Sandro Salvadore

Sandro Salvadore

Personal information
Full name	Sandro Salvadore
Date of birth	29 November 1939(1939-11-29)
Place of birth	Milan, Italy
Date of death	4 January 2007 (aged 67)
Place of death	Costigliole d'Asti, Italy
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1955-1958	Milan
Senior career*
Years	Club	Apps (Gls)†
1958-1962	Milan	72 (1)
1962-1974	Juventus	331 (15)
Total		403 (16)
National team
1960-1970	Italy	036 0(0)[1]
Honours Competitor for  Italy Football (soccer) UEFA European Football Championship Gold Italy 1968
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Sandro Salvadore (29 November 1939 – 4 January 2007) was an Italian footballer.

Born Milan, Lombardy, Sandro Salvadore was picked up by A.C. Milan’s scouts when he was 15, and played in their junior team until he made his debut in Serie A in the 1958/59 season. While wearing AC Milan’s number 6 jersey he won 2 League titles (1958–59 and 1961–62). He left Milan after 72 league matches.

In 1962 Salvadore was purchased by Juventus and became soon a pillar of their defence. After only a few games he fully established himself as a first choice central defender, winning three more League titles (1966–67, 1971–72 and 1972–73) and one Italy’s Cup (1964–65). He retired in 1974 and was replaced by Gaetano Scirea.

From 1960 to 1970 Salvadore won 36 Italy’s full caps. He was part of the team that played both the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups. He also was part of the team that won the Third European Championship in 1968. He though missed the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico because of two unfortunate own goals scored in a single match in Madrid, Spain (21 February 1970, Spain - Italy 2–2). Italian national team’s manager Ferruccio Valcareggi judged him no longer reliable and dropped him. That was the last of Salvadore's Italy caps.

After the retirement Salvadore spent a small period as trainer of a Juventus's youth squad, but left soon and established a small farm in Asti. His last public appearance was the 1 November 2006, invited by Juventus to the celebrations of the club’s 109th anniversary. In that occasion Salvadore received the jersey number six with his name printed.

Sandro Salvadore died because of an heart attack on 4 January 2007, aged 67, in Costigliole d'Asti, in the Italian province of Asti.

References

v • d • e Italy squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup 1 Buffon • 2 Losi • 3 Radice • 4 Salvadore • 5 Maldini • 6 Trapattoni • 7 Mora • 8 Maschio • 9 Altafini • 10 Sívori • 11 Menichelli • 12 Mattrel • 13 Albertosi • 14 Rivera • 15 Sormani • 16 Robotti • 17 Pascutti • 18 David • 19 Janich • 20 Tumburus • 21 Ferrini • 22 Bulgarelli • Coach: Mazza & Ferrari

v • d • e Italy squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup 1 Albertosi • 2 Anzolin • 3 Barison • 4 Bulgarelli • 5 Burgnich • 6 Facchetti • 7 Fogli • 8 Guarneri • 9 Janich • 10 Juliano • 11 Landini • 12 Leoncini • 13 Lodetti • 14 Mazzola • 15 Meroni • 16 Pascutti • 17 Perani • 18 Pizzaballa • 19 Rivera • 20 Rizzo • 21 Rosato • 22 Salvadore • Coach: Fabbri

v • d • e Italy squad – UEFA Euro 1968 Winners (1st Title) 1 Albertosi • 2 Anastasi • 3 Anquilletti • 4 Bercellino • 5 Burgnich • 6 Bulgarelli • 7 Castano • 8 De Sisti • 9 Domenghini • 10 Facchetti • 11 Ferrini • 12 Guarneri • 13 Juliano • 14 Lodetti • 15 Mazzola • 16 Prati • 17 Riva • 18 Rivera • 19 Rosato • 20 Salvadore • 21 Vieri • 22 Zoff • Coach: Valcareggi