| Gianni Rivera | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Giovanni Rivera | |
| Date of birth | August 18, 1943 | |
| Place of birth | Alessandria, Italy | |
| Height | 175 cm | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1959-1960 1960-1979 |
Alessandria AC Milan |
26 (6) 501 (160) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1962-1974 | Italy | 60 (14) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Giovanni ("Gianni") Rivera (born August 18, 1943 in Alessandria) is a former Italian football player who was awarded the European Footballer of the Year prize in 1969. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alessandria ( Lissandria in Piedmontese) is a city in Piedmont Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The "fr '''Ballon d'Or'''" ( French for " Golden Ball " often referred to as the European Footballer of the Year award is an association football Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He is currently a politician. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions
Nicknamed il golden boy of Italian football, Rivera was the product of Alessandria's youth football academy and made his debut in Serie A for Alessandria against Internazionale on June 2, 1959 at the age of only fifteen years. Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Unione Sportiva Alessandria Calcio 1912 is an Italian football club based in Alessandria, Piedmont founded in February 1912 and continuing Football Club Internazionale Milano, most commonly referred to as simply Internazionale, or Inter, is an Italian professional football club Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He played 26 matches for his first club, in which he scored 6 goals. After one year, he was bought by AC Milan to replace Juan Schiaffino with a record transfer fee for that time, $200,000; he was only sixteen years old. Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to by the abbreviation Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy Juan Alberto " Pepe " Schiaffino Villano (born July 28, 1925 in Montevideo &ndash died November 13, 2002) was In 1962 he won the first scudetto with AC Milan and on May 13, 1962, at eighteen, he played his first match for the Italian national team against West Germany at the World Cup in Chile, a game that finished with a goalless draw, 0-0. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup was held in Chile from May 30 to June 17. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the
Due to their win of the 1962 scudetto, AC Milan qualified for the European Cup in 1962, a European Cup which they finally won, beating Benfica 2-1 in the final with Rivera in great form as he was awarded second place in the famous Ballon d'or award, which was won by the Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin. See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club Sport Lisboa e Benfica (spɔɾ liʒˈboɐ i bɐ̃ĩˈfikɐ commonly referred to as simply Benfica, S Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Лев Ива́нович Я́шин (22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990 was a Russian Soviet football goalkeeper, considered by many to be
In the 1967/1968 season, Rivera won with AC Milan both the title and the Cup Winners' Cup. In 1968, he played for Italy as they won at the European Championship. The 1968 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Italy. Sadly, he missed the Final match against Yugoslavia through injury he received at the semi-final against Soviet Union. The Yugoslavia national football team refers to the national football team that represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1920-1941 and the Socialist Federal Republic The USSR national football team was the national football team of the Soviet Union. Next season, Rivera took AC Milan to win the Champions Cup as he finally got the Ballon d'or award.
He played with the Squadra Azzurra (Italian national team) in the 1970 FIFA World Cup hosted by Mexico, where they reached the final, losing against Brazil, 4-1. The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup was held in Mexico, from May 31 to June 21. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF that represents Brazil in international The Italian coach at the 1970 World Cup Final, Ferruccio Valcareggi, believed that Gianni Rivera and his teammate Sandro Mazzola could not co-exist on the same field. Ferruccio Valcareggi ( 12 February 1919 &ndash 2 November 2005) was an Italian football player and coach Alessandro ("Sandro" Mazzola (born 8 November 1942 is an Italian former football player Although Gianni Rivera was the most famous of the two, Valcareggi elected to start Mazzola. However, by 2nd round, the Italian offense failed to sparkle. Valcareggi devised a solution he called "staffetta" (relay) to play both players. Mazzola would start in the first half while Rivera would come in at halftime. With this strategy, Rivera helped to beat the host Mexico in the quarterfinal and West Germany in the semifinal, in which Rivera played a major role in one of the best matches in World Cup history, scoring the goal of the success of Italy (4-3). The Mexican national football team is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol and represents Mexico in international football competition The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since However, in the final against Brazil, Valcareggi did not use Rivera until there were only 8 minutes left in the game, despite Rivera being the hero of the past two matches.
He also played in the 1974 FIFA World Cup when the Italians were knocked out by Poland, 2-1. The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup was held in West Germany from June 13 to July 7. The Poland national football team (Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej is the national football team of Poland, under the auspices of the Polish That was the end of Rivera's career at the national team for which he played in 60 games, scoring 14 goals.
Rivera took AC Milan in two Cup Winners' Cup finals, one in 1973 and another in 1974; the first one was won and the second lost. With the red-and-black team, he also won two consecutive Italian titles, in 1972 and 1973. AC Milan also won several Italian Cups in the 70's but were missing Rivera in most of them, as he was banned because of his statements against Italian referees.
Rivera won the last scudetto of his playing career in 1979 with AC Milan, this also being the tenth title for "The Devils". In total, he played for AC Milan in 501 Serie A matches and scored 160 goals.
After retirement, Rivera became a vice-president at the club. When Silvio Berlusconi bought the club in 1986, he left and entered the Italian political life, being one of the members of the Italian Parliament. (born 29 September 1936 is an Italian politician, Entrepreneur, Real estate and Insurance Tycoon, Bank and Media proprietor The Parliament of Italy ( Parlamento Italiano) is the national parliament of Italy. He served as an under-secretary for defense under Romano Prodi's government. (born 9 August 1939 is an Italian politician and statesman He served as President of the Council of Ministers (prime minister of Italy twice from 17 May He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. The FIFA 100 is a list of the world-renowned Brazilian striker Pelé 's choice of the "greatest living footballers" "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
He currently is a Member of the European Parliament for the Uniti nell'Ulivo party. A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. The Olive Tree ( L'Ulivo) was a denomination used for several successive Centre-left Italian political coalitions from 1995 to 2007
Trophies won
- 4 × Italian cup (1967, 1972, 1973, 1977)
- 3 × Italian title (1962, 1968, 1979)
- 2 × Cup Winners Cup (1968, 1973)
- 2 × European Cup (1963, 1969)
- 1 × European Player of The Year (1969)
- 1 × European Player of The Year runner-up (1963)
- 1 × World Cup runner-up (1970)
- 1 × Italian League Top Scorer (1973)
- 1 × Intercontinental Cup (1969)
- 1 × European Championship (1968)
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by George Best |
European Footballer of the Year 1969 |
Succeeded by Gerd Müller |
| Preceded by Roberto Boninsegna |
Serie A Top Scorer (Shared with Paolo Pulici & Giuseppe Savoldi) 1972-73 |
Succeeded by Giorgio Chinaglia |
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