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Ferruccio Mazzola (1 February 1945 – 7 May 2013[1]) was an Italian former professional footballer and manager, who played as a midfielder. He was the son of former footballer Valentino Mazzola, and the younger brother of retired footballer Sandro Mazzola.

Ferruccio Mazzola

Mazzola as captain of Lazio
Personal information
Full name	Ferruccio Mazzola
Date of birth	(1945-02-01)1 February 1945
Place of birth	Turin, Italy
Date of death	7 May 2013(2013-05-07) (aged 68)
Place of death	Rome, Italy
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1963–1964	Internazionale
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1965	Marzotto	22	(6)
1965–1967	Venezia	50	(13)
1967	Internazionale	1	(0)
1967–1968	Lecco	18	(1)
1968–1971	Lazio	85	(11)
1971–1972	Fiorentina	16	(1)
1972–1974	Lazio	1	(0)
1974–1977	Sant'Angelo	69	(3)
1975	→ Hartford Bicentennials (loan)	1	(0)
1976	Toronto Italia
Total		263	(35)
Teams managed
1981–1983	Cynthia
1983–1986	Siena
1986–1987	SPAL
1987–1988	Venezia
1988–1989	Siena
1989–1990	Perugia
1990–1992	Spezia
1992–1993	Alessandria
1994–1995	Aosta
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 2010

Club career

Ferruccio grew up in Internazionale youth team (1963–64); at the time, his older brother, Sandro, was playing in the senior side under legendary manager Helenio Herrera, which, due to its success, has come to be known as La Grande Inter. He played for long periods with Venezia (1965–67), following his father's footsteps, and also Lazio (1968–74), where he won an Italian Championship during the 1973–74 season, also captaining the squad for a time.[2] He also briefly played for the Inter senior side (1967), Marzotto (1964–65), Lecco (1967–68), Fiorentina (1971–72), and Sant'Angelo (1974–77), also spending a season on loan with NASL side Hartford Bicentennials in 1975, before retiring from professional football with Sant'Angelo in 1977, at the age of 30. In the summer of 1976 he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Italia.[3] Despite being a talented young footballer, he had a difficult career, partially due to his strong character, and was unable to achieve the success of his father and older brother.[4]

Managerial career

He retired from active football in 1977 to pursue a coaching career; he obtained two promotions from Serie C2 to C1 (Siena 1984–85 and Venezia 1987–88).[5]

Controversy

In 2004, in a book (Il terzo incomodo[1][5][6]) and in an interview with L'espresso[7] Mazzola spoke out against the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport made by Internazionale, Lazio and Fiorentina during the 1960s and the 1970s.[8]

In 2005 the prosecutor's office of Florence opened an investigation into the death of Fiorentina footballer Bruno Beatrice, hypothesizing that this could have been caused by doping. However, on 2 January 2009 it requested the dismissal of the case by the statute of limitations.[9] Meanwhile, Internazionale chairman Massimo Moratti sued Mazzola for defamation about his statements. The ex-footballer won the legal case in 2010: according to the judgement's motivation, the claims in the book could not be considered libellous.[10]

Several Grande Inter teammates denied those accusations, however, with one exception being Franco Zaglio, who said the use of illicit substances had been common for various Serie A clubs since the 1950s.[11] Some years after Ferruccio's decease, his elder brother Sandro Mazzola declared that Ferruccio's complaint was motivated by a desire for "revenge" against Internazionale and that the true doping of Helenio Herrera was "psychological".[12][13] Luna Herrera, Helenio's daughter, pointed out that her father was a committed health enthusiast, and that he would only give his players cachets of acetylsalicylic acid, which were taken with coffee as stimulants.[14]

Death

Mazzola died in Rome on 7 May 2013[1] after a long illness.[15]

Honours

Club

Venezia[4]

• Serie B: 1965–66

Lazio[4]

• Serie A: 1973–74
• Coppa delle Alpi: 1971
• Serie B: 1968–69

References

На других языках

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[de] Ferruccio Mazzola

Ferruccio Mazzola (* 1. Februar 1945 in Turin; † 7. Mai 2013 in Rom) war ein italienischer Fußballspieler und -trainer. Der Sohn von Valentino Mazzola und Bruder von Sandro Mazzola war in seiner aktiven Karriere unter anderem für Inter Mailand, Lazio Rom und den AC Florenz aktiv und holte mit den Laziali 1974 überraschend die erste italienische Meisterschaft für den Verein.

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- [en] Ferruccio Mazzola

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[it] Ferruccio Mazzola

Ferruccio Mazzola (Torino, 1º febbraio 1945 – Roma, 7 maggio 2013) è stato un dirigente sportivo, allenatore di calcio e calciatore italiano, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Маццола, Ферруччо

Ферруччо Маццола (итал. Ferruccio Mazzola; 1 февраля 1948, Турин — 7 мая 2013, Рим[1]) — итальянский футболист и тренер. Сын Валентино Маццолы и младший брат Сандро Маццолы.

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