Giovanni Galli

Giovanni Galli
Galli in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-04-29) 29 April 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Pisa, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1986 Fiorentina 259 (0)
1986–1990 Milan 98 (0)
1990–1993 Napoli 98 (0)
1993–1994 Torino 31 (0)
1994–1995 Parma 10 (0)
1995–1996 Lucchese 26 (0)
Total 522 (0)
International career
1976–1982 Italy U21 22 (0)
1983–1986 Italy 19 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1982 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giovanni Galli (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni ˈɡalli]; born 29 April 1958) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and currently a politician. In a professional career that spanned nearly two decades, he played in 496 Serie A games, mainly with Fiorentina (nine seasons) and Milan (four), winning six major titles with the latter club.

An international in the 1980s, Galli appeared with Italy in two World Cups, and the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship; he was an unused member of the squad that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup and served as Italy's starting goalkeeper at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.