| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1940-08-01)1 August 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 20 May 2001(2001-05-20) (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | Milan, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1962 | Fanfulla | 44 | (3) |
| 1962–1964 | Triestina | 70 | (4) |
| 1964–1966 | Lazio | 46 | (2) |
| 1966–1967 | Fiorentina | 17 | (0) |
| 1967–1968 | Brescia | 18 | (0) |
| 1968–1969 | S.P.A.L. | 20 | (2) |
| 1969–1976 | Massese | 245 | (25) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1975–1976 | Massese (assistant) | ||
| 1977–1978 | Empoli | ||
| 1978 | Pisa | ||
| 1979–1981 | Lucchese | ||
| 1982–1983 | Empoli | ||
| 1983–1984 | Perugia | ||
| 1984–1985 | Varese | ||
| 1985–1986 | Sambenedettese | ||
| 1987 | Campobasso | ||
| 1987–1989 | Parma | ||
| 1989 | Como | ||
| 1991 | Empoli | ||
| 1991–1992 | Taranto | ||
| 1993–1994 | Modena | ||
| 1995 | Palermo | ||
| 1996 | Pistoiese | ||
| 1997 | Palermo | ||
| 1997–2000 | Carrarese (technical director) | ||
| 1998 | Carrarese (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Giampiero Vitali (1 August 1940 — 20 May 2001) was an Italianfootball defender and later manager.[1]He died in 2001, aged 60, due to an incurable disease.[2][3]
Overall, as a player, he scored 81 appearances and 2 goals inSerie A withLazio,Fiorentina andBrescia, 124 appearances and 9 goals in Serie B withTriestina,SPAL andMassese, 255 appearances and 25 goals in Serie C withFanfulla andMassese.WithMassese he obtained a promotion fromSerie C toSerie B, still setting the record for matches played in the league with 245 appearances.[4]
When he ceased playing sports, he had twenty years of experience as a coach (to his credit 13Serie B championships), leading, among other things,Parma for two seasons before the advent ofNevio Scala andPalermo twice. He obtained one admission to the newSerie C1 championship withEmpoli (1977-1978 season), a promotion fromSerie C1 toSerie B in 1982-1983 always at the lead ofEmpoli and ended his career at Carrara, inSerie C1, season 1997-1998, when hired as Technical Director, the management asked him to return to coaching (with the team relegated to the last place in the standings), managing to save the Tuscans.[5][6]
In total, as a professional coach, he directed 539 matches in the league, of which 317 inSerie B, 154 inSerie C1 and 68 inSerie C2.[7]Since 2001, the year of his death, a sporting event has been organized annually inTuscany in memory of him,[8] which attracts great personalities from the world of sport.[9][10][11]
In 2020 theStadio degli Oliveti inMassa was named after him.[12]