Giacomo Bulgarelli
Giacomo Bulgarelli ( born October 24, 1940 in Portonovo di Medicina (BO), Italy, † February 12, 2009 in Bologna ) was an Italian football player, functionary and TV commentator.
Bulgarelli played throughout his career at FC Bologna in midfield and is still one of the most important players in the history of Emilian clubs. In 1968 he won with the Italian national team's European Football Championship on home soil.
- 2.1 In the club
- 2.2 In the National Team
Career
In the club
Giacomo Bulgarelli denied in his career 392 Serie A appearances for Bologna FC and scored 43 goals. His debut in Italy's top flight he was on April 19, 1959 in a 1-0 against Vicenza, he played his last game on May 4, 1975 against Ascoli. 1961 won the midfielder with the Bolognese the Mitropa Cup. In the season 1963/64, Bulgarelli was instrumental as captain and director in the middle portion of the profits of the seventh Italian masters title of the FC Bologna, was achieved with a 2-0 victory in the decider against Inter Milan on June 7, 1964 in Rome and the he dedicated to the three days earlier deceased club president Renato Dall'Ara. 1969/70 and 1973/74 was won by the Italians with the rossoblu the Coppa Italia. Overall Bulgarelli graduated 486 appearances for Bologna, scoring 58 hits.
In the National Team
The Italian Olympic team Giacomo Bulgarelli finished fourth at the Olympic Summer Games in Rome in 1960.
In the Italian national team Bulgarelli debuted on June 7, 1962 in a 3-0 win against Switzerland, to which he contributed two goals. As a result, he took the Squadra Azzurra part of the FIFA World Cup in Chile in 1962 and 1966 in England, where the Azzurri already excreting each after the group stage. 6-1 success on November 4, 1964 World Cup qualifier against Finland, he embodied the "rest of Italy" alone, because all the other ten players - Sarti, Burgnich, Facchetti, Picchi, Guarneri, Mazzola, Corso (Internazionale ); Lodetti, Mora, Rivera ( AC) - were among the two Milanese clubs to. When WM'66 he was captain in the memorable 0-1 defeat against North Korea, which sealed the failure in England.
1968 belonged to Giacomo Bulgarelli the Italian squad that won the title at the European Football Championship in their own country, but was not used. The last of his 29 caps for Italy, where he scored seven goals, Giacomo Bulgarelli already denied on June 25, 1967 in a 1-0 victory in Romania.
After the active time
After his career end Giacomo Bulgarelli worked without much success as sports director at FC Modena FC Bologna, Catania, Pistoiese and in the 1985/86 season in Palermo, which was playing in Serie B. From the 1990s was Giacomo Bulgarelli TV commentator, inter alia, for RAI, Mediaset and TMC and also commented in the Italian versions of the FIFA video game series.
Achievements
In the club
- Mitropa Cup winner: 1961
- Italian Champion: 1963/64,
- Coppa Italia winner: 1969 /70 1973/74
- English- Italian League Cup Winners: 1970
In the National Team
- European Championship: 1968