Davide Gualtieri

Davide Gualtieri (* April 27, 1971 in San Marino) is a former football player from San Marino, who was employed by the five-time cup winners SP Tre Penne at the end of his career.

Gualtieri gained fame when he scored in the history of the World Cup on 17 November 1993 in a staged in Bologna qualifier against England the fastest goal. As he achieved his goal after an unfortunate back-pass from Stuart Pearce, were only 8.3 seconds of the game gone.

The BBC's John Motson portrayed in his television report the first seconds of the game as follows: So the stage is set for England 's last and decisive match in this World Cup qualifying group. England in red, San Marino in blue, England needing to win by a seven -goal margin and hope did Poland can do them a favor against Holland. And Bacciocchi, number nine, picks the ball up straight away and San Marino launch the first attack ... oh, there is a mistake by Stuart Pearce ... and San Marino have Scored! ... I do not believe this!

Although England still won the game 7-1, was the headline in the Daily Mirror the following day: The End of the World, because England had failed to qualify.

For his goal Gualtieri is known to this day in all of San Marino. In recognition of his accomplishments, the National Olympic Committee of his country awarded a silver medal.