The Five Famous Players Of

Napoli

Diego Armando Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona

• Full name – Diego Armando Maradona.

• Date of birth – 30th October 1960 (Age 52).

• Height - 1.65m (5 feat 5 inches).

• Place of birth - Lanus, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Playing Position – Attacking Midfielder and Second Striker.

• Nicknames - El Diego, El Pelusa, El Pibe de Oro and El Dios.

• Diego Armando Maradona was born on October 30, 1960, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Maradona led club teams to championships in Argentina, Italy and Spain, and famously starred for the Argentinean team that won the 1986 World Cup. However, the soccer legend's career was marred by a pair of high-profile suspensions for drug use, and he has often battled health problems in retirement.

Giuseppe Chiappella

Giuseppe Chiappella

• Full Name - Giuseppe Chiappella.

• Date of birth – September 28th , 1924.

• Place of birth – Milan, Italy.

• Date of death – December 26 2009 (Aged 85).

• Place of death – Milan, Italy.

• Playing position – Defensive Midfielder and striker.

Giuseppe Chiappella

• (September 28, 1924 – December 26, 2009) was an Italian football midfielder and manager. He started his career with Pisa, but is most famous for making over 300 appearances for Fiorentina He represented Italy at national level in 17 games.

• After Chiappella retired from professional football, he went on to management; he was at the helm at some of Italy's top clubs such as Fiorentina, Napoli and Internazionale.

Attila Sallustro

Attila Sallustro

• Full name – Attila Sallustro.

• Date of birth – 17th November 1908.

• Place of birth – Asuncion, Paraguay.

• Date of death – 23rd May 1983 (Aged 74).

• Playing position – Striker.

• Teams – Napoli and Salernitana.

• National team – Italy.

Attila Sallustro

• Sallustro was born in Asunción, Paraguay to Italian parents, but moved to Naples in Italy, with his family as a youngster. He came from a wealthy background and his father wanted him to play football in Italy.

• Napoli - He joined Napoli when they were first known as Internaples and stayed on with the club for the majority of his career. At Napoli he was nicknamed "Il Veltro" and "Il Divino". Due to his background, Sallustrochose not to take any financial pay from the club, though he was rewarded with a luxury motor car.

Luigi Simoni

Luigi Simoni

• Full name – Luigi Simoni.

• Date of birth – January 22nd 1939 (Aged 74).

• Place of birth – Crevalcore, Italy.

• Playing position – Attacking midfielder.

• Nickname – Gigi Simoni.

• Current club – Gubbio.

Luigi Simoni

• Luigi Simoni was born at Crevalcore (Emilia-Romagna).• A good footballer, who played for Mantova, SSC Napoli,

Torino, Juventus, Brescia and Genoa, Simoni started his successful managing career with Genoa itself, in season 1974/1975. The next year, he was able to bring the rossobluback to Serie A. Simoni was fired by Internazionale on November 30, 1998, even though being still appreciated and well-remember by the team fans.

Emiliano Mondonico

Emiliano Mondonico

• Date of birth – 9th March 1947 (Age 66).

• Place of birth – Rivolta, d’Adda, Italy.

• Playing position – Former winger, manager.

• Teams he got to managed – Cremonese, Como, Atlanta, Torino, Napoli, Cosenza, Fiorentina, AlbinoLeffe, Cremoneseand Novara.

Emiliano Mondonico

• A former player with only two Serie A seasons (both with Torino) in his career, Mondonico had a much more successful career as a manager. After two years as youth coach with Cremonese, he became the team's head coach in 1981, guiding the club into promotion to the top flight in 1984. Another promotion followed in 1988 with Atalanta, another former team of him as a player, which then he successfully guided to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1988–89.