Giuseppe Sabadini
Giuseppe Sabadini (born 26 March 1949 in Sagrado ) is a retired Italian footballer. At club level, above all with AC Milan very successful, he was also in the Italian squad for the World Cup 1974 in Germany.
After the end of his active career Sabadini became a coach, but could produce no great success in this role.
- 3.1 As a player
- 3.2 As a coach
Playing career
Club career
Giuseppe Sabadini, born in 1949 in Sagrado, a Friulian town in the province of Gorizia, began playing football in the youth departments of Sampdoria. From coach Fulvio Bernardini, before master coach in Florence and Bologna, Sabadini was established in 1965 at just sixteen years included for the first time in the professional squad of Samp, however, had his team suffered relegation to Serie B. As a result, Giuseppe Sabadini acted as late as the year 1971 in the defense of Sampdoria, 1967 could directly return to Serie A and hold it there until his retirement at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris also.
In the summer of 1971, Giuseppe Sabadini joined the club and followed the call of AC Milan. This just spent under the aegis of success coach Nereo Rocco and with players such as goalkeeper Fabio Cudicini, defender Karl -Heinz Quick Inger, midfielder Gianni Rivera or Pierino Prati attacker quite a very successful time. Championship successes, however, did not occur. Instead acanvierte Milan at this time to see a specialist for cup competitions. Already in Sabadinis first season in Milan they won the Coppa Italia with a 2-0 playoff victory against Napoli. The following year, it was possible then to defend this title, when was enforced in the final 5-2 on penalties to Juventus. In the same year, AC Milan reached - as an Italian Cup Winners 'Cup in 1972 allowed to start - after beating Red Boys Differdange of Luxembourg, Legia Warsaw of Poland, Spartak Moscow from the Soviet Union and Sparta Prague in Czechoslovakia the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup and was able to in this 1-0 prevail against the British representatives Leeds United. A year later, they stood again after wins against Dinamo Zagreb, Rapid Vienna, PAOK Thessaloniki and Borussia Moenchengladbach in the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, but the GDR representatives 1.FC Magdeburg was beaten this time.
Other international finals reached Giuseppe Sabadini with AC Milan is not, although in the season / 77 a further success in the Coppa Italia was reached in 1976, when they defeated local rivals Inter Milan 2-0. Giuseppe Sabadini remained so until 1978 when AC Milan and brought it in that time a total of 161 league games in which he scored twelve Torerfolge.
In 1978, Giuseppe Sabadini closed for five years at the U.S. Catanzaro, who had at that time established in Serie A. After a series safely reached Receive class you took in Serie A 1982/83 only the last place and had to join the in the second division. As a result, left Sabadini Catanzaro and went to Calcio Catania, just now in the Serie A ascended. But then even worse was the playing time in Catania, you could get only a meager twelve counters and rose as severed Table directly from again, whereupon Giuseppe Sabadini removed again from Sicily. He then went for two years to Ascoli Calcio. There happened in Serie A 1984/85 the descent into the second division, and in the following Series B season was with a secure first rank of the direct resurgence achieved. No longer unconditional regulars, Giuseppe Sabadini ended his active career in the summer of 1986 at the age of 37 years.
National
In the years 1973 and 1974, it brought Giuseppe Sabadini to a total of four appearances in the Italian national football team. From coach Ferruccio Valcareggi he was appointed to the levy of the Italians for the Football World Cup 1974 in Germany, was at the tournament but in the shadow of other great defenders such as Inter's Giacinto Facchetti and Tarcisio Burgnich, Juve's Luciano Spinosi or Lazio's Giuseppe Wilson, and missed a deployment. The Italian team, however, spent a disappointing World Cup finals. In group 4 the group stage we only won a victory against underdog Haiti, but was defeated by Poland and played draw against Argentina, which ultimately already had off in the group stage for the reigning World Championship runner result with third place.
Coaching career
After the end of his active career as a soccer player Giuseppe Sabadini became a coach. He worked from 1988 to 1989 as an assistant to Tarcisio Burgnich at U.S. Catanzaro, before moving to the next season even on the bench and began to act as responsible on the sidelines at AC Venice, but was soon released. His next stop was the U.S. Alessandria. With the Piedmontese tradition club Sabadini succeeded in 1990/91 promotion to the third division and the following year with the twelfth quite safe relegation.
Also in the following years came Giuseppe Sabadini as a coach does not have the low ranks out, at this time he showed, among other things responsible for the FC Messina or again for Catanzaro. He had his until today last coach station from 2004 to 2005 with AS Taranto, where the descent was in the Fünftklassigkeit only narrowly avoided.
Achievements
As a player
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1x
- Italian Cup victory: 3x
- Series B: 2x
As a coach
- Serie C2: 1x