Franco Tancredi

Franco Tancredi

Personal information
Full name	Franco Tancredi
Date of birth	(1955-01-10) January 10, 1955
Place of birth	Giulianova, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	England (GK coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1972–1974	Giulianova	45	(0)
1974–1976	Milan	0	(0)
1976–1977	Rimini	28	(0)
1977–1990	Roma	282	(0)
1990–1991	Torino	6	(0)
National team
1984–1986	Italy	12	(0)
Teams managed
1992–2004	Roma (goalkeeping coach)
2004–2006	Juventus (goalkeeping coach)
2006–2007	Real Madrid (goalkeeping coach)
2007–2012	England (goalkeeping coach)
2011–	Roma (goalkeeping coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Franco Tancredi (born 10 January 1955 in Giulianova) is an Italian former football goalkeeper who played for A.S. Roma and Italy.

Career

Tancredi made 282 appearances for Roma from 1979 to 1990. Although not very tall for a keeper Tancredi was blessed with great speed and agility and was a penalty saving specialist.

He was the number two goalkeeper to Giovanni Galli in Italy's squad at Mexico 86. He made a total of 12 caps with the national team.

In 1987, during a game against A.C. Milan at the San Siro, he was hit on the head by a firework thrown by a Milan supporter. He stopped breathing for a short time but was eventually resuscitated by paramedics.

After retiring as a player, Tancredi worked as a goalkeeping coach for Roma until 2004 before following coach Fabio Capello to Juventus F.C. and taking the same post. At the start of the 2006-2007 season Tancredi followed Capello to work as a goalkeeping coach at Real Madrid.

On 14 December 2007 he was formally appointed the Goalkeeping Coach of England in line with the appointment of new Manager, Fabio Capello. In 2011, he returned to Roma as part of the technical staff of new coach Luis Enrique.