Enrico Albertosi

Enrico Albertosi

Albertosi at Cagliari in 1969.
Personal information
Full name	Enrico Albertosi
Date of birth	(1939-11-02) 2 November 1939 (age 77)
Place of birth	Pontremoli, Italy
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1957–1958	Spezia Calcio 1906
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1968	Fiorentina	185	(0)
1968–1974	Cagliari	177	(0)
1974–1980	Milan	170	(0)
1980–1982	Suspended from football
1982–1984	Elpidiense	44	(0)
National team
1961–1974	Italy	34	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Enrico "Ricky" Albertosi (born 2 November 1939) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Regarded as one of Italy's greatest ever goalkeepers, he had a successful club career, winning titles with Fiorentina, Cagliari, and Milan, before retiring with Elpidiense. He also played for the Italian national team in the 1966 World Cup and the 1970 World Cup, in which Italy reached the final, as well as being a member of the Italy teams that took part in the 1962 and 1974 World Cups. Albertosi was also included in the Italy squad that won the 1968 European Championship.

Born in Pontremoli, at club youth level, Albertosi represented the Spezia youth academy for a season, before making his debut in Serie A at the age of 18 for Fiorentina on 18 January 1959, playing in a goalless draw with A.S. Roma. Despite heavy competition from Giuliano Sarti during his first five seasons at the Tuscan club, where he initially mainly served as a back-up, Albertosi represented Fiorentina until 1968, winning a Mitropa Cup in 1966, a European Cup Winners' Cup in 1961 (the first ever edition of the competition), and 2 Coppa Italia trophies in 1961 and 1966. He later transferred to Luigi Riva's side, Cagliari Calcio, where he helped to win Cagliari's legendary first and only Scudetto during the 1969–70 season, his second season with the Sardinian club, recording what was at the time the lowest number of goals conceded in a 16-team Serie A campaign. He later transferred to A.C. Milan in 1974, where he remained for six years, and he won yet another Serie A championship medal with the club during the 1978–79 season, along with another Coppa Italia during the 1976–77 season.