Sandro Mazzola

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Alessandro Mazzola (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsandro matˈtsɔːla]; 8 November 1942 – 19 September 2026) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a forward or attacking midfielder for Inter Milan and the Italy national team. He also worked as a football analyst and commentator on the Italian national television station RAI. Mazzola is widely regarded as one of the greatest Italian football players of all time, and as one of the best players of his generation, due to his speed, work-rate, creativity, technical skills and eye for goal; he placed second in the 1971 Ballon d'Or. Having spent his entire 17-season career with Inter, he holds the honour of being a one-club man. With the club, he won four Serie A titles (1963, 1965, 1966 and 1971), two European Cups (1964 and 1965) and two Intercontinental Cups (1964 and 1965), also winning the Serie A top scorer award during the 1964–65 season, in which he also reached the Coppa Italia final, narrowly missing out on a treble with the...

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