Moreno Torricelli

Moreno Torricelli

Personal information
Date of birth	January 23, 1970 (1970-01-23) (age 41)
Place of birth	Erba, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Right-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990–1992	Caratese	57	(3)
1992–1998	Juventus	152	(1)
1998–2002	Fiorentina	99	(2)
2003–2004	Espanyol	33	(0)
2004–2005	Arezzo	25	(1)
National team
1996–1998	Italy	10	(0)
Teams managed
2009	Pistoiese
2009–2010	Figline
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Moreno Torricelli (born 23 January 1970 in Erba) is an Italian football manager and former defender.

Career

Player

Torricelli, born in Erba (Province of Como) was one of 3 children, twin brother Paulo and sister Ariann. He started playing football when he was around 8 in the town he was living in, Verano Brianza (Province of Milan). When reached 13 years was asked from Como Calcio to attend with them a youth regional championship (Allievi Regionali) but at the end of the loan he had to get back to his former amateur team U.S. Folgore of Verano Brianza.

At U.S. Folgore played in the main team too, up to 18 years old , then got transferred to A.S. Oggiono just promoted to top regional league "Promozione" at the end of 1987-88 season. In "Promozione" Moreno played 49 matches in two seasons without scoring goals.

When in 1990 U.S. Caratese obtained his transfer from A.S. Oggiono he was granted a work in a factory and played football on a part-time basis because U.S. Caratese was a high level team attending to the top national amateur league "Interregionale".

In July 1992, Caratese played against Serie A giants Juventus in a pre-season friendly. Torricelli's performance in this match impressed then-Juventus coach Giovanni Trapattoni so much that he was purchased by for 80 million lire shortly afterwards.

Torricelli made his debut in Serie A on 13 September 1992 in a 4-1 win for Juventus against Atalanta. He quickly became a permanent starter in his first season and went on to play in the UEFA Cup-winning side that beat Borussia Dortmund in 1993. A player with a lot of heart and determination, he was able to command all the roles in the Juventus defence but his favorite role was at right-back.

In 1998, Torricelli left Juventus to join Fiorentina where he played for another four seasons. He moved to Spain's RCD Espanyol in January 2003 after Fiorentina's relegation and financial troubles led to them releasing nearly all their players. He retired in 2005 after a final season with A.C. Arezzo.

At international level, Torricelli won 10 caps for the Italian national football team, and was a member of the Italian squad for Euro 96 and the 1998 World Cup.

Manager

On February 2009, Torricelli took his first managing role in football, being appointed as head coach of Tuscan Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Pistoiese.^[1] He took the team at the bottom of the league, and managed to guide it up to 16th place, being however defeated by Foligno in the relegation playoffs.

On June 23, 2009 he was announced as new head coach of Figline for the 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione campaign, the first in the Italian third tier for the small Tuscan club.^[2] He left the club at the end of the season.

Honours

Club

• Serie A: 1995, 1997, 1998
• Coppa Italia: 1995, 2001
• Italian Super Cup: 1995, 1997
• UEFA Champions League: 1996
• UEFA Cup: 1993
• European Super Cup: 1996
• Intercontinental Cup: 1996

References

1. ^ "UFFICIALE: Torricelli nuovo allenatore della Pistoiese" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 2009-02-17. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=141234. Retrieved 2009-02-17. 
2. ^ "UFFICIALE: Figline, il nuovo mister è Torricelli" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 2009-06-23. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=157132. Retrieved 2009-06-23. 

External links

• Torricelli in Juventus strip

Persondata
Name	Torricelli, Moreno
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Date of birth	1970-01-23
Place of birth	Erba, Italy
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