Gaetano Scirea

Gaetano Scirea

Scirea with Juventus in 1975
Personal information
Date of birth	(1953-05-25)25 May 1953
Place of birth	Cernusco sul Naviglio, Lombardy, Italy
Date of death	3 September 1989(1989-09-03) (aged 36)
Place of death	Babsk, Skierniewice, Poland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1970–1972	Atalanta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1974	Atalanta	58	(1)
1974–1988	Juventus	377	(24)
Total		435	(25)
International career
1975–1986	Italy	78	(2)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Italy FIFA World Cup Winner 1982 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gaetano Scirea (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaeˈtaːno ʃʃiˈrɛːa]; 25 May 1953 – 3 September 1989) was an Italian professional footballer who is considered one of the greatest defenders of his generation and one of the greatest defenders of all time. He spent most of his career with Juventus.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Scirea is one of only six players in European football history to have won all international trophies for football clubs recognized by UEFA and FIFA. Scirea is also one of only nine players in the history of European football that won all three major UEFA football competitions,^[8] a feat he managed while playing with Juventus, the Italian club with which he spent the majority of his career, aside from two seasons with Atalanta. At international level, he played for the Italy national team for more than a decade, during which he was an undisputed member of Italy's defensive line-up, keeping Franco Baresi out of the national team for four years, until he retired in 1986. Scirea became a World Champion with the 1982 FIFA World Cup winning team, which defeated Brazil 3–2 in a decisive second round match and Germany 3–1 in the final;^[9] he also represented Italy in two more World Cups, finishing in fourth-place in 1978, and UEFA Euro 1980, where Italy once again managed a fourth-place finish.