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Key facts
- Full name
- Romeo Benetti
- Date of birth
- ( 1945-10-20 ) 20 October 1945 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Albaredo d'Adige , Italy
- Height
- 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m)
- Position
- Midfielder
- Years
- Team
- 1963 1964
- Bolzano
- 1964 1965
- Siena
- 1965 1967
- Taranto
- 1967 1968
- Palermo
- 1968 1969
- Juventus
- 1969 1970
- Sampdoria
- 1970 1976
- AC Milan
- 1976 1979
- Juventus
- 1979 1981
- AS Roma
- 1971 1980
- Italy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Romeo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Albaredo d’Adige
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1980
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Italy men's national association football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- Italy
- Mass
- 73
- Image
- Benetti Amsterdam 1974.jpg
- Height
- 175
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- date of birth
- 1945-10-20
- Commons category
- Romeo Benetti
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
- total goals in career
- 0
- coach of sports team
- Cavese 1919
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Encyclopedic overview
Romeo Benetti ( Italian pronunciation: [roˈmɛːo beˈnetti]; born 20 October 1945) is an Italian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. A tenacious and intimidating player, Benetti played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, winning titles with AC Milan, Juventus and AS Roma. At international level, he represented the Italy national football team on 55 occasions between 1971 and 1980, and took part at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 1980, achieving fourth-place finishes in the latter two tournaments.
Club career
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