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Date of birth | 29 April 1958 | ||||||||||||||||
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
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*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.