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Apr 27, 1950 Roncello, Lombardy, Italy 74 years old
Italian footballer
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About Paolo Pulici
- Paolo Pulici (Italian pronunciation: ['pa?olo 'pu?lit?i]; born 27 April 1950 in Roncello) is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played as a striker. With 172 goals in all competitions, he is the all-time record goalscorer for Torino.He had several nicknames: amongst the most famous were Pupi and the one created for him by the journalist Gianni Brera, Puliciclone (a pun on his family name, Pulici, and Ciclone, Italian for "cyclone"). Plus, he shared with his teammate Francesco Graziani the collective nickname I gemelli del gol (Italian for "The Twins of Goal"). At international level, he represented Italy at two FIFA World Cups, first in 1974, and subsequently in 1978, where he helped the team to a fourth-place finish.
- Since 1990 he has taught the game of football at Sportiva Tritium 1908 in Trezzo sull'Adda, at the football school that bears his name.In 2014, he was inducted into the Torino Hall of Fame; he was the first player to ever be elected and was included in the "Forwards" category.
