1966 | Lazio | 46 | (2) |
| 1966–1967 | Fiorentina | 17 | (0) |
| 1967–1968 | Brescia | 18 | (0) |
| 1968–1969 | S.P.A.L. | 20 | (2) |
| 1969–1976 | Massese | 245 | (25) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1975–1976 | Massese (assistant) | ||
| 1977–1978 | Empoli | ||
| 1978 | Pisa | ||
| 1979–1981 | Lucchese | ||
| 1982–1983 | Empoli | ||
| 1983–1984 | Perugia | ||
| 1984–1985 | Varese | ||
| 1985–1986 | Sambenedettese | ||
| 1987 | Campobasso | ||
| 1987–1989 | Parma | ||
| 1989 | Como | ||
| 1991 | Empoli | ||
| 1991–1992 | Taranto | ||
| 1993–1994 | Modena | ||
| 1995 | Palermo | ||
| 1996 | Pistoiese | ||
| 1997 | Palermo | ||
| 1997–2000 | Carrarese (technical director) | ||
| 1998 | Carrarese (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
References
edit- ^ Giampiero Vitali at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Calcio in lutto: è morto Giampiero Vitali - La Gazzetta dello Sport, 21 maggio 2001
- ^ È morto Giampietro Vitali. Aveva giocato con Lazio e Fiorentina - Corriere della Sera, 21 maggio 2001
- ^ Vitali Giampiero, Enciclopedia Del Calcio - www.enciclopediadelcalcio.it
- ^ M. Becherucci - M. Braglia - G. Magnani (2008). Cuoreazzurro, storia personaggi miti della U.S. Carrarese 1908-2008. Società Editrice Apuana. p. 239.
- ^ Vitali, nove anni non cancellano il lutto, il calcio apuano piange ancora il mister - Il Tirreno, 18 maggio 2010
- ^ Claudio Nassi e Alfio Tofanelli (1999). Tutto calcio 1998/99. Ed. CALCIOSPORT s.a.s. p. 946.
- ^ "MemorialGianpieroVitali, il portale dell'evento dedicato a Gianpiero Vitali".
- ^ Marcello Lippi: sono qui al memorial perché sono legato alla famiglia Vitali Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine - Il Tirreno, 11 agosto 2006
- ^ Il "Calcio sotto l'ombrellone" aspetta l'ex CT azzurro Sacchi - Il Tirreno, 5 agosto 2009
- ^ Memorial Vitali: ricordare un amico parlando di calcio Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine - Gazzetta di Parma, 13 agosto 2010
- ^ Lo stadio intitolato a Giampiero Vitali quinewsmassacarrara.it