Giuseppe Savoldi

Giuseppe Savoldi

Giuseppe Savoldi playing for Bologna in the 1974-75 season
Personal information
Date of birth	(1947-01-21) 21 January 1947 (age 70)
Place of birth	Gorlago, Bergamo, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1968	Atalanta	57	(17)
1968–1975	Bologna	201	(85)
1975–1979	Napoli	118	(55)
1979–1982	Bologna	29	(11)
1982–1983	Atalanta	16	(1)
Total		421	(169)
National team
1968–1969	Italy U-21	7	(1)
1975	Italy	4	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Giuseppe Savoldi (born 21 January 1947 in Gorlago, Bergamo) is a retired Italian professional footballer, who played during the sixties, seventies and eighties, as a forward. He versatile attacker, he played club football in Italy for Atalanta, Bologna and S.S.C. Napoli, and represented the Italian national side at international level.

Savoldi made his debut in Serie A in 1965 with Atalanta. From 1968 to 1975 he played in the red and blue kit of Bologna, making 201 appearances, scoring 85 goals. He gained popularity and notoriety as a goalscoring striker with the Emilian club, achieving notable success, winning two Coppa Italia titles in 1970 and 1974, finishing both editions as top scorer with 10 goals. He also win the Anglo-Italian League Cup in 1970, as well as winning the Serie A top scorer award during the 1972–73 Serie A season, with 17 goals.

In 1975 he was signed by S.S.C. Napoli for a then world record two billion Lira (£1.2 million), becoming football's first million pound player. With the club, he continued his success, becoming a popular figure with the fans, as he won his third Coppa Italia title during the 1975–76 season, also finishing as the Coppa Italia top scorer, with 12 goals, during the 1977–78 season. He also helped the club to win the Anglo-Italian League Cup in 1976, the second time he had won this title.