Pierino Prati

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Pierino Prati
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Prati amongst Hamburger SV defenders during the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final 1968 in Rotterdam
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-12-13) 13 December 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth Cinisello Balsamo, Italy
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Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1966 Salernitana 19 (10)
1966–1973 Milan 143 (72)
1966–1967 → Savona (loan) 29 (15)
1973–1977 Roma 82 (28)
1977–1978 Fiorentina 8 (0)
1978–1979 Savona 25 (10)
1979 Rochester Lancers 6 (3)
1979–1981 Savona 54 (24)
International career
1968–1974  Italy 14 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2015

Pierino Prati (born 13 December 1946 in Cinisello Balsamo) is a retired Italian footballer who played mainly as a forward. Prati was capable of playing anywhere along the front-line, as a striker, supporting forward, and as a winger. At Milan, he was often deployed on the left wing due to his pace, technique, distribution, and his powerful and accurate shot.[1] He began his career playing in Serie C1 with Salernitana, winning the title and promotion to Serie B during the 1965–66 season.[1] His son, Cristiano, is also a footballer, who plays in the lower Italian divisions.[1]

Club career

Also known as "Pierino the pest",[1] Prati is mostly remembered for his highly successful and prolific stint with Italian club A.C. Milan under manager Nereo Rocco in the 60s and 70s, during which he achieved great international and domestic success, winning a Serie A title, a European Cup, two Cup Winners' Cups, an Intercontinental Cup, and two Coppa Italia titles, forming an excellent partnership with Gianni Rivera.[1] He made his Serie A debut with the club during the end of the 1965–66 season, on 18 September 1966, in a 2–1 win over Venezia, but was briefly loaned to Serie B club Savona during the 1966–67 season. He later helped Milan to win the 1967–68 Serie A title, finishing the season as the top goalscorer in the Italian league, with 15 goals. He was also notably part of their European Cup victory in 1969, scoring a hat-trick in the 4–1 defeat of Ajax in the final, and six goals in total throughout the competition. He is the last man to have scored a hat-trick in the Champions League/European Cup Final. Ferenc Puskas (twice) and Alfredo Di Stefano (both of Real Madrid) are the only other players to have achieved this.[2] Overall, he played for 12 seasons (233 games, 100 goals) in the Serie A for A.C. Milan, A.S. Roma and ACF Fiorentina.[1] He also played for Savona one again in Serie C2 in his later career, as well as the Rochester Lancers in the NASL.[1]

International career

Prati also played for the Italy national football team. He was most notably a member of the Italian side that won the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship on home soil, during which he made his debut on 6 April, scoring a goal in a 3–2 win against Bulgaria in the first leg of the quarter-finals, and another in the 2–0 victory in the return leg. He played the first final match alongside Pietro Anastasi, but was replaced by Luigi Riva in the re-match, the striker who would often keep him on the bench for Italy. With his national team, Prati also reached the final of the 1970 FIFA World Cup, losing out to Brazil. In total, he was capped 14 times for the national side between 1968 and 1974, scoring 7 times.[1][2][3][4]

Career statistics

Club

Source[1]

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Salernitana 1965–66 19 10 - - - - 19 10
Milan 1965–66 2 0 - - - - 2 0
Savona 1966–67 29 15 - - - - 29 15
Milan 1967–68 23 15 7 3 8 4 38 22
1968–69 30 14 3 1 7 6 40 21
1969–70 21 12 3 3 4 2 30 17
1970–71 29 19 10 3 - - 39 22
1971–72 21 6 11 4 7 2 39 12
1972–73 17 6 - - 4 2 21 8
Roma 1973–74 23 8 3 0 - - 26 8
1974–75 29 14 10 8 - - 39 22
1975–76 10 2 3 3 6 0 19 5
1976–77 20 4 2 1 - - 22 5
1977–78 - - 4 1 - - 4 1
Fiorentina 1977–78 8 0 - - - - 8 0
Savona 1978–79 25 10 - - - - 25 10
Rochester 1979 6 3 - - - - 6 3
Savona 1979–80 27 12 - - - - 27 12
1980–81 27 12 - - - - 27 12
Total for Milan 143 72 34 14 30 16 207 102
Career total 366 162 56 27 36 16 458 205

Honours

Club

Milan[5]
Salernitana[1]

International

Italy[1][6]

Individual

References

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External links

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Serie A Top Scorer
1967–68		 Succeeded by
Luigi Riva


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