Alessandro Altobelli
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| Date of birth | 28 November 1955 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sonnino, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Latina | 28 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1974–1977 | Brescia | 76 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| 1977–1988 | Inter Milan | 317 | (128) | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Juventus | 20 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Brescia | 32 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 473 | (172) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1988 | Italy | 61 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Alessandro Altobelli (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro altoˈbɛlli]; born 28 November 1955) is a former professional Italian footballer who played as a forward, and who won the 1982 World Cup with Italy. Nicknamed Spillo ("Needle") for his slender build, Altobelli was a prolific goalscorer and regarded as one of the greatest and most effective Italian strikers of the late 1970s and 1980s. Altobelli is currently the all-time top scorer in the Coppa Italia, with 56 goals in 93 appearances, and the ninth-highest scoring Italian player in all competitions, with almost 300 career goals.