Giorgio Mastropasqua

Giorgio Mastropasqua

Mastropasqua with Juventus in 1973
Personal information
Date of birth	(1951-07-13) 13 July 1951
Place of birth	Rivoli, Italy
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1970	Juventus	0	(0)
1970–1971	Perugia	2	(0)
1971–1973	Ternana	63	(3)
1973–1974	Juventus	2	(0)
1974–1979	Atalanta	135	(13)
1979–1980	Bologna	26	(3)
1980–1982	Lazio	69	(5)
1982–1984	Catania	44	(1)
1984–1986	Piacenza	60	(0)
1986–1988	Pavia	62	(1)
Managerial career
2011	AlzanoCene
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giorgio Mastropasqua (born 13 July 1951) is an Italian former football player and manager, who played as a sweeper.

Playing career

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.

Coaching career

In the summer of 2011, Mastropasqua was named manager of AlzanoCene in the Italian Serie D, but he resigned after a few months in autumn after a disappointing start to the season

Style of play

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.

Honours

Ternana

• Serie B: 1971–72