Giancarlo De Sisti
| Personal information |
| Date of birth |
13 March 1943 (1943-03-13) (age 66) |
| Place of birth |
Rome, Italy |
| Playing position |
Midfielder |
| Senior career* |
| Years |
Club |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
| 1960–1965 |
Roma |
87 |
(13) |
| 1965–1974 |
Fiorentina |
256 |
(28) |
| 1974–1979 |
Roma |
135 |
(9) |
| National team |
| 1967–1972 |
Italy |
29 |
(4) |
| Teams managed |
| 1981–1985 |
Fiorentina |
| 1985–1987 |
Udinese |
| 1991–1992 |
Ascoli |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
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Giancarlo De Sisti (born 13 March 1943 in Rome) is a former Italian footballer and football manager.
Best known by his nickname Picchio, during his career he played for A.S. Roma (1960-65, 1974-79) and ACF Fiorentina (1965-74). He earned 29 caps and scored 4 goals for the Italy national football team from 1967 to 1972, and played in the championship-winning team of Euro 1968 and the 1970 FIFA World Cup team which finished runners-up.
He then tried a coaching career, achieving his coaching badges in 1980 and later becoming head coach of Fiorentina. He was later forced to leave his job after being diagnosed with brain abscess.[1] He then returned into football with Udinese, and then entering into the Italian Football Federation as head coach of the Italian Juniores and Military squads.[1] He then made a return into club football in 1991 with Ascoli, being successively sacked on January 1992.[1]
In March 2003, after more than ten years of inactivity, he returned into coaching, joining Lazio as youth team coach.[1] He left the job only a few months later, following the appointment of Roberto Mancini as new head coach of the biancazzurri.[2]
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