death_date nationalcaps birth_date years death_place youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
4 january 2007 36 29 november 1939 1955 -- 1958 1962 -- 1974 costigliole d'asti , italy 1955 -- 1958 72 331 1 15 220 1960 -- 1970 sandro salvadore 1966.jpg sandro salvadore salvadore in 1966 wearing juventus 's shirt sandro salvadore milan , italy italy 403 16 0 ac milan ac milan juventus libero/central defender sandro salvadore

sandro salvadore

sandro salvadore -lrb- 29 november 1939 -- 4 january 2007 -rrb- was an italian footballer .
born milan , lombardy , sandro salvadore was picked up by a.c. 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 aged 20 .
while wearing ac milan 's number 6 shirt he won 2 league titles -lrb- 1958 -- 59 and 1961 -- 62 -rrb- .
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 libero , winning three more league titles -lrb- 1966 -- 67 , 1971 -- 72 and 1972 -- 73 -rrb- and one italy 's cup -lrb- 1964 -- 65 -rrb- .
salvadore was also the captain of juventus when they finished as runners-up in the 1972 -- 73 european cup final and the 1973 intercontinental cup final .
he retired in 1974 and was replaced by gaetano scirea in the famous libero role .
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 .
although he missed the 1970 fifa world cup in mexico because of two unfortunate own goals scored in a single match in madrid , spain -lrb- 21 february 1970 , spain - italy 2 -- 2 -rrb- .
italian national team 's manager ferruccio valcareggi decided at 31 , salvadore was no longer at his best .
that was the last of salvadore 's italy caps .
it could be said ferruccio valcareggi was proved wrong as an italian defence minus salvadore were beaten 4-1 in the final by brazil 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 1 november 2006 , invited by juventus to the celebrations of the club 's 109th anniversary .
on that occasion salvadore received the number six shirt with his name printed .
sandro salvadore died of a heart attack on 4 january 2007 , aged 67 , in costigliole d'asti , in the italian province of asti .
