Pietro Paolo Virdis

A successful goalscorer, Pietro Paolo Virdis started his career with the Sardinian amateur club Nuorese, before moving into Serie A. He played for Cagliari Caclio (1975-76 and 1981), Juventus (1978-80 and 1982), Udinese Calcio (1983-84), and A. C. Milan (1985-89), and finally ended his career with A. S. Lecce (1990-91). Virdis won two League titles with Juventus, in 1978 and 1982, and the Italian Cup in 1979. He was the League’s top scorer with Milan in 1987, and the following year helped them to win the League and Italian Super Cup, and in 1989 he was in the Milan squad that won the European Cup.

Virdis made eight Italy under-21 appearances, and played at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, scoring important goals in the 2-1 quarter-final win over Sweden, and the opening goal in the 3-2 semi-final defeat by the Soviet Union. After finishing playing, Virdis turned to coaching, and between 1998-2002 worked with Serie C teams Atletico Catania, Viterbese and Nocerina.