.jpg) Frustalupi as Sampdoria captain in the 1966–67 season | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1942-09-16)16 September 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Orvieto,Italy | ||
| Date of death | 14 April 1990(1990-04-14) (aged 47) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1962 | Empoli | 19 | (2) |
| 1962–1970 | Sampdoria | 202 | (22) |
| 1970–1972 | Internazionale | 38 | (2) |
| 1972–1975 | Lazio | 88 | (2) |
| 1975–1977 | Cesena | 51 | (8) |
| 1977–1981 | Pistoiese | 108 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mario Frustalupi (12 September 1942 – 14 April 1990) was an Italianfootballer who was amidfielder.[1]
Born inOrvieto (Umbria), Frustalupi debuted in ItalianSerie A in 1963 withSampdoria, for which he played for 8 seasons. A promising player in this youth, in 1970, he moved toFC Internazionale, then in need of a replacement forplaymakerLuis Suárez in midfield, but Frustalupi disappointed and failed to live up to his potential, also struggling for a place in the starting line-up due to the presence of star playerSandro Mazzola. With the Milanese team, he won ascudetto and reached the final of theEuropean Cup in1972, losing againstAjax.
The following year, he was sold toS.S. Lazio. Although he often quarrelled with the club's leading star striker,Giorgio Chinaglia, he made the team one of the strongest in Italy, as shown by the side'sscudetto victory in1974. He also had a successful stint withA.C. Cesena, which under him reached its best result ever in the league, a sixth-place finish inSerie A and the right to play in theUEFA Cup.
In 1977, Frustalupi went toPistoiese, being a protagonist of the first team's promotion to Serie A. He retired in 1981.
Frustalupi died on the highway nearSan Salvatore Monferrato in a car accident in 1990 while he was going toCervinia to join the family on holidays.[2]