Marco Tardelli

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Marco Tardelli
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Tardelli with Como Calcio jersey
Personal information
Full name Marco Tardelli
Date of birth (1954-09-24) 24 September 1954 (age 58)
Place of birth Capanne di Careggine, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1972–1974 Pisa 41 (4)
1974–1975 Como 36 (2)
1975–1985 Juventus 259 (35)
1985–1987 Internazionale 43 (2)
1987–1988 St. Gallen 14 (0)
Total 393 (43)
National team
1976–1985 Italy 81 (6)
Teams managed
1988–1990 Italy U-16
1990–1993 Italy U-21 (assistant)
1993–1995 Como
1995–1998 Cesena
1998–2000 Italy U-21
2000–2001 Internazionale
2002–2003 Bari
2004–2005 Egypt
2005–2008 Arezzo
2008– Republic of Ireland (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Marco Tardelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko tarˈdɛlli]; born 24 September 1954) is a former football player from Italy, and is the current assistant manager for the Republic of Ireland. He played defensive midfielder with Juventus and the Italian national team. He was part of the Italian side to win the 1982 World Cup and was five time Italian Serie A champion. He was well known for his battling qualities, primarily his stamina and mental toughness as well as his ruthless tackling. He was also known for his ability to score vital goals.

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Career

Tardelli was born at Capanne di Careggine, in the province of Lucca (Tuscany). He started his career in the Italian Serie C with the club of Pisa. Two years later he played in the Serie B with Como before joining Serie A giants Juventus in October 1975.

During his decade-long stint at the Turin club, he won all the three major European competitions: the UEFA Cup, Cup Winners' Cup and European Cup as well as five times the Italian Serie A championship and three Coppa Italia (Italian Cup).

He scored the decisive goal during the first leg of the UEFA Cup finale against Athletic Bilbao, allowing Juventus to gain this competition in 1977, his first and also the first European title for Juventus.

Tardelli played 376 games with Juventus and scored 51 goals.

His fierce nature on the pitch famously attracted the quote "He's responsible for more scar tissue than the surgeons at Harefield Hospital" from the Tottenham Hotspur and England centre forward Jimmy Greaves.[1]

National team

Tardelli made his international debut on 7 April 1976 against Portugal. He played at the 1978 World Cup and the 1980 European Football Championship. He performed especially well during Italy's 1982 World Cup-winning campaign, scoring twice. His first came in a group stage match against Argentina and the second in the final against West Germany. He is particularly remembered for his famous goal celebration in the final. With tears in his eyes, he sprinted towards the Italian bench, fists clenched in front of his chest, screaming "Gol! Gol!" as he shook his head wildly. This celebration would become known as the "Tardelli cry".

He won a total of 81 caps for Italy, playing his final game for them against Norway in September 1985. He retired as a player in 1988.

Coaching career

Tardelli started his managing career as head coach of the Under 16 Italian national team in 1988, immediately after his retirement. Two years later, he became the assistant coach of Cesare Maldini for the Under 21 team. In 1993 he switched to Como of Serie C1. He led Como to promotion into Serie B, but was unable to avoid relegation.

Tardelli in his role as Republic of Ireland assistant manager, May 2010

In 1995 he took over Cesena, another Serie B team. Tardelli would spend three seasons with Cesena before leaving to become head coach of the Italian Under 21 team. He won the Under 21 European Championship,[1] the following year. His success with the Italian Under 21 side led Tardelli to became the manager of Internazionale for the 2000–01 season. His tenure with the Nerazzurri would be short; following a string of embarrassing defeats especially a 6–0 defeat to local rivals AC Milan, Tardelli was fired in June 2001. Tardelli did not have much luck in the coaching jobs that followed, which included spells with Bari, the Egyptian national team and Arezzo.

Tardelli served for a short time as part of the administrative council of his former club Juventus in 2006, before resigning in 2007 allegedly due to differences with the hierarchy regarding the direction the club was heading towards.[2] In February 2008, he joined the coaching staff of the Republic of Ireland national team as an assistant manager to the recently-appointed Giovanni Trapattoni. He was reunited with former Juventus teammate Liam Brady, who was also named as Trapattoni's assistant.

Career statistics

Club

[3]

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1972–73 Pisa S.C. Serie A 8 2
1973–74 33 2
1974–75 Como Serie B 36 2
1975–76 Juventus Serie A 26 2
1976–77 28 4
1977–78 26 4
1978–79 29 4
1979–80 18 4
1980–81 28 7
1981–82 22 3
1982–83 26 5
1983–84 28 0
1984–85 28 2
1985–86 Internazionale 19 2
1986–87 24 0
1987–88 St. Gallen Nationalliga A 14 0
Totals Italy 379 43 - - - - 379 43
Switzerland 14 0 - - - - 14 0
Career totals 393 43 - - - - 393 43

International

Italy national team
Year Apps Goals
1976 8 0
1977 7 0
1978 13 1
1979 4 2
1980 12 1
1981 6 0
1982 13 2
1983 4 0
1984 7 0
1985 6 0
Total 81 6

Manager

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Internazionale Italy October 2000 June 2001 700140000000000000040 700115000000000000015 700113000000000000013 700112000000000000012 700137500000000000037.50
Total 700140000000000000040 700115000000000000015 700113000000000000013 700112000000000000012 700137500000000000037.50

Honours

Juventus

National Team

See also

References

  1. ^ 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads
  2. ^ "Resignation of Tardelli". juventus.com. 15 June 2007. 
  3. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=17922

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