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  Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff (born February 28, 1942) is; an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the; oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the; Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40.
Dino Zoff was born in Mariano del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy).
Zoff's career got off to an inauspicious start, when at the age of fourteen he had trials with Inter Milan and Juventus F.C., but was rejected due to a lack of height.
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  Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Fiorentina }} Dino Zoff (born February 28, 1942) is an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40.
Dino Zoff was born in Mariano del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy).
Zoff's career got off to an inauspicious start, when at the age of fourteen he had trials with Inter Milan and Juventus F.C., but was rejected due to a lack of height.
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 FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Zoff, who was named as one of the world's top 25 footballers of all time alongside Brazil's Pele, Britain's Bobby Charlton and France's Michel Platini in a 1997 poll, remains the nation's most capped player with 112 appearances.
Zoff was due to meet Luciano Nizzola, president of the football federation and the man who once hailed him as a "national monument", on Wednesday to discuss his decision.
Zoff's reaction was surprising given his dogged refusal during the Euro 2000 championship to appease public demands - such as repeatedly leaving crowd-pleasing striker Alessandro Del Piero on the bench.
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 The Hindu : Legends: Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff was that age when he captained Italy to Cup triumph in the 1982 edition in Spain.
Zoff was now heading for his 100th international and that was an added inspiration.
Zoff came in for severe test from Brazilian players like Socrates, Zico and Falcao and Italy survived, winning 3-2 and in the process a semifinal place was assured.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2002/05/14/stories/2002051405432100.htm   (654 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - Dino Zoff - the Footballer
Dino Zoff was born on 28 February, 1942, in Mariano del Friuli, Italy.
Dino won back his place in the Italian national team, and he was in goal when Italy beat Yugoslavia 3-1 on 20 September, 1972, in their final warm-up match before the qualifying competition for the 1974 World Cup.
Dino Zoff was within seconds of becoming the first man ever to win the European Championship both as a player and as a coach when Sylvain Wiltord scored a last-minute equaliser to send the match into 'golden goal' extra time.
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 Dino Zoff - Fussball
Zoff hat in 112 Länderspielen und vier Weltmeisterschaften mit seinem Stellungsspiel geglänzt, 1982 krönte er seine 22-jährige Profilaufbahn als 40jähriger mit dem Gewinn der Fußball Weltmeisterschaft 1982.
Zoff stellte auch einige Rekorde auf, die bis heute ungebrochen sind, auch wenn Paolo Maldini ihn in der Anzahl der Länderspiele und in der Anzahl der Spiele in der italienischen Serie A mittlerweile überholt hat.
Juni 1974 blieb Zoff in genau 1143 Länderspielminuten ohne Gegentor und bei Juventus Turin versäumte er kein einziges der insgesamt 330 Meisterschaftsspiele.
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Zoff never managed to win his people respect and eventually he decided to move to Mantova where Bonizzoni was the coach.
Dino Zoff was already a star, however the best had still to come.
Some problem with Zeman, even if Dino always kept his honesty and correctitude (also in the middle of the 1996-97 season, when Zeman was fired and Zoff returned just for a few months as a coach, leading Lazio to recover from the 11th place to the 4th).
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 nu.nl/sport | Dino Zoff krijgt klappen bij overval
ROME - Dino Zoff heeft in de nacht van zondag op maandag in Rome klappen geïncasseerd toen hij en zijn vrouw werden overvallen.
Zoff, die in 1982 aanvoerder was toen Italië wereldkampioen werd, gaf zich niet zomaar gewonnen en ging de confrontatie aan.
De overmacht was te groot, Zoff liep een blauw oog op en het echtpaar moest horloges, geld (ongeveer 1000 euro) en mobiele telefoons inleveren.
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 WorldCupSoccer.com::WORLD CUP KOREA-JAPAN 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Dino Zoff is one of the best goalkeepers the world has ever seen.
Zoff played most of his career in Napoli and Juventus and he played for Italy a record 112 times.
In 1974 Zoff was back in Italy's team, but despite his superb run of no goals conceded, Italy went out in the group stage.
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 Worldwide Soccer information at SoccerNetUsa.com | The Center of Soccer Tournaments and World Cup Soccer 2006
A rock, a workaholic, a perfectionist: Dino Zoff is one of the greatest goalkeepers the world has known.
Zoff had made just four appearances for the Friuli club when Mantova restored him to the top flight the next season.
That particular honour fell to Zoff in 1982, as he bowed out of international football in much the same way he had entered it: with a winner's medal.
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 Dino Zoff | News | Guardian Unlimited Football
Moreover, in a fit of pique soon afterwards, Zoff walked away from the job after he was publicly criticised by Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian media magnate and now prime minister.
Zoff is not presently involved in the game that has been his professional home for 45 years.
Zoff signed Gazza in his first spell as Lazio manager and the player was, he says, his favourite of the many he has coached.
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 Zoff Dino - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Zoff Dino - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Zoff, Dino (1942- ), Italian footballer, one of the great goalkeepers of modern times.
Buzzati, Dino (1906-1972), experimental Italian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, a major figure in the European post-war avant-garde.
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 Soccernet.com Euro 2000 News: Berlusconi row at head of Zoff decision
Zoff, who was named as one of the world's top 25 footballers of all time alongside Brazil's Pele, England's Bobby Charlton and France's Michel Platini in a 1997 poll, remains the nation's most capped player with 112 appearances.
Nizzola defended in a statement the 'validity of Zoff's work, which was undisputable both from a technical standpoint and from the point of view of bringing the best out of a group of players of great technical and moral value.'
If Zoff declines to think again, the smart money is on his former Juventus and Italy team mate Marco Tardelli to take over as national coach.
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 The Hindu : Legends: Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff was that age when he captained Italy to Cup triumph in the 1982 edition in Spain.
For his country Zoff was capped a record 112 times and when he came in to the 1974 World Cup he had come up with another unique distinction: not having conceded a goal in 1,147 minutes, that is 13 games from September 1972 to June 1974.
Four years later in Argentina, Zoff was again eager to parade his prowess and so was Italy to come into the focus as a favourite, particularly after it beat the host and the ultimate winner Argentina in the Group stage.
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 uefa.com
Zoff, who coached the Italian side captained by Maldini to the UEFA EURO 2000™ final, is more than happy to see his place in the Serie A record books taken by Maldini.
Zoff, now 63, made his top-flight debut in 1961 with Udinese Calcio, before moving to AC Mantova, SSC Napoli and Juventus FC ahead of the 1972/73 season.
It was Maldini who in September 2000 equalled another of Zoff's landmark achievements as he won his 112th Italian cap - No111 having been handed to him by Zoff in the EURO 2000™ final, when Zoff's reign as Italy coach ended after France scored a last-gasp equaliser and golden goal.
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 Dino Zoff - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
Dino Zoff (born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli, Italy) is an Italian legendary football goalkeeper and the oldest ever winner of the World Cup as a captain of the Italian national team in Spain in the 1982 World Cup.
Zoff spent most of his career at Juventus.
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 Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff had great reliability, great professionality and was very strong.
Dino Zoff was the "Man of Records" : in the Italian Championship 1972-73 was unbeated for 903 minutes (italian record until 1994) and in National Team was unbeaten from September 1972 until June 1974, during eleven international matches (record actually not achieved by any other Italian goalkeeper).
Dino becomes the coach of Fiorentina in Italy's Serie A, 24 January, 2005.
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 DINO ZOFF- International Football Hall of Fame
Dino Zoff, one of the world's best goalkeepers, holds the world record for holding a clean sheet the longest time, 1142 minutes.
While with Juventus, Zoff won five league titles and in 1982, captained Italy to a World Cup win.
Zoff became a coach for Lazio, after retiring, later becoming president of the club.
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 CNNSI.com - CNNSI.com's complete coverage of the FIFA World Cup - World Cup Hall of Fame: Dino Zoff - Wednesday May 29, ...
Zoff, at 40, is the oldest player to have lifted the World Cup.
After winning the European Championship in 1968 he was dropped ahead of the 1970 finals, missing Italy's run to the final, and in 1974 he was helpless as his side flopped in the first round.
Zoff had set a goalkeeping record in the run-up to the finals by not conceding an international goal in 1,143 minutes, but that run was ended by Haiti in the opening game.
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 Dino Zoff il numero 1
Dino Zoff, un nome che è entrato nella leggenda del calcio.
Dino Zoff è nato a Mariano del Friuli in provincia di Gorizia il 28 febbraio 1942.
A lanciarlo in A fu Bonizzoni, quell'anno Zoff retrocesse, disputò alla grande il campionato di B e nel '63 fu acquistato dal Mantova e tornò in A. Iniziò come riserva di Santarelli, ma in breve diventò titolare fisso e restò quattro stagioni nella società virgiliana.
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 World Cup Soccer. All the top world soccer news daily. News from international soccer. World Cup 2006, Euro 2004, ...
Voted the century's top Italian goalkeeper, Dino Zoff occupied a key position at the heart of the 'Azzurri' in a 15-year international career.
Goalkeeper Dino Zoff, captain of the Italian national soccer team, smiles as he holds aloft the World Cup trophy after Italy defeated West Germany 3-1 to win the World Cup final 11 July 1982 in Madrid.
Zoff's dismay after this traumatic defeat was so complete that he resigned soon afterwards, stung in particular by bitter criticism from AC Milan president and leading politician Silvio Berlusconi.
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 RTÉ Sport: Soccer: Zoff quits as Italian coach
Dino Zoff has quit as coach of Italy in the wake of Sunday's 2-1 defeat by France in the final of Euro 2000.
Zoff, who won the World Cup with Italy as a player in 1982, had been the subject of a great deal of criticism going into the tournament, but won many over as the Azzurri marched into the latter stages with three wins from their three group matches.
Zoff becomes the third of the coaches of the semi-finalists to quit following their teams exit from Euro 2000.
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 Planet World Cup - Legends - Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff is one of the best goalkeepers the world has ever seen.
Zoff played most of his career in Napoli and Juventus and he played for Italy a record 112 times.
In 1974 Zoff was back in Italy's team, but despite his superb run of no goals conceded, Italy went out in the group stage.
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 Dino Zoff - der Rekordweltmeister - fussballportal.de
Doch in diesem für einen Leistungssportler äußerst hohen Alter sogar noch den WM-Titel zu gewinnen, das scheint eigentlich beinahe ein Ding der Unmöglichkeit zu sein.
Doch erst vier Jahre später hatte Zoff seinen Stammplatz bei der Squadra Azzurra sicher.
Doch für Zoff, der in über der Hälfte seiner Länderspiele ohne Gegentreffer blieb und später zu Italiens Torhüter des Jahrhunderts gewählt wurde, schienen solche Weisheiten nicht zu gelten.
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 Dino Zoff
Goalkeeper Zoff is holder of a world record shut-out of 1143 international minutes, which he achieved during the 1973-4 season.
This came 48 years after one of his predecessors in the Juventus goal, Gianpiero Combi, achieved the same feat in 1934.
After retirement, Zoff coached Lazio, moving up to become president of the Rome club, before being lured away to coach the national team after its failure in the 1998 World Cup.
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 Dino Zoff - Matches in European Cups
Dino Zoff played 15 matches for SSC Napoli and 71 matches for Juventus.
He played his first match against Hannover ’96 on September 19, 1967.
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