Giuseppe Lorenzo

{{short description|Italian footballer}}

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| name = Giuseppe Lorenzo

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|12|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Catanzaro, Italy

| height = 1.84 m

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1982

| youthclubs1 = Catanzaro

| years1 = 1982–1985

| clubs1 = Catanzaro

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| years2 = 1985–1988

| clubs2 = Sampdoria

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| years3 = 1988–1990

| clubs3 = Cesena

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| years4 = 1990–1992

| clubs4 = Bologna

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| years5 = 1992–1993

| clubs5 = Taranto

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Giuseppe Lorenzo (born 27 December 1964) is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He currently holds the record for the fastest-ever sending off in a professional match; the non-professional record is held by English footballer David Pratt.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7802865.stm|title=Pratt sets 'record' for red card|access-date=7 January 2009|date=29 December 2008|publisher=BBC Sport}} Lorenzo was sent off after just 10 seconds on 9 December 1990 while playing for Bologna against Parma for striking an opponent.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jan/07/1|title=The quickest sending off of all time|first=Nicky|last=Bandini|access-date=7 January 2009|date=7 January 2009|work=The Guardian | location=London}}{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2215721.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821145231/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2215721.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 August 2008|title=Football's 50 greatest hard men|access-date=7 January 2009|date=7 August 2007|work=The Times | location=London | first=Alex | last=Murphy}} Lorenzo also played for Catanzaro, Sampdoria and Cesena in a career which lasted from 1982 to 1996. In 2007, The Times placed him at number 12 in their list of the 50 hardest footballers in history.{{cite web|title=Top 50 Hardest Footballers |url=http://www.empireonline.com/forum/printable.asp?m=1554851 |website=www.empireonline.com |publisher=The Times |access-date=22 April 2015 |date=13 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019002225/http://www.empireonline.com/forum/printable.asp?m=1554851 |archive-date=19 October 2015 }}