Angelo Peruzzi
Encyclopedia
Angelo Peruzzi, Ufficiale OMRI
(ˈandʒelo peˈruttsi; born 16 February 1970 in Blera
, Viterbo
) is an Italian
former World Cup
-winning football goalkeeper, and a three-time winner of the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year
award.
Peruzzi retired from professional football after the 2006–07 season and now works as Ciro Ferrara
's assistant at the Italian under-21 team
, a position he was appointed to on October 2010.
in 1987. He was loaned to Hellas Verona in 1989, but was suspended for a year in October 1990 after failing a doping test because an appetite suppressant he was taking at the time contained a banned substance. His signing with Juventus in 1991 successfully revived his career, and he soon surpassed Stefano Tacconi
as the Turin giants' starting goalie. Peruzzi won three Scudetti, a UEFA Cup
, and was part of Juventus' 1996 Champions League
title squad that defeated AFC Ajax in the final on penalties. After one season with Internazionale
, he transferred to Lazio for €17.9 million in 2000, and made over 200 appearances in Serie A and European competition with the club.
Although his contract with the Biancocelesti ran until 2008, Peruzzi announced that he would call it quits at the end of the '06-07 season after Lazio's 0-0 draw with Cagliari Calcio
on October 15, 2006. "I will retire at the end of the campaign," he said. "I know the Lazio president and fans will not be happy but had I not made this decision, I would remain at the club for another six or eight years." He later backtracked on this decision, claiming that his comments were a joke and that it was premature to talk about retirement at this early stage of the season, emphasizing that his potential retirement was being considered "one season at a time."
After the 0-0 draw with Roma April 29, 2007, Peruzzi confirmed that he had indeed played his last match due to the frustration of nagging injuries, but he was put on for the final few minutes in Lazio's final home match of the season, a goalless draw against Parma F.C.
on May 20, as a goodbye to the fans. He was named the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year for the third time in his career on January 28, 2008; only he and compatriot Gianluigi Buffon
have won the award more than once since its inception in 1997.
. He was also a member of the national squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona
and Euro 96
. He was scheduled to be the starter at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
, but suffered a late injury and was replaced by Gianluca Pagliuca. He momentarily left the national team in 1999 after a match against Norway
, but returned to the Azzurri the following year, with whom he hoped to start at Euro 2000
, but a last-minute injury once again cost him the starting spot as Francesco Toldo led the team to the final.
Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni
wanted to call up Peruzzi as the third goalkeeper in the squad for the 2002 World Cup
, but Peruzzi refused, saying, "The mascots for the World Cup have already been chosen." Two years later, though, he was called up as the third keeper behind Buffon and Toldo at Euro 2004. He didn't start for Italy again until a friendly against Spain
on April 28, 2004, then was the first choice for a pair of WC qualifiers against Scotland
and Belarus
in August 2005 while Buffon was shelved with a shoulder injury.
Peruzzi served as second keeper behind Buffon in the 2006 FIFA World Cup
as Italy captured their fourth crown. He retired permanently from international play after the conclusion of the tournament.
|1987/88||rowspan="2"|Roma
||rowspan="2"|Serie A
||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|1988/89||12||0||7||0||1||0||20||0
|-
|1989/90||Hellas Verona
||Serie A
||29||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||30||0
|-
|1990/91||Roma
||Serie A
||3||0||0||0||2||0||5||0
|-
|1991/92||rowspan="8"|Juventus
||rowspan="8"|Serie A
||6||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||12||0
|-
|1992/93||29||0||6||0||10||0||45||0
|-
|1993/94||32||0||1||0||6||0||39||0
|-
|1994/95||26||0||8||0||9||0||43||0
|-
|1995/96||30||0||0||0||10||0||40||0
|-
|1996/97||29||0||2||0||9||0||40||0
|-
|1997/98||31||0||1||0||11||0||43||0
|-
|1998/99||25||0||1||0||8||0||34||0
|-
|1999/00||Internazionale Milano
||Serie A
||33||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||37||0
|-
|2000/01||rowspan="7"|Lazio
||rowspan="7"|Serie A
||29||0||0||0||7||0||36||0
|-
|2001/02||27||0||2||0||8||0||37||0
|-
|2002/03||30||0||0||0||6||0||36||0
|-
|2003/04||27||0||0||0||7||0||34||0
|-
|2004/05||21||0||2||0||1||0||24||0
|-
|2005/06||30||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||30||0
|-
|2006/07||28||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||28||0
478||0||41||0||95||0||614||0
478||0||41||0||95||0||614||0
|}
|-
|1995||5||0
|-
|1996||6||0
|-
|1997||9||0
|-
|1998||5||0
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|1999||1||0
|-
|2000||0||0
|-
|2001||0||0
|-
|2002||0||0
|-
|2003||0||0
|-
|2004||1||0
|-
|2005||4||0
|-
!Total||31||0
|}
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic was founded as the senior order of knighthood by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi in 1951...
(ˈandʒelo peˈruttsi; born 16 February 1970 in Blera
Blera
Blera is a small town and comune in the northern Lazio region of Italy near Rome, known during the Middle Ages as Bieda, an evolved form of its ancient name, which was restored in the 20th century...
, Viterbo
Viterbo
See also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
) is an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
former World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
-winning football goalkeeper, and a three-time winner of the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year
Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year
The Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year is a yearly award organized by the Italian Footballers' Association given to the Goalkeeper who has been considered to have performed the best over the previous Serie A season. The award is part of the "Oscar del Calcio" awards event.-Winners:-By club:-By...
award.
Peruzzi retired from professional football after the 2006–07 season and now works as Ciro Ferrara
Ciro Ferrara
Ciro Ferrara is a former Italian footballer and current head coach of the Italy U-21 team. He spent his playing career as a defender initially at Napoli and later on at Juventus. He is also a former manager of Juventus.-Napoli:...
's assistant at the Italian under-21 team
Italy national under-21 football team
The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...
, a position he was appointed to on October 2010.
Club career
Peruzzi began his Serie A career with A.S. RomaA.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
in 1987. He was loaned to Hellas Verona in 1989, but was suspended for a year in October 1990 after failing a doping test because an appetite suppressant he was taking at the time contained a banned substance. His signing with Juventus in 1991 successfully revived his career, and he soon surpassed Stefano Tacconi
Stefano Tacconi
Stefano Tacconi is an Italian association football player. He is the only goalkeeper to have won all international club competitions.-Career:Tacconi got his first significant experience at Spoleto football club...
as the Turin giants' starting goalie. Peruzzi won three Scudetti, a UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
, and was part of Juventus' 1996 Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
title squad that defeated AFC Ajax in the final on penalties. After one season with Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
, he transferred to Lazio for €17.9 million in 2000, and made over 200 appearances in Serie A and European competition with the club.
Although his contract with the Biancocelesti ran until 2008, Peruzzi announced that he would call it quits at the end of the '06-07 season after Lazio's 0-0 draw with Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....
on October 15, 2006. "I will retire at the end of the campaign," he said. "I know the Lazio president and fans will not be happy but had I not made this decision, I would remain at the club for another six or eight years." He later backtracked on this decision, claiming that his comments were a joke and that it was premature to talk about retirement at this early stage of the season, emphasizing that his potential retirement was being considered "one season at a time."
After the 0-0 draw with Roma April 29, 2007, Peruzzi confirmed that he had indeed played his last match due to the frustration of nagging injuries, but he was put on for the final few minutes in Lazio's final home match of the season, a goalless draw against Parma F.C.
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...
on May 20, as a goodbye to the fans. He was named the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year for the third time in his career on January 28, 2008; only he and compatriot Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team. He has won the FIFA World Cup and is widely considered by fans and experts to be one of most dominant and successful goalkeepers in history...
have won the award more than once since its inception in 1997.
International career
Peruzzi was capped 31 times in 11 years with ItalyItaly national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
. He was also a member of the national squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
and Euro 96
1996 UEFA European Football Championship
The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship was hosted by England, who won the right to host the tournament ahead of bids from Austria, Portugal and the Netherlands. It was the tenth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. It was the first to use the...
. He was scheduled to be the starter at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
, but suffered a late injury and was replaced by Gianluca Pagliuca. He momentarily left the national team in 1999 after a match against Norway
Norway national football team
The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...
, but returned to the Azzurri the following year, with whom he hoped to start at Euro 2000
2000 UEFA European Football Championship
The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Football Championship, which is held every four years and organized by UEFA, association football's governing body in Europe....
, but a last-minute injury once again cost him the starting spot as Francesco Toldo led the team to the final.
Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni , sometimes known as "Trap" or "Il Trap", is an Italian football coach and former player, considered the most successful club coach in the history of Serie A. As a player he was part of Italy's squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup....
wanted to call up Peruzzi as the third goalkeeper in the squad for the 2002 World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
, but Peruzzi refused, saying, "The mascots for the World Cup have already been chosen." Two years later, though, he was called up as the third keeper behind Buffon and Toldo at Euro 2004. He didn't start for Italy again until a friendly against Spain
Spain national football team
The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...
on April 28, 2004, then was the first choice for a pair of WC qualifiers against Scotland
Scotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
and Belarus
Belarus national football team
The Belarus national football team represents Belarus in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus, the governing body for football in Belarus. Belarus' home ground is Dinamo Stadium in Minsk...
in August 2005 while Buffon was shelved with a shoulder injury.
Peruzzi served as second keeper behind Buffon in the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
as Italy captured their fourth crown. He retired permanently from international play after the conclusion of the tournament.
Statistics
|-|1987/88||rowspan="2"|Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
||rowspan="2"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|1988/89||12||0||7||0||1||0||20||0
|-
|1989/90||Hellas Verona
Hellas Verona F.C.
Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...
||Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||29||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||30||0
|-
|1990/91||Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
||Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||3||0||0||0||2||0||5||0
|-
|1991/92||rowspan="8"|Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
||rowspan="8"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||6||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||12||0
|-
|1992/93||29||0||6||0||10||0||45||0
|-
|1993/94||32||0||1||0||6||0||39||0
|-
|1994/95||26||0||8||0||9||0||43||0
|-
|1995/96||30||0||0||0||10||0||40||0
|-
|1996/97||29||0||2||0||9||0||40||0
|-
|1997/98||31||0||1||0||11||0||43||0
|-
|1998/99||25||0||1||0||8||0||34||0
|-
|1999/00||Internazionale Milano
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
||Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||33||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||37||0
|-
|2000/01||rowspan="7"|Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
||rowspan="7"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||29||0||0||0||7||0||36||0
|-
|2001/02||27||0||2||0||8||0||37||0
|-
|2002/03||30||0||0||0||6||0||36||0
|-
|2003/04||27||0||0||0||7||0||34||0
|-
|2004/05||21||0||2||0||1||0||24||0
|-
|2005/06||30||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||30||0
|-
|2006/07||28||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||28||0
478||0||41||0||95||0||614||0
478||0||41||0||95||0||614||0
|}
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|1995||5||0
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|1996||6||0
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|1997||9||0
|-
|1998||5||0
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|1999||1||0
|-
|2000||0||0
|-
|2001||0||0
|-
|2002||0||0
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|2003||0||0
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|2004||1||0
|-
|2005||4||0
|-
!Total||31||0
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Honours
- Juventus
- 3 Serie A
- Italian Cup 1994/1995
- 2 Italian Super Cup 1995,1997
- UEFA Cup
- Champions League Winner: 1995-96
- Uefa Super Cup 1996
- Intercontinental Cup 1996
-
- 3 Serie A Goalkeeper of the year awards
- Guerin d'Oro 1997
- Lazio
- Coppa Italia: 2003-04
- ItalyItaly national football teamThe Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
- FIFA World CupFIFA World CupThe FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
: 2006
- FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
External links
- Who ate all the pies? - Sunday Herald, 9/24/2000; reprinted on findarticles.com
- Peruzzi to quit football - Eurosport, 10/16/06