Giampiero Vitali (1 August 1940 — 20 May 2001) was an Italian football defender and later manager. He died in 2001, aged 60, due to an incurable disease.Calcio in lutto: è morto Giampiero Vitali - La Gazzetta dello Sport, 21 maggio 2001È morto Giampietro Vitali. Aveva giocato con Lazio e Fiorentina - Corriere della Sera, 21 maggio 2001 Overall, as a player, he scored 81 appearances and 2 goals in Serie A with Lazio, Fiorentina and Brescia, 124 appearances and 9 goals in Serie B with Triestina, SPAL and Massese, 255 appearances and 25 goals in Serie C with Fanfulla and Massese. With Massese he obtained a promotion from Serie C to Serie B, still setting the record for matches played in the league with 245 appearances.Vitali Giampiero, Enciclopedia Del Calcio - www.enciclopediadelcalcio.it When he ceased playing sports, he had twenty years of experience as a coach (to his credit 13 Serie B championships), leading, among other things, Parma for two seasons before the advent of Nevio Scala and Palermo twice. He obtained one admission to the new Serie C1 championship with Empoli (1977-1978 season), a promotion from Serie C1 to Serie B in 1982-1983 always at the lead of Empoli and ended his career at Carrara, in Serie C1, season 1997-1998, when hired as Technical Director, the management asked him to return to coaching (with the team relegated to the last place in the standings), managing to save the Tuscans.Vitali, nove anni non cancellano il lutto, il calcio apuano piange ancora il mister - Il Tirreno, 18 maggio 2010 In total, as a professional coach, he directed 539 matches in the league, of which 317 in Serie B, 154 in Serie C1 and 68 in Serie C2. Since 2001, the year of his death, a sporting event has been organized annually in Tuscany in memory of him, which attracts great personalities from the world of sport.Marcello Lippi: sono qui al memorial perché sono legato alla famiglia Vitali - Il Tirreno, 11 agosto 2006Il "Calcio sotto l'ombrellone" aspetta l'ex CT azzurro Sacchi - Il Tirreno, 5 agosto 2009Memorial Vitali: ricordare un amico parlando di calcio - Gazzetta di Parma, 13 agosto 2010 In 2020 the Stadio degli Oliveti in Massa was named after him.Lo stadio intitolato a Giampiero Vitali quinewsmassacarrara.it
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