Gaetano Scirea
Scirea with Atalanta in the early 1970s
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| Full name | Gaetano Scirea | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1953 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cernusco s. N., Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 3 September 1989 (aged 36) | ||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Babsk, Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||
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| 1970–1972 | Atalanta | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1972–1974 | Atalanta | 58 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1974–1988 | Juventus | 377 | (24) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 435 | (25) | |||||||||||||
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| 1975–1986 | Italy | 78 | (2) | ||||||||||||
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Gaetano Scirea (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaeˈtaːno ʃʃiˈrɛːa]; 25 May 1953 – 3 September 1989) was an Italian professional footballer who is considered one of the greatest defenders of all-time.
Scirea is one of only five players in European football history to have won all international trophies for football clubs recognized by UEFA and FIFA. Scirea is also one of only nine players in the history of the European football that won all three major UEFA football competitions, a feat he managed while playing with Juventus, the Italian club with which he spent the majority of his career, aside from two seasons with Atalanta. At international level, he played for the Italian national team for more than a decade, during which he was an undisputed member of Italy's defensive line-up, keeping Franco Baresi out of the national team for four years, until he retired in 1986. Scirea became a World Champion with the 1982 FIFA World Cup winning team, which defeated Brazil 3–2 in the quarter-final match and Germany 3–1 in the final; he also represented Italy in two more World Cups, finishing in fourth-place in 1978, and UEFA Euro 1980, where Italy once again managed a fourth-place finish.
Scirea was a modern and highly talented defender, gifted with excellent technical skills and tactical ability, who was known for his pace, elegance on the ball, and innate capacity to read the game. In contrast to the ruthless tactics often employed by other defenders, including his paired partner, Claudio Gentile, Scirea was renowned for his class, fair play and sportsmanship. Scirea never earned a red card in his career. He was also known for his leadership, serving as captain of both Juventus and the Italian national side.
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