Azeglio Vicini

Azeglio Vicini

Vicini with Sampdoria
Personal information
Full name	Azeglio Vicini[1]
Date of birth	(1933-03-20)20 March 1933[2]
Place of birth	Cesena, Italy[2]
Date of death	30 January 2018(2018-01-30) (aged 84)
Place of death	Brescia, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder
Youth career
1952–1953	Cesena
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1956	Vicenza	54	(8)
1956–1963	Sampdoria	191	(6)
1963–1966	Brescia	55	(2)
Total		300	(16)
Managerial career
1967–1968	Brescia
1975–1976	Italy U23
1977–1986	Italy U21
1986–1991	Italy
1992–1993	Cesena
1993–1994	Udinese
Medal record Men's football Representing  Italy (as manager) FIFA World Cup 1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Azeglio Vicini Grande Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [adˈdzeʎʎo viˈtʃiːni]; 20 March 1933 – 30 January 2018)^[3] was an Italian football coach and player, who also served as the President of the Technical Sector of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC).

One of Italy's most important coaches during the eighties, he coached the Italy under-21 side, reaching the semi-final of the 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, and final of the 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship; he later coached the Italy national side, reaching the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 1988, and leading the team to another semi-final, and eventually a third-place finish, in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, in Italy.