Claudio Sala

Claudio Sala
Personal information
Full name	Claudio Sala
Date of birth	8 September 1947 (age 76)
Place of birth	Macherio, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Monza
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965–1968	Monza
1968–1969	Napoli
1969–1980	Torino
1980–1982	Genoa
International career
1971–1978	Italy
Managerial career
1989	Torino
1990	Catanzaro
1991	Catanzaro
2001	Moncalieri
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Claudio Sala (born 8 September 1947) is a former Italian footballer, manager and current commentator, who played as a midfielder or as a forward.

Club career

He made his debut for Monza, later moving to Napoli, Torino and Genoa. In total he played 323 matches and scored 27 goals in the Serie A. With Torino, he won the 1975–76 Serie A, and the 1970–71 Coppa Italia.^[1]

International career

He also earned 18 caps for the Italy national football team, including playing in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where Italy finished in fourth place after reaching the semi-final.^[2]

Style of play

Sala was usually deployed as a winger, but could also play as an attacking midfielder, or even as a main or supporting striker on occasion. Regarded as one of Italy's greatest wingers, he was a quick and highly creative player, and an excellent assist provider, who was gifted with good technical ability, as well as accurate passing and crossing ability, which allowed him to be an effective playmaker; a two-footed player, he was capable of attacking on either wing.^[1]^[3]

Honours

Club

Torino^[1]

Serie A: 1975–76
Coppa Italia: 1970–71

Monza

Serie C: 1966–67

Individual

Guerin d'Oro

1976, 1977^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Storie di Calcio: CLAUDIO, SALA IL POETA DEL GOL" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
^ Claudio Sala Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
^ "Scatti, dribbling e fantasia: è tornata l'ala destra" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2017.

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[Storie_di_Calcio:_CLAUDIO,_SALA_IL_POETA_DEL_GOL-1] "Storie di Calcio: CLAUDIO, SALA IL POETA DEL GOL" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

[2] Claudio Sala Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 4 February 2010.

[3] "Scatti, dribbling e fantasia: è tornata l'ala destra" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2017.

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