Sandro Salvadore

Football player infobox2
playername = Sandro Salvadore


fullname = Sandro Salvadore
nickname = "Capitan Billy"
dateofbirth = birth date|1939|11|29|mf=y
cityofbirth = Milan
dateofdeath = death date and age|2007|1|4|1939|11|29|mf=y
placeofdeath = Costigliole d'Asti
countryofbirth = Italy
height =
position = Defender
years = 1958/1962 1962/1974
clubs = AC Milan Juventus
caps(goals) = 72 (1) 331 (15)
nationalyears = 1960/1970
nationalteam = Italy
nationalcaps(goals) = 36 (0)|

Sandro Salvadore (November 29 1939 – January 4 2007) was an Italian footballer.

Born Milan, Lombardy, Sandro Salvadore was picked up by AC Milan’s scouts when he was 15, and played in their junior team until he made his debut in Serie A in the 1958/59 season. While wearing AC Milan’s number 6 jersey he won 2 League titles (1958/59 and 1961/62). He left Milan after 72 league matches.

In 1962 Salvadore was purchased by Juventus and became soon a pillar of their defence. After only a few games he fully established himself as a first choice central defender, winning three more League titles (1966/67, 1971/72 and 1972/73) and one Italy’s Cup (1964/65). He retired in 1974 and was replaced by Gaetano Scirea.

From 1960 to 1970 Salvadore won 36 Italy’s full caps. He was part of the team that played both the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups. He also was part of the team that won the Third European Championship in 1968. He though missed the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico because of two unfortunate own goals scored in a single match in Madrid, Spain (21 February 1970, Spain - Italy 2-2). Italian national team’s manager Ferruccio Valcareggi judged him no longer reliable and dropped him. That was the last of Salvadore's Italy caps.

After the retirement Salvadore spent a small period as trainer of a Juventus's youth squad, but left soon and established a small farm in Asti. His last public appearance was the 1st November 2006, invited by Juventus to the celebrations of the club’s 109th anniversary. In that occasion Salvadore received the jersey number six with his name printed.

Sandro Salvadore died because of an heart attack on January 4 2007, aged 67, in Asti, Italy.

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