Tarcisio Burgnich

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Tarcisio Burgnich

Burgnich with Inter Milan in 1966
Personal information
Date of birth	(1939-04-25)25 April 1939[1]
Place of birth	Ruda, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death	26 May 2021(2021-05-26) (aged 82)
Place of death	Forte dei Marmi, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Udinese
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1960	Udinese	8	(0)
1960–1961	Juventus	13	(0)
1961–1962	Palermo	31	(1)
1962–1974	Inter Milan	358	(5)
1974–1977	Napoli	84	(0)
Total		494	(6)
International career
1963–1974	Italy[1][2]	66	(2)
Managerial career
1978–1980	Livorno
1980–1981	Catanzaro
1981–1982	Bologna
1982–1984	Como
1984–1986	Genoa
1986–1987	Vicenza
1987–1988	Como
1988–1989	Catanzaro
1989–1991	Cremonese
1991–1992	Salernitana
1995–1997	Foggia
1997–1998	Genoa
1998–1999	Lucchese
1999–2000	Ternana
2000–2001	Pescara
Medal record Men's football Representing  Italy (as player) UEFA European Championship Winner 1968 Italy FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1970 Mexico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tarcisio Burgnich (Italian pronunciation: [tarˈtʃiːzjo ˈburɲitʃ]; 25 April 1939 – 26 May 2021) was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a defender.

Throughout his career, Burgnich played for Udinese, Juventus, Palermo, Inter Milan, and Napoli; although he won titles with both Juventus and Napoli, he is best known for his time with Inter Milan, where he was a member of manager Helenio Herrera's Grande Inter side. He partnered with fellow full-back Giacinto Facchetti in the squad's back-line and played a key role in the team's successes in Herrera's defensive catenaccio system, due to his pace, stamina, offensive capabilities, and defensive work-rate, winning four Serie A titles, two European Cups, and two Intercontinental Cups.

At international level, Burgnich represented the Italy national football team at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where they finished in fourth place, and at three FIFA World Cups, winning a runners-up medal at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He was also a member of the national team that won Italy's first ever UEFA European Football Championship on home soil, in 1968.

A versatile player, he was capable of playing in any defensive position, being adept as a right-back, as a centre-back, and also as a sweeper. Due to his imposing physique, as well as his tenacious style of play, Inter teammate Armando Picchi (who was the captain and sweeper of the side) gave him the nickname "La Roccia" (The Rock).^[3]