 Pulici captaining Torino in 1976 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paolino Pulici | ||
| Date of birth | 27 April 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Roncello, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tritium (youth) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 19??–1967 | Legnano | ||
| 1967–1968 | Torino | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1967 | Legnano | 1 | (0) |
| 1967–1982 | Torino | 335 | (134) |
| 1982–1983 | Udinese | 26 | (5) |
| 1983–1985 | Fiorentina | 40 | (3) |
| Total | 412 | (142) | |
| International career | |||
| 1969–1972 | Italy U21 | 9 | (5) |
| 1973–1978 | Italy | 19 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1986–1989 | Piacenza (Assistant) | ||
| 1990– | Tritium (Youth) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Paolo Pulici (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo ˈpuːlitʃi]; born 27 April 1950) is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played as a striker. With 172 goals in all competitions, he is the all-time record goalscorer for Torino.[1]
He had several nicknames: amongst the most famous were Pupi and the one created for him by the journalist Gianni Brera, Puliciclone (a pun on his family name, Pulici, and Ciclone, Italian for "cyclone").[2] Plus, he shared with his teammate Francesco Graziani the collective nickname I gemelli del gol (Italian for "The Twins of Goal"). At international level, he represented Italy at two FIFA World Cups, first in 1974, and subsequently in 1978, where he helped the team to a fourth-place finish. Since 1990 he has taught the game of football at Sportiva Tritium 1908 in Trezzo sull'Adda, at the football school that bears his name.[1]
In 2014, he was inducted into the Torino FC Hall of Fame; he was the first player to ever be elected and was included in the "Forwards" category.[3]
- ^ a b "Paolino Pulici" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Ve lo ricordate Paolino Pulici? Ecco come vive". corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Nasce la Hall of Fame del Toro: il 3 dicembre la cerimonia per i primi 5 granata indimenticabili" (in Italian). Il Quotidiano Piemontese. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2016.