Paolo Pulici
Pulici captain of Torino in 1976, awared as Serie A 1975-76 top scorer.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Paolino Pulici | ||
| Date of birth | 27 April 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Roncello, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Tritium (youth) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 19??–1967 | Legnano | ||
| 1967–1968 | Torino | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1967 | Legnano | 1 | (0) |
| 1967–1982 | Torino | 335 | (134) |
| 1982–1983 | Udinese | 26 | (5) |
| 1983–1985 | Fiorentina | 40 | (3) |
| Total | 412 | (142) | |
| National team | |||
| 1969–1972 | Italy U21 | 9 | (5) |
| 1973–1978 | Italy | 19 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1986–1989 | Piacenza (Assistant) | ||
| 1990– | Tritium (Youth) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paolo Pulici (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo ˈpuːlitʃi]; born 27 April 1950) is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played as a striker. With 172 goals in all competitions, he is the all-time record goalscorer for Torino.
He is nicknamed Puliciclone (a name invented by Gianni Brera) or, more affectionately, Pupi. At international level, he represented Italy at two FIFA World Cups, first in 1974, and subsequently in 1978, where he helped the team to a fourth-place finish. Since 1990 he has taught the game of football at Sportiva Tritium 1908 in Trezzo sull'Adda, at the football school that bears his name.
In 2014 he was inducted into the Torino Hall of Fame; he was the first player to ever be elected and was included in the "Forwards" category.
Initially courted by Internazionale, he was ultimately rejected as the club believed his left-foot only shooting could not match that of their striker Sandro Mazzola.Torino acquired from Legnano in 1967 and the then coach, Edmondo Fabbri, launched him as a starter in the 1968–69 season as a starter in Torino-Cagliari (0–0). In his first four seasons at Torino (three as starter), he played in 79 league games, but only scored nine goals due to technical shortcomings and his lack of composure in front of goal.
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