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Pierino Prati
Italian footballer (1946–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pierino Prati (Italian pronunciation: [pjeˈriːno ˈpraːti]; 13 December 1946 – 22 June 2020) was an Italian footballer who played mainly as a forward. He began his career with Salernitana, and later played for several other Italian clubs, including a successful spell with AC Milan, with whom he won several titles. As of 2024, he is the second to last person to score a hat-trick in a European Cup final, having done so in 1969 against Ajax.
![]() Prati with AC Milan in 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1946-12-13)13 December 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cinisello Balsamo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 June 2020(2020-06-22) (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Como, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1965–1966 | Salernitana | 19 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1966–1973 | AC Milan | 143 | (72) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1966–1967 | → Savona (loan) | 29 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1973–1977 | Roma | 82 | (28) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1977–1978 | Fiorentina | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1978–1979 | Savona | 25 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1979 | Rochester Lancers | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1979–1981 | Savona | 54 | (24) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 366 | (162) | |||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1968–1974 | Italy | 14 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
At international level, Prati represented Italy on 14 occasions between 1968 and 1974, scoring seven goals; he was a member of the teams that won UEFA Euro 1968 on home soil, and which reached the 1970 FIFA World Cup final. He also had a brief spell with Rochester Lancers in the NASL in 1979.[1][2]