Giovanni Lodetti

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Giovanni Lodetti

| image = AC Milan - 1960s - Giovanni Lodetti.jpg

| caption = Lodetti with AC Milan in 1969

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|08|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Caselle Lurani, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|09|22|1942|08|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Milan, Italy

| height = 1.66 m

| position = Defensive midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1960–1963

| youthclubs1 = A.C. Milan

| years1 = 1961–1970

| clubs1 = A.C. Milan

| caps1 = 216

| goals1 = 16

| years2 = 1970–1974

| clubs2 = Sampdoria

| caps2 = 117

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1974–1976

| clubs3 = Foggia

| caps3 = 61

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1976–1978

| clubs4 = Novara

| caps4 = 38

| goals4 = 0

| totalcaps = 432

| totalgoals = 17

| nationalyears1 = 1964–1968

| nationalteam1 = Italy

| nationalcaps1 = 17

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}} (as player)

}}

Giovanni Lodetti ({{IPA|it|dʒoˈvanni loˈdetti}}; 10 August 1942 – 22 September 2023) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A hard-working player, he usually supported his more creative teammates defensively, excelling as a defensive midfielder due to his stamina and his ability to read the game. Despite his supporting role in midfield, he also possessed good technique and creativity, as well as an eye for goal, which also saw him participate in his teams attacking moves.{{cite web|url=https://www.acmilan.com/en/giovanni-lodetti|title=A.C. Milan Hall of Fame: Giovanni Lodetti|website=acmilan.com|access-date=1 April 2015}}

Club career

Lodetti is mostly remembered for his time as a defensive midfielder with Italian club Milan, with which he achieved great domestic and international success in the 60s alongside playmaker Gianni Rivera, winning two Serie A titles (the first during his debut season), a Coppa Italia, two European Cups, a Cup Winners' Cup, and an Intercontinental Cup. He later also played for Sampdoria, Foggia, and Novara, before retiring in 1978.{{cite web|url=http://www.storiedicalcio.altervista.org/lodetti_giovanni.html|title=Storie di Calcio: Giovanni LODETTI una vita di corsa fra pallone e ingratitudine|publisher=Storie di Calcio|language=it|access-date=24 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.magliarossonera.it/protagonisti/Gioc-Lodetti.html|title=Giovanni Paolo LODETTI|publisher=Magliarossonera.it|language=it|access-date=24 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Nazionale/30-04-2014/nazionale-rivera-rivalita-gol-italia-germania-4-3-partita-secolo-80550965203.shtml|title=Nazionale, Rivera, rivalità e gol Italia-Germania 4-3 è la partita del secolo|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=it|author1=Sebastiano Vernazza|date=30 April 2014|access-date=3 December 2016}}

International career

File:Italy Team - Rome, 1965.jpg

Lodetti also represented the Italy national side at the 1966 World Cup in England, where they were eliminated in the first round. He was also a member of the Italy national squad at the UEFA Euro 1968 victorious campaign on home soil. Although he was set to participate in the 1970 World Cup, in which Italy reached the final, he was dropped at the last minute due to an injury to Anastasi, which led manager Ferruccio Valcareggi to call up Roberto Boninsegna and Pierino Prati in his place. In total he represented his national team 17 times between 1964 and 1968, scoring two goals. He also represented the under-21 side in their victorious campaign at the 1963 Mediterranean games.

Death

Giovanni Lodetti died on 22 September 2023, at the age of 81.{{cite news |title=Lutto È morto Giovanni Lodetti |url=https://www.ilcittadino.it/stories/sport/lutto-e-morto-giovanni-lodetti-o_95957_96/ |access-date=22 September 2023 |publisher=il Cittadino |date=22 September 2023}}

Honours

AC Milan

Italy

UEFA European Football Championship: 1968

Individual

AC Milan Hall of Fame

References

External links

[http://www.magliarossonera.it/protagonisti/Gioc-Lodetti.html Profile] at MagliaRossonera.it {{in lang|it}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20111008215206/http://www.emozionecalcio.it/scheda_persona/Giovanni-Lodetti/13696.aspx Profile] at EmozioneCalcio.it {{in lang|it}}
[http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=589&squadra=1 International caps] at FIGC.it {{in lang|it}}

Category:1942 births

Category:2023 deaths

Category:Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Milan

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Italian men's footballers

Category:Serie A players

Category:Serie B players

Category:Serie C players

Category:AC Milan players

Category:UC Sampdoria players

Category:Calcio Foggia 1920 players

Category:Novara FC players