Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Antonio Valentín Angelillo | ||
Date of birth | 5 September 1937 | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1952–1955 | Arsenal de Llavallol | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1955 | Racing | 9 | (3) |
1956–1957 | Boca Juniors | 34 | (16) |
1957–1961 | Internazionale | 113 | (68) |
1961–1965 | Roma | 106 | (27) |
1965–1966 | A.C. Milan | 11 | (1) |
1966–1967 | Lecco | 12 | (1) |
1967–1968 | A.C. Milan | 3 | (1) |
1968–1969 | Genoa | 22 | (5) |
National team | |||
1955–1957 | Argentina | 11 | (11) |
1961–1962 | Italy | 2 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
1969–1971 | Angelana | ||
1971–1972 | Montevarchi | ||
1972–1973 | Chieti | ||
1973–1974 | Campobasso | ||
1974–1975 | Rimini | ||
1975–1977 | Brescia | ||
1977–1978 | Reggina | ||
1978–1979 | Pescara | ||
1980–1984 | Arezzo | ||
1985–1986 | Palermo | ||
1987 | Mantova | ||
1987–1988 | Arezzo | ||
1988–1990 | FAR Rabat | ||
1989–1990 | Morocco | ||
1991–1992 | Torres | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Antonio Valentín Angelillo (Italian pronunciation: [andʒeˈlillo]; born 5 September 1937) is an Italian Argentine former football forward who played the majority of his professional career in the Italian Serie A, and was a member of both the Argentine and the Italian national teams.
Born in Buenos Aires, Angelillo started playing professionally in Arsenal de Llavallol in 1952. In 1955 he played with Racing Club de Avellaneda and moved to Boca Juniors in 1956.
In 1957 Angelillo was signed by the Italian club Internazionale and, from 1957 to 1961, he played 127 games with the Nerazzurri, scoring 77 times. In Serie A, he appeared in 113 matches and scored 68 goals for Internazionale, also serving as the club's captain.
Upon their arrival in Italy, Angelillo and his countrymen Omar Sívori and Humberto Maschio acquired the nickname The Angels with Dirty Faces (an ironic reference to the then-celebrated Angels with Dirty Faces movie), on account of their typically South American colour and flair. They were also known as The Trio of Death because of their clinical finishing.
In the 1958–59 Serie A season, Angelillo scored 33 goals in 33 matches, being the tournament's top scorer. His goal total was the highest since Gunnar Nordahl had scored 34 in the 1950–51 Serie A season, and no player scored as many goals in a single Serie A season until Gonzalo Higuaín finished the 2015–16 Serie A season with 36 goals; until then, the only player since Angelillo to break the 30 goal barrier had been Luca Toni, who scored 31 goals during the 2005–06 Serie A season.