_-_Pietro_Vierchowod_(cropped).jpg) Vierchowod in 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Pietro Vierchowod[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1959 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Calcinate, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | Romanese | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1981 | Como | 115 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | Fiorentina | 28 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Roma | 30 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1995 | Sampdoria | 358 | (25) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Juventus | 21 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | AC Milan | 16 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Piacenza | 79 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 647 | (42) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1993 | Italy | 45 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Catania | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Florentia Viola | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Triestina | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Budapest Honvéd | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Kamza | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pietro Vierchowod Ufficiale OMRI (Ukrainian: П’єтро Верховод, romanized: P'etro Verkhovod, born 6 April 1959) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, and a manager. He represented the Italy national side during his career and was in the Italian squad that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest Italian centre-backs of all-time, and one of the best of his generation, during his playing career he was nicknamed lo Zar ("the Tsar") because of his pace, defensive ability, physicality, tenacious playing style, and Ukrainian descent; he was the son of a Ukrainian Red Army soldier from Starobilsk.[2][3]
- ^ "Vierchowod Sig. Pietro" [Vierchowod Mr. Pietro]. Quirinale (in Italian). Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Pietro Vierchowod: l'ultimo zar" [Peter Vierchowod: the last tsar] (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ Stefano Bedeschi (19 April 2013). "Gli eroi in bianconero: Pietro VIERCHOWOD" [The heroes in black and white: Pietro VIERCHOWOD] (in Italian). Tutto Juve. Retrieved 4 August 2016.