Lido Vieri

Lido Vieri (born 16 July 1939 Piombino ) is a former football player at the position of goalkeeper and coach.

In 1968 he won with the Italian national team's European Football Championship on home soil in 1970, he was with the Squadra Azzurra Vice World Champion.

  • 4.1 In the club
  • 4.2 In the National Team

Playing career

In the club

Lido Vieri was taken at the age of 15 years in the youth department of Torino, where as one of the players looked at him, to which one could build a new team after the tragedy of Superga. In 1957, the Keeper of Vigevano Calcio was verleiehen. The following year, Vieri returned to Toro and debuted on September 21, 1958 in a 6-1 victory against Alessandria in Serie A. Lido Vieri played for Torino until 1969, graduated in this period a total of 357 games and won 1967/68 Coppa Italia with the Turin club. In the 1961/62 season he was awarded the Premio Combi as the best goalkeeper in the A series.

In the summer of 1969 Lido Vieri moved to a total of 15 years in Turin at Inter Milan. With the Nerazzurri goalkeeper of 1970/71 won under Giovanni Invernizzi the Italian championship, on top of that he put 685 minutes without conceding his personal record. After Ivano Bordon him had made ​​its place in the inter - gateway dispute, Vieri left after a total of 199 inserts the Milanese club in 1976 in the direction of Series C club AC Pistoiese.

In the 1976/77 season the goalkeeper rose to with Pistoiese to Serie B, in the following season they managed to avoid relegation. At the end of the 1979/80 season Lido Vieri ended 41 - year his active career with the club from Pistoia and moved to the dugout.

In the National Team

Lido Vieri debuted on March 27, 1967 in a 1-0 victory in Turkey under coach Edmondo Fabbri in the Italian national team.

In 1968 he was appointed by Ferruccio Valcareggi as third goalkeeper behind Dino Zoff and Enrico Albertosi in the squad of the Italian national team for the European Championship on home soil. Although Vieri completed the tournament a match, but could with his team after the 2-0 final win against Yugoslavia but celebrate winning the European Championship title.

Also in the 1970 World Cup, which was held in Mexico, Vieri was behind Albertosi Zoff and number three in Valcareggis squad. The goalkeeper again completed no game was after the 1:4 in the final against Brazil still vice-champion.

The last of his four caps for the Azzurri played Lido Vieri already on 6 April 1968 the 2:3 defeat in European Championship qualifier against Bulgaria in Sofia.

Coaching career

Lido Vieri's first as a coach was also the last club for which he had accrued as a player, the AC Pistoiese he 1980/81 trained. This was followed up in 1989 with the U.S. commitment Siracusa, the U.S. Massese, the SS Juve Stabia and Carrarese Calcio.

By 2005, Lido Vieri then worked as a goalkeeping coach at his hometown club, Torino Calcio, where he also acted three times for a short time as interim coach.

Trivia

  • Lido Vieri is not related or related by marriage to the Italian soccer players Christian, Massimiliano Vieri and Roberto.
  • In February 2006, he ran as one of the " Turin sports personalities of the past and present " at the opening ceremony of the XX. Winter Olympics a the Olympic Stadium Turin.

Achievements

In the club

In the National Team

  • European Championship: 1968
  • Vice World Champion: 1970
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