Giancarlo De Sisti

Giancarlo De Sisti

Giancarlo De Sisti in 1969
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-03-13) 13 March 1943
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1960–1965 Roma 87 (13)
1965–1974 Fiorentina 256 (28)
1974–1979 Roma 135 (9)
National team
1967–1972 Italy 29 (4)
Teams managed
1981–1985 Fiorentina
1985–1987 Udinese
1991–1992 Ascoli

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Giancarlo de Sisti (born 13 March 1943) is a retired Italian footballer and football manager, who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Best known by his nickname Picchio, during his club career, De Sisti played for A.S. Roma (1960–65, 1974–79) and ACF Fiorentina (1965–74), winning several domestic and international titles with both clubs.[1]

At international level, he earned 29 caps and scored 4 goals for the Italy national football team between 1967 and 1972, and he played in the championship-winning team at Euro 1968 on home soil, and was also later a member of the Italian side that finished runners-up at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Coaching career

He then tried a coaching career, achieving his coaching badges in 1980 and later becoming head coach of Fiorentina. He was later forced to leave his job after being diagnosed with brain abscess.[3] He then returned into football with Udinese, and then entering into the Italian Football Federation as head coach of the Italian Juniores and Military squads.[3] He then made a return into club football in 1991 with Ascoli, being successively sacked in January 1992.[3]

In March 2003, after more than ten years of inactivity, he returned into coaching, joining Lazio as youth team coach.[3] He left the job only a few months later, following the appointment of Roberto Mancini as new head coach of the biancazzurri.[4]

Style of play

A creative and technically gifted deep-lying playmaking midfielder, who is regarded as one of Italy's and Roma's greatest ever playmakers, De Sisti was known for his simple yet efficient style of play; this involved him constantly looking for spaces, playing many short and accurate passes on the ground, and taking very few touches of the ball, in order to retain possession, reduce the chance of errors, and set his team's tempo. He was known for his composure under pressure and his consistency, and rarely misplaced passes or lost possession. He was also gifted with excellent vision and long passing ability, which allowed him to create goalscoring opportunities and play accurate lobbed passes and through-balls to team-mates.[1][5]

Career statistics

Season Team League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1960–1961 AS Roma 201110---41
1961–1962 A111CI10CdF10---131
1962–1963 A182CI00CdF51---233
1963–1964 A287CI40CdF42CdA10379
1964–1965 A283CI11CdF51---345
1965–1966 Fiorentina A345CI60CdF31CM20456
1966–1967 A306CI10CdC21CM40377
1967–1968 A306CI20CdF41---367
1968–1969 A302CI30CdF60---392
1969–1970 A272CI61CC60---393
1970–1971 A293CI113CdF40---446
1971–1972 A291CI102---CM60453
1972–1973 A271CI42CU10CA-I71394
1973–1974 A192CI31CU20---243
Totale Fiorentina2562846922319134841
1974–1975 AS Roma A295CI100------395
1975–1976 A282CI40CU60---382
1976–1977 A282CI41------323
1977–1978 A250CI40------290
1978–1979 A250CI40------290
Totale Roma22222 333 224 1027829
Totale carriera47850 7912 447 20162670

Honours

Club

Roma[1][6]
Fiorentina[5][1][6]

International

Italy[6]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "DE SISTI" (in Italian). Enciclopedia Giallorossa. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Roberto Di Maggio (14 May 2003). "Giancarlo De Sisti - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "De Sisti canta "Grazie Lazio" "Nessuno mi faceva lavorare"" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 13 March 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
  4. ↑ "Lazio, si abbatte la scure della Gea" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 22 June 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
  5. 1 2 Giorgio Dell’Arti (8 January 2014). "Giancarlo De Sisti" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 "Giancarlo De Sisti" (in Italian). Retrieved 12 November 2015.


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