Dino Zoff
Zoff with Juventus in 1972
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 February 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Mariano del Friuli, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1963 | Udinese | 38 | (0) |
| 1963–1967 | Mantova | 131 | (0) |
| 1967–1972 | Napoli | 143 | (0) |
| 1972–1983 | Juventus | 330 | (0) |
| Total | 642 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1968–1983 | Italy | 112 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1988–1990 | Juventus | ||
| 1990–1994 | Lazio | ||
| 1996–1997 | Lazio | ||
| 1998–2000 | Italy | ||
| 2001 | Lazio | ||
| 2005 | Fiorentina | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Dino Zoff (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdiːno dˈdzɔf]; born 28 February 1942) is a former Italian professional football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian national team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40 years, 4 months and 13 days, also winning the award for best goalkeeper of the tournament, and being elected to the team of the tournament, for his performances, keeping two clean-sheets, an honour he also received after winning the 1968 European Championship on home soil; he is the only Italian player to have won both the World Cup and the European Championship. Zoff also achieved great club success with Juventus, winning 6 Serie A titles, 2 Coppa Italia titles, and an UEFA Cup, also reaching two European Champions' Cup finals in the 1972–73 and 1982–83 seasons, as well as finishing second in the 1973 Intercontinental Cup final.
Zoff was a goalkeeper of outstanding ability, and he has a place in the history of the sport among the very best in this role, being named the 3rd greatest goalkeeper of the 20th century by the IFFHS behind Lev Yashin and Gordon Banks. He holds the record for the longest playing time without allowing goals in international tournaments (1142 minutes) set between 1972 and 1974. With 112 caps, he is the fifth most capped player for the Azzurri. In 2004 Pelé named him as one of the 125 greatest living footballers. In the same year, Zoff placed fifth in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll, and was elected as Italy's golden player of the past 50 years. He also placed second in the 1973 Ballon d'or, as he narrowly missed out on a treble with Juventus. In 1999, Zoff placed 47th in World Soccer Magazine's 100 Greatest Players of the Twentieth Century.
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