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Giorgio Mastropasqua

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Giorgio Mastropasqua
Mastropasqua with Juventus in 1973
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-07-13) 13 July 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Rivoli, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1970 Juventus 0 (0)
1970–1971 Perugia 2 (0)
1971–1973 Ternana 63 (3)
1973–1974 Juventus 2 (0)
1974–1979 Atalanta 135 (13)
1979–1980 Bologna 26 (3)
1980–1982 Lazio 69 (5)
1982–1984 Catania 44 (1)
1984–1986 Piacenza 60 (0)
1986–1988 Pavia 62 (1)
Managerial career
2011 AlzanoCene
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giorgio Mastropasqua (born 13 July 1951) is an Italian former football player and manager, who played as a sweeper.

Playing career

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Mastropasqua was born in Rivoli, Piedmont. Throughout his playing career, which spanned from 1969 to 1988, he played for prestigious teams in the Italian top-flight, such as Juventus, Ternana, Atalanta, Bologna and Lazio.[1]

Coaching career

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In the summer of 2011, Mastropasqua was named manager of AlzanoCene in the Italian Serie D,[2] but he resigned after a few months in autumn after a disappointing start to the season

Style of play

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Mastropasqua often played as a sweeper, and was known for revolutionising the role in Italy during the 1970s under his Ternana manager Corrado Viciani and the team's dynamic and hard-working possession–based system, which focussed on short passing on the ground. He served as one of the first modern exponents of the position, due to his unique technical characteristics, namely a player who was not only tasked with defending and protecting the back-line, but also advancing out of the defence into midfield and starting attacking plays with their passing after winning back the ball.[1][3]

Honours

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Ternana[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bedeschi, Stefano (14 July 2018). "Gli eroi in bianconero: Giorgio MASTROPASQUA" (in Italian). Tutto Juve. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Alzano Cene 1909". www.alzanocene.it. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Gioco Corto: la Ternana di Corrado Viciani" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2020.