“Except for Francesco Totti, I don’t see any club symbols or any standard bearers in this country. He made a choice to reject all other teams even if they offer more money.”
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Sandro Mazzola
Alessandro "Sandro" Mazzola is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a forward or attacking midfielder for Internazionale and the Italy national team. He has also worked as a football analyst and commentator on the Italian national television station RAI.
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sports · Italian footballer (born 1942) · association football player · also Sandro Mazzola, Alessandro Mazzola, Mazzola
Born 8 November 1942 · Q314856
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2026· 5 entries
Quotidiano Sportivo: Tuscan Eccellenza Football. Mugelli scores, Mazzola defeats InvictaSauro. Schepis: "I'm ready to give it my all."
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KTVB: Ultimate Boise Sports Show: Episode 11 with Jared Mazzola
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Calcio News 24: L’ex Inter Sandro Mazzola si è raccontato alla Gazzetta dello Sport: «L’Inter è la squadra che mi ha salvato». Le sue parole
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Quotidiano Sportivo: Soccer. Mazzola, the Milan Academy Pro project. Becatti: "A top-notch opportunity."
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2025· 8 entries
Repubblica: Sandro Mazzola: “Perfino io potevo finire alla Juve, mi fermò mia madre”
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Corriere dello Sport.it: Sandro Mazzola ricorda Superga: "Nessuno mi diceva cosa fosse successo"
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Sportmediaset: Sandro Mazzola compie 83 anni: gli auguri dell'Inter
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TUTTOmercatoWEB: Sandro Mazzola, figlio del Valentino del Gran Torino. E bandiera dell'Inter di Herrera
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Il Messaggero: Sandro Mazzola: «Quanto era speciale Sergio? Riuscì a farmi dare la mano a Rivera»
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Tuttosport: “The Playmaker”: a Manchester l’installazione firmata da Stefano Boeri Architetti ispirata a Sandro Mazzola
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Repubblica: Sandro Mazzola: “L’Inter più forte rimarrà la mia, la Grande. Ma riportateci la Coppa”
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Yahoo! Sports: Exclusive – Inter Milan Legend Sandro Mazzola: 'I Can See Inzaghi Replace Guardiola At Man City – Hope He Stays'
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2022· 1 entry
Won award: Inter Milan Hall of Fame (2022).
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2014· 2 entries
Won award: Italian Football Hall of Fame (2014).
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“I want to compliment Francesco Totti, scoring 206 goals is a great achievement. It does not matter that he has beat me as he is a great player.”
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2010· 1 entry
“Totti is a treasure for Roma, He is the greatest player of all time after Baggio.”
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1974· 1 entry
Won award: World XI (1974).
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1971· 5 entries
Won award: Sport Ideal European XI (1971).
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Won: Serie A with Inter Milan (1970–71).
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Won award: World XI (1971).
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Won award: Ballon d'Or (2nd place) (1971).
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Following his final Serie A title and his performances in Europe, he placed second in the Ballon d'Or, behind Johan Cruyff
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1970· 1 entry
Runner-up: FIFA World Cup with Italy (1970).
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1968· 5 entries
Won award: World XI (1968).
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Won: UEFA European Championship with Italy (1968).
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Won award: UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament (1968).
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However, when Italy won the 1968 European Championship on home soil under manager Ferruccio Valcareggi, and Mazzola was named as a member of the Team of the Tournament for his performance
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Being named to the Team of the Tournament, and reached the final of the 1970 FIFA World Cup; he also took part in the 1966 and 1974 FIFA World Cups with Italy
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1967· 2 entries
Won award: World XI (1967).
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Won award: FIFA XI (1967).
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1966· 1 entry
Won: Serie A with Inter Milan (1965–66).
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1965· 7 entries
Won award: Serie A top goalscorer (1964–65).
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Won: Serie A with Inter Milan (1964–65).
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Won: European Cup with Inter Milan (1964–65).
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Won: Intercontinental Cup with Inter Milan (1965).
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Won award: World XI (1965).
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Won award: FUWO European Team of the Year (1965).
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And 1966, finishing as the league's top scorer in the former season, with 17 goals, and narrowly missing out on a treble in the same year
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1964· 6 entries
Won: Intercontinental Cup with Inter Milan (1964).
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Won: European Cup with Inter Milan (1963–64).
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Won award: European Cup top goalscorer (1963–64).
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Mazzola scored twice to help Inter defeat Real Madrid in the 1964 European Cup Final to help the club emulate cross-city rival Milan's feat of the previous season; he finished the tournament as the joint top scorer with
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Played for Italy national under-21 football team (1964–1964) — 2 appearances, 3 goals.
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And 1965, and reached the 1964–65 Coppa Italia final, as well as managing a third-place finish in the Coppa Italia during the 1967–68 season; he reached yet another European Cup final with Inter in 1972, only to lose 2–0
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1963· 2 entries
Won: Serie A with Inter Milan (1962–63).
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Played for Italy men's national association football team (1963–1974) — 70 appearances, 22 goals.
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1960· 1 entry
Played for Inter Milan (1960–1977) — 417 appearances, 116 goals.
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1946· 1 entry
But their father gained custody of Sandro, who was six years old when his father died in the Superga air disaster
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-11-08.
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