Claudio Gentile
Italian footballer and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Claudio Gentile (Italian pronunciation: [ˈklaudjo dʒenˈtiːle]; born 27 September 1953)[2] is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a defender in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Date of birth | (1953-09-27) 27 September 1953 (age 70) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tripoli,[1] Kingdom of Libya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | Arona | 34 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1972–1973 | Varese | 34 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1973–1984 | Juventus | 283 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1987 | Fiorentina | 70 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–1988 | Piacenza | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 441 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1975–1984 | Italy | 71 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2006 | Italy U21 / Italy Olympic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Sion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Gentile appeared for Italy in two World Cup tournaments, and played for the winning Italian team in the 1982 final. His club career was notably spent with Juventus for whom he made almost 300 league appearances, winning six national titles and two major European trophies.