Franco Superchi

Franco Superchi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-09-01) September 1, 1944
Place of birth	Allumiere, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1965	Tevere Roma	23	(0)
1965–1976	Fiorentina	227	(0)
1976–1980	Verona	126	(0)
1980–1984	Roma	1	(0)
1984–1985	Civitavecchia	21	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Franco Superchi (born September 1, 1944 in Allumiere) is a retired Italian professional football player.

He played for 13 seasons in the Serie A for ACF Fiorentina, Hellas Verona F.C. and A.S. Roma.

For the first 3 seasons with ACF Fiorentina he was the third-choice goalkeeper and did not play any league games for the first two. In his fourth, 1968/69 season, Fiorentina won the Italian championship, and the impressive performances by the rookie were integral to the team's success. He played 7 more seasons for Fiorentina, never equalling the brilliance of the championship season, but always reliable.

He was the backup goalkeeper for 4 seasons with Roma in the 1980s, and played only on one occasion, a few minutes as a substitute in the last game of the 1982/83 season. However, playing in that game brought him his second championship title.

Honours

• Serie A champion: 1968/69, 1982/83.
• Coppa Italia winner: 1965/66, 1974/75, 1980/81.
• Mitropa Cup winner: 1965/66.
• Anglo-Italian League Cup winner: 1975/76.

External links

• Profile at Enciclopediadelcalcio.it