Full name Ferruccio Mazzola Name Ferruccio Mazzola Position Midfielder Playing position Height 1.68 m | Place of death Rome, Italy Died May 7, 2013, Rome, Italy Place of birth Turin, Italy Role Footballer Siblings Sandro Mazzola | |
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Date of birth (1948-02-01)1 February 1948 Date of death 7 May 2013(2013-05-07) (aged 65) Nephews Paolo Mazzola, Sandro Mazzola Jr. Similar People Sandro Mazzola, Valentino Mazzola, Helenio Herrera, Carlo Tagnin, Bruno Beatrice | ||
Salvatore esposito il mio ricordo di ferruccio mazzola
Ferruccio Mazzola (1 February 1945 – 7 May 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.
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- Salvatore esposito il mio ricordo di ferruccio mazzola
- Club career
- Managerial career
- Controversy
- Death
- Club
- References
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), and Sant'Angelo (1974–77), also spending a season on loan with NASL side Hartford Bicentennials in 1975, before retiring from professional football with Sant'Angelo in 1977, 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 with 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 7 May 2013 after a long illness.
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