 Castellini in circa 1977 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1945-12-12)12 December 1945 (age 79) | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1960–1965 | Monza | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1970 | Monza | 60 | (0) |
| 1970–1978 | Torino | 201 | (0) |
| 1978–1985 | Napoli | 202 | (1) |
| Total | 463 | (1) | |
| International career | |||
| 1977 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997 | Inter Milan | ||
| 1999 | Inter Milan | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Luciano Castellini (Italian pronunciation:[luˈtʃaːnokastelˈliːni]; born 12 December 1945) is an Italian formerfootballmanager and former football player who played as agoalkeeper.
Castellini was born inMilan. During his club career he initially played forMonza (1965–70), winning theSerie C title, and promotion toSerie B during the1966–67 season. He later made hisSerie A debut withTorino (1970–78) on 30 August 1970, in a 1–0 away win overTernana; during his time with the club, he won theCoppa Italia in 1971, and theSerie A during the1975–76 season, collecting 201 Serie A appearances over eight seasons with the club, and 267 club appearances across all competitions.
He ended his career withNapoli (1978–85), after seven seasons with the club, collecting 203 appearances in Serie A. In total, he made 404 appearances in Serie A, and he is one of the few players to have made over 200 appearances with two different clubs, which he managed both with Torino and Napoli.[1] During his third season with Napoli, Castellini went unbeaten for 531 consecutive minutes, which at the time, was a record bettered only byDino Zoff, who had gone unbeaten for 590 minutes.[1][2]
Castellini was included in theItaly national team for the1974 FIFA World Cup; he was an unused substitute, behind Dino Zoff andEnrico Albertosi, who kept him out of the national side.[2][3] He earned the only international cap in his career on 26 January 1977, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 win overBelgium.[4]
In 1997, he coachedInter for the last two Serie A matches, after the dismissal ofRoy Hodgson, helping the club to a third-place finish inSerie A. He is currently a member of theItaly U21 staff, and he has also worked with theInter youth side as a goalkeeping coach, and as a scout, since 1989.[5]
Castellini was an agile, courageous, flexible, and acrobatic goalkeeper, who possessed excellent reflexes, and who excelled in the air due to his athletic ability; he was also known for his speed whenrushing off his line, as well as his ability to come out and punch the ball out of the area. During his time atTorino, he was given the nickname "The Jaguar" by the fans, due to his diving and shot-stopping ability.[2][5][6] Considered one of the best Italian goalkeepers of his generation, he is also regarded by many pundits and fans as one of Torino's best goalkeepers, and also as Napoli's greatest goalkeeper of all time, despite being unable to win a trophy with the latter club, and was awarded the league's "Best goalkeeper" award byGuerin Sportivo on several occasions for his performances.[1][2][6][7]
Torino[1]
Monza[1]
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