Alberto Orlando

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alberto Orlando

| image = AS Roma's Alberto Orlando.jpg

| caption = Orlando with Roma

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|9|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rome, Italy

| height =

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1957–1964

| clubs1 = Roma

| caps1 = 140

| goals1 = 34

| years2 = 1958–1959

| clubs2 = → Messina (loan)

| caps2 = 30

| goals2 = 17

| years3 = 1964–1965

| clubs3 = Fiorentina

| caps3 = 32

| goals3 = 17

| years4 = 1965–1966

| clubs4 = Torino

| caps4 = 25

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 1966–1968

| clubs5 = Napoli

| caps5 = 60

| goals5 = 11

| years6 = 1968–1969

| clubs6 = SPAL 1907

| caps6 = 6

| goals6 = 0

| totalcaps = 293

| totalgoals = 84

| nationalyears1 = 1962–1965

| nationalteam1 = Italy

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalgoals1 = 4

}}

Alberto Orlando ({{IPA|it|alˈbɛrto orˈlando}}; born 27 September 1938) is an Italian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a forward. Although not gifted with the best technical ability, he was a fast, physical, energetic, opportunistic, and powerful player, who was good in the air; he often played on the wing or through the centre of the pitch.{{cite web|url=http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.it/OrlandoAlberto.html|title=Alberto Orlando|publisher=Enciclopedia del Calcio|language=it|access-date=29 December 2014}}

Club career

Born in Rome, Orlando played for Roma, Messina (briefly on a season loan from Roma), Fiorentina, Torino, Napoli and SPAL 1907 throughout his career.{{cite web|title=Alberto Orlando|url=http://cinquantamila.corriere.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=ORLANDO+Alberto|access-date=29 December 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040215/http://cinquantamila.corriere.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=ORLANDO+Alberto|url-status=dead}} He is mostly remembered for his seven-year club career with Roma, the team with which he won the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and the 1963–64 Coppa Italia, forming a formidable partnership with Giampaolo Menichelli. In total, he managed 142 Serie A appearances and 34 goals in Serie A with Roma. During his time at Roma, he was briefly loaned to Serie B side Messina during the 1958–59 season, scoring 17 goals in 30 appearances.{{cite web|url=http://www.almanaccogiallorosso.it/Giocatori/Orlando.html|title=ALBERTO ORLANDO|language=it|access-date=29 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.asromaultras.org/coppaitalia6364.html|title=Roma Coppa Italia 1963/64|language=it|access-date=29 December 2014}} After leaving Roma, he moved to Fiorentina, where he also achieved notable success. He became the Serie A top scorer during the 1964–65 season, alongside scudetto winner Sandro Mazzola, and he helped the club to a fourth-place finish in the league. That season, he also helped Fiorentina to reach the final of the 1965 Mitropa Cup. Orlando spent his final season with Serie B side SPAL, making 6 appearances, before retiring in 1969.

International career

Orlando represented the Italy national team between 1962 and 1965, making 5 appearances, and scoring 4 goals. After his notable and positive successful performances with Roma, he made his international debut against Turkey, on 2 December 1962, in Bologna, in a UEFA Euro 1964 qualifying match. Orlando scored all 4 of his international goals in Italy's 6–0 victory. He also appeared in the return leg, where he suffered a temporary injury.{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=767&squadra=1|title=Nazionale in cifre: Orlando, Alberto|website=figc.it|publisher=FIGC|language=it|access-date=24 April 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://argomenti.ilsole24ore.com/alberto-orlando.html|title=Ultime notizie su Alberto Orlando|publisher=Il Sole 24 Ore|language=it|access-date=29 December 2014}}

Career statistics

= International goals =

Source

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1.	2 December 1962	Stadio Littoriale, Bologna, Italy	{{fb\|TUR}}	6–0	Win	1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
2.	2 December 1962	Stadio Littoriale, Bologna, Italy	{{fb\|TUR}}	6–0	Win	1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
3.	2 December 1962	Stadio Littoriale, Bologna, Italy	{{fb\|TUR}}	6–0	Win	1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
4.	2 December 1962	Stadio Littoriale, Bologna, Italy	{{fb\|TUR}}	6–0	Win	1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
colspan="12"\|Correct as of 1 June 2012