Alessandro Altobelli
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alessandro Altobelli | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Sonnino, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1974 | Latina | 28 | (7) |
| 1974–1977 | Brescia | 76 | (26) |
| 1977–1988 | Internazionale | 317 | (128) |
| 1988–1989 | Juventus | 20 | (4) |
| 1989–1990 | Brescia | 32 | (7) |
| Total | 473 | (172) | |
| National team | |||
| 1980–1988 | Italy | 61 | (25) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alessandro Altobelli (born 28 November 1955 in Sonnino, Latina) is a former professional Italian footballer, who played as a forward, and who won the 1982 World Cup with Italy. Nicknamed Spillo ("Needle") for his slender build, Altobelli was a prolific goalscorer, and he became one of the greatest and most effective Italian strikers of the late 1970s and 1980s. A well rounded centre-forward, he excelled in the air due to his heading accuracy, power, agility and acrobatic ability; he was also a fast and opportunistic player with good technique and an accurate shot. Altobelli is currently the all-time top scorer in the Coppa Italia, with 56 goals in 93 appearances.
Following spells at Latina (Serie C) and Brescia (Serie B), he was signed by Serie A giants Internazionale in 1977, for whom he played 466 times, scoring 209 goals (128 in Serie A). He contributed heavily to his team's scudetto victory of 1980, and also helped Inter to win two Coppa Italia titles in 1978 and 1982, finishing as the tournament's top scorer in the 1982 edition, with 9 goals. Altobelli was also the top scorer in the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup, with 7 goals, leading Inter to the quarter-finals of the tournament. After his lengthy period with Inter, he played one season with Juventus during the 1987–88 season, before ending his career with Brescia in Serie B once again, during the 1989–90 season.
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