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![]() Savoldi playing for Bologna in the 1974–75 season | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 January 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Gorlago, Bergamo, Italy | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | 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) | |
International career | |||
1968–1969 | Italy U-21 | 7 | (1) |
1975 | Italy | 4 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1985–1988 | Atalanta U19 | ||
1989 | Carrarese | ||
1997 | Siena | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Giuseppe Savoldi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe saˈvɔldi]; born 21 January 1947) is an Italian former professional football player and coach, who played during the sixties, seventies and eighties, as a forward. A versatile attacker, he played club football in Italy for Atalanta, Bologna and S.S.C. Napoli, and represented the Italy national side at international level.[1]
Savoldi was the worlds first million pound player in football signed by S.S.C. Napoli in 1975 for a world-record fee.