Giorgio Mastropasqua | |
Birth Date: | 13 July 1951 |
Birth Place: | Rivoli, Italy |
Height: | 1.82 m |
Position: | Defender, midfielder |
Years1: | 1969–1970 |
Years2: | 1970–1971 |
Years3: | 1971–1973 |
Years4: | 1973–1974 |
Years5: | 1974–1979 |
Years6: | 1979–1980 |
Years7: | 1980–1982 |
Years8: | 1982–1984 |
Years9: | 1984–1986 |
Years10: | 1986–1988 |
Clubs4: | Juventus |
Clubs10: | Pavia |
Caps1: | 0 |
Caps2: | 2 |
Caps3: | 63 |
Caps4: | 2 |
Caps5: | 135 |
Caps6: | 26 |
Caps7: | 69 |
Caps8: | 44 |
Caps9: | 60 |
Caps10: | 62 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Goals3: | 3 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Goals5: | 13 |
Goals6: | 3 |
Goals7: | 5 |
Goals8: | 1 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Goals10: | 1 |
Manageryears1: | 2011 |
Managerclubs1: | AlzanoCene |
Giorgio Mastropasqua (born 13 July 1951) is an Italian former football player and manager, who played as a sweeper.
Mastropasqua was born in Rivoli, Piedmont. Throughout his playing career, which spanned from 1969 to 1988, he played for prestigious teams in the Italian top-flight, such as Juventus, Ternana, Atalanta, Bologna and Lazio.
In the summer of 2011, Mastropasqua was named manager of AlzanoCene in the Italian Serie D,[1] but he resigned after a few months in autumn after a disappointing start to the season
Mastropasqua often played as a sweeper, and was known for revolutionising the role in Italy during the 1970s under his Ternana manager Corrado Viciani and the team's dynamic and hard-working possession–based system, which focussed on short passing on the ground. He served as one of the first modern exponents of the position, due to his unique technical characteristics, namely a player who was not only tasked with defending and protecting the back-line, but also advancing out of the defence into midfield and starting attacking plays with their passing after winning back the ball.[2] [3]
Ternana[3]