Giancarlo De Sisti
Giancarlo De Sisti ( born March 13, 1943 in Rome ), called Picchio ( in German: Specht), is a former Italian football player and coach.
With a size of only 1.69 m and weighs around 72 kg not exactly ideal footballer, he became one of the most important Italian midfielder in the postwar period.
Career
De Sistis career began in his hometown of AS Roma in Serie A with the 1960 / 61st After five seasons ( with 87 games and 13 goals and winning the Coppa Italia in 1964 ), he moved to Fiorentina in 1965.
When Fiorentina he experienced from 1965 to 1974 the zenith of his career. There he was team captain and scored by winning the Coppa Italia 1965/66 and the Scudetto in 1968/69 his greatest successes. In total he completed for Fiorentina 255 games during which he scored 28 goals.
With the season 1974/75 he returned to Rome, where he completed more 135 games with nine goals. He ended his career with the 1978/79 season.
With the Italian national team De Sisti 1968 European champions. In 1970 he was World Cup finalist and before the match of the century, the 4:3 nV semi-final against Germany gained involved. Overall, he was appointed 29 times in the national team and scored four goals for the Squadra Azzurra.
One has been taken after his active career coaching career ( and Others 1980-1984 at Fiorentina ) was under an unlucky star but was overshadowed by serious health problems. Due to his illness he had in 1984, the good work he had done at Fiorentina, prematurely.
Last De Sisti made in connection with the football scandal in 2006 in the media talked about. Since he had criticized the "system Moggi " years ago, his coaching career was over and he did not get any other job more, De Sisti expressed concern to the media.
Achievements
In the club
- Coppa Italia: 1963/64, 1965/66
- Mitropa Cup: 1965/66
- Italian Championship: 1968/69
In the National Team
- European Championship: 1968
- Vice World Champion: 1970