Vincenzo D'Amico
Vincenzo D'Amico (5 November 1954 – 1 July 2023) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. In all, he played seventeen seasons in Italian professional football, mostly for S.S. Lazio.
 D'Amico with Lazio in 1975 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 November 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Latina, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 2023 (aged 68) | ||
| Place of death | Rome, Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970–1972 | Lazio | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1980 | Lazio | 155 | (16) |
| 1980–1981 | Torino | 26 | (1) |
| 1981–1985 | Lazio | 111 | (23) |
| 1986–1988 | Ternana | 56 | (20) |
| Total | 348 | (60) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
In 1985, D'Amico played for the New York Cosmos in a friendly match against Lazio in Giants Stadium in New Jersey -- Giorgio Chinaglia, who owned both clubs, assigned D'Amico to the New York roster. Lazio won, 2–1, with D'Amico scoring the only goal for New York; it turned out to be the last goal in the history of the original Cosmos, as the club folded soon thereafter.
D'Amico died from cancer at Gemelli hospital on 1 July 2023, at the age of 68.[1]
References
External links
- (in Italian) Vincenzo D'Amico Archived 17 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Gol Calcio
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