Ferruccio Mazzola

Ferruccio Mazzola

File:Ferruccio Mazzola.jpg Mazzola as captain of Lazio
Personal information
Full name	Ferruccio Mazzola
Date of birth	(1948-02-01)1 February 1948
Place of birth	Turin, Italy
Date of death
Place of death	Rome, Italy
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1963–1964	Internazionale
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1965	Marzotto	22	(6)
1965–1967	Venezia	50	(13)
1967	Internazionale	1	(0)
1967–1968	Lecco	18	(1)
1968–1971	Lazio	85	(11)
1971–1972	Fiorentina	16	(1)
1972–1974	Lazio	1	(0)
1974–1977	Sant'Angelo	69	(3)
1975	→ Hartford Bicentennials (loan)	1	(0)
Total		263	(35)
Managerial career
1981–1983	Cynthia
1983–1986	Siena
1986–1987	Spal
1987–1988	Venezia
1988–1989	Siena
1989–1990	Perugia
1990–1992	Spezia
1992–1993	Alessandria
1994–1995	Aosta
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 28, 2010

Ferruccio Mazzola (February 1, 1948 – May 7, 2013) was an Italian former professional footballer and manager, who played as a midfielder. He was the son of former footballer Valentino Mazzola, and the younger brother of retired footballer Sandro Mazzola.

Club career

Ferruccio grew up in Internazionale youth team (1963–64); at the time, his older brother, Sandro, was playing in the senior side under legendary manager Helenio Herrera, which, due to its success, has come to be known as La Grande Inter. He played for long periods with Venezia (1965–67), following his father's footsteps, and also Lazio (1968–74), where he won an Italian Championship during the 1973–74 season, also captaining the squad for a time. He also briefly played for the Inter senior side (1967), Marzotto (1964-65), Lecco (1967–68), Fiorentina (1971–72), Hartford Bicentennials on loan (1975), and Sant'Angelo (1974–77), where he retired from professional football, at the age of 30. Despite being a talented young footballer, he had a difficult career, partially due to his strong character, and was unable to achieve the success of his father and older brother.

Managerial career

He retired from active football in 1977 to pursue a coaching career; he obtained two promotions from Serie C2 to C1 (Siena 1984–85 and Venezia 1987–88).

Controversy

In 2004, in a book (Il terzo incomodo) and in an interview to L'espresso he spoke out against the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport made by F.C. Internazionale during the "Grande Inter" times, by Lazio and Fiorentina.

Internazionale chairman Massimo Moratti sued Mazzola for those declarations. Mazzola finally won the legal case in 2010.

Death

Mazzola died in Rome on May 7, 2013 after a long illness.

Honours

Club

Venezia

• Serie B: 1965–66

Lazio

• Serie A: 1973–74
• Coppa delle Alpi: 1971
• Serie B: 1968–69

References

1. REDIRECT Template:ACN Siena 1904 managers

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