 Ferrini as assistant manager at Torino in 1976 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Giorgio Ferrini | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Trieste, Italy[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 8 November 1976 (aged 37) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Turin, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 19??–1955 | Ponziana | ||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1958 | Torino | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1958–1959 | → Varese (loan) | 34 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1959–1975 | Torino | 443 | (42) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 477 | (52) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Italy Olympic | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1962–1968 | Italy | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Torino (Assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Giorgio Ferrini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒordʒo ferˈriːni]; 18 August 1939 – 8 November 1976) was an Italian football manager and former football player who played as a midfielder.
Nicknamed La Diga ('The Dam') for his qualities as a defensive midfielder,[2] Ferrini played for Torino from 1959 to 1975, and is the most capped player in the history of the Granata with 566 appearances in all competitions, ahead of Paolo Pulici (437). At club level, they won the Coppa Italia in 1967–68 and 1970–71. He also represented the Italy national team, winning the 1968 European Championship.
- ^ "-1336". 9 April 2020.
- ^ Giulio Rinaldi. "Giorgio Ferrini, capitano per sempre" (in Italian). www.infotoro.it. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2018.