Pietro Anastasi
Pietro Anastasi with Juventus during the 1971–72 season.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 7 April 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Catania, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1964–66 | Massiminiana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1968 | Varese | 66 | (17) |
| 1968–1976 | Juventus | 205 | (189) |
| 1976–1978 | Internazionale | 46 | (7) |
| 1978–1981 | Ascoli | 58 | (9) |
| 1981–1982 | Lugano | 14 | (10) |
| National team | |||
| 1967 | Italy under-21 | 6 | (2) |
| 1968 | Italy B Team | 4 | (2) |
| 1968–1975 | Italy | 25 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Pietro Anastasi (born 7 April 1948), nicknamed Petruzzu 'u turcu by fans, was an Italian footballer who played mainly in the role of a striker. Anastasi is regarded as one of the best Italian strikers of his generation, and he was a fast, reliable, and agile striker, with good reactions. He was also a prolific, intelligent and opportunistic goalscorer, who was capable of making attacking runs to advance into more effective goalscoring positions. In this role, he was also capable of playing with his back to goal and laying off the ball for team-mates; he also played on the wing on occasion, due to his solid technique, and crossing ability.
Anastasi was born in Catania, Sicily. During his career (1964–1982) he played for Massiminiana, Varese, Juventus, Internazionale and Ascoli. In the Serie A, he played 338 matches and scored 105 goals (For Juventus, he played 205 games and scored 78 goals). Although he never won the Serie A Top Goalscorer award, he was the third highest goalscorer in the League on three occasions, during the 1968–69, 1969–70 and 1973–74 seasons.
He made his professional Debut with Missiminiana di Catania in Serie D, showing promising goalscoring prowess during the 1965–66 season, in which he scored 18 goals. He was subsequently purchased by Varese in Serie B, the team with which he gained promotion to Serie A, scoring 6 reti in 37 partite, and making his Serie A debut on 24 September 1967, against Fiorentina, at the age of nineteen. During his first season in Serie A, he scored an impressive 11 goals, 3 of which were scored in Varese's shocking 5–0 wn over Juventus on 4 February 1968, a performance which enabled him to be called up to the Italian national side.
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