Lido Vieri

Lido Vieri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈliːdo ˈvjɛːri]; born 16 July 1939) is an Italian former football player and manager who played as a goalkeeper. He won the 1968 European Championship and was a runner-up at the 1970 FIFA World Cup with the Italy national team.

Lido Vieri

Vieri c. 1970
Personal information
Date of birth	(1939-07-16) 16 July 1939 (age 85)
Place of birth	Piombino, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1954–1957	Torino
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1969	Torino	275	(0)
1957–1958	→ Vigevano (loan)	31	(0)
1969–1976	Inter Milan	140	(0)
1976–1980	Pistoiese	63	(0)
Total		499	(0)
International career
1963–1968	Italy	4	(0)
Managerial career
1980–1981	Pistoiese
1981–1982	Siracusa
1982–1983	Massese
1983–1986	Juve Stabia
1986–1987	Massese
1987–1988	Carrarese
1988–1989	Juve Stabia
1994–1995	Torino
1995–1996	Torino
1996–1997	Torino
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

Club career

During his club career he played for Torino, Inter and Pistoiese. Vieri won the Coppa Italia with Torino during the 1967–68 season,^[1] and the 1970–71 Serie A with Inter.^[2][3]

International career

Vieri earned four caps for the Italy national team between 1963 and 1968.^[4] He was a backup keeper to Dino Zoff and Albertosi in Italy's victorious 1968 UEFA European Football Championship campaign on home soil under manager Ferruccio Valcareggi, and also at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, where Italy reached the final.^[2]

Style of play

A quick, physically strong, consistent, and dominant keeper, regarded as one of the best Italian goalkeepers of his generation,^[1] Vieri won the "Premio Combi" during the 1962–63 season, which was awarded to the best goalkeeper in Serie A.^[5] Throughout his career he made a name for himself as an aggressive, vocal, and commanding goalkeeper. Vieri was an elegant, courageous, and acrobatic shot-stopper, who was known in particular for his athleticism, spectacular saves, bravery, and ability to rush quickly off his line to collect the ball, as well as his command of the area, leadership, and handling of crosses; despite his goalkeeping ability, he also gained a degree of infamy for his tenacity and strong character throughout his career.^[2][6][7]

Honours

Lido Vieri

Torino

• Coppa Italia: 1967–68

Inter Milan

• Serie A: 1970–71

Italy^[8]

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1970
• UEFA European Football Championship: 1968

References

1. "Hall of Fame: Lido Vieri". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
2. "Lido Vieri, il portiere marinaio che parava senza noia: "Ma ora usano i piedi"" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
3. "Lido Vieri". Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
4. "Nazionale in cifre: Vieri, Lido". figc.it (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
5. "8 giugno 1958: esordisce Lido Vieri" (in Italian). Toro.it. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
6. Filippo Nassetti (8 January 2016). "5 portieri scudettati per 50 anni di Inter, visti da Luciano Castellini" (in Italian). Panorama.it. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
7. "Mondonico e la favola Marchetti "Un grande, Buffon si preoccupi"" (in Italian). L'Eco di Bergamo. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
8. "L. Vieri". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 December 2015.

External links

• Lido Vieri at National-Football-Teams.com