Playing position Role Footballer Movies Fever Pitch | Years Team Name John Ruggiero Position Forward | |
Full name John Salvatore Ruggiero Date of birth (1954-11-26) 26 November 1954 (age 61) Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
John Salvatore Ruggiero (born 26 November 1954) is a former English footballer who played in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion, Chester City, Portsmouth and Stoke City.
Career
Ruggiero was born in Stoke-on-Trent to Italian parents and joined Stoke City when he was 16 in 1974, he went out on loan to Workington and Cape Town City. He was given a run in the first team towards the end of the 1976–77 season with the team struggling at the bottom of the First Division having had to sell their star players due to the Butler Street stand having to be rebuilt. Ruggiero scored twice against Coventry City but Stoke failed to avoid relegation and Ruggiero joined Brighton & Hove Albion. He then spent time with Portsmouth, Chester City and Telford United.