| Giampiero Vitali | |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Birth Date: | 1940 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Milan, Italy |
| Death Place: | Milan, Italy |
| Position: | defender |
| Years1: | 1959–1962 |
| Clubs1: | Fanfulla |
| Caps1: | 44 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years3: | 1962–1964 |
| Clubs3: | Triestina |
| Caps3: | 70 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 1964–1966 |
| Clubs4: | Lazio |
| Caps4: | 46 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 1966–1967 |
| Clubs5: | Fiorentina |
| Caps5: | 17 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1967–1968 |
| Clubs6: | Brescia |
| Caps6: | 18 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1968–1969 |
| Clubs7: | S.P.A.L. |
| Caps7: | 20 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Years8: | 1969–1976 |
| Clubs8: | Massese |
| Caps8: | 245 |
| Goals8: | 25 |
| Manageryears1: | 1975–1976 |
| Managerclubs1: | Massese (assistant) |
| Manageryears2: | 1977–1978 |
| Managerclubs2: | Empoli |
| Manageryears3: | 1978 |
| Managerclubs3: | Pisa |
| Manageryears4: | 1979–1981 |
| Managerclubs4: | Lucchese |
| Manageryears5: | 1982–1983 |
| Managerclubs5: | Empoli |
| Manageryears6: | 1983–1984 |
| Managerclubs6: | Perugia |
| Manageryears7: | 1984–1985 |
| Managerclubs7: | Varese |
| Manageryears8: | 1985–1986 |
| Managerclubs8: | Sambenedettese |
| Manageryears9: | 1987 |
| Managerclubs9: | Campobasso |
| Manageryears10: | 1987–1989 |
| Managerclubs10: | Parma |
| Manageryears11: | 1989 |
| Managerclubs11: | Como |
| Manageryears12: | 1991 |
| Managerclubs12: | Empoli |
| Manageryears13: | 1991–1992 |
| Managerclubs13: | Taranto |
| Manageryears14: | 1993–1994 |
| Managerclubs14: | Modena |
| Manageryears15: | 1995 |
| Managerclubs15: | Palermo |
| Manageryears16: | 1996 |
| Managerclubs16: | Pistoiese |
| Manageryears17: | 1997 |
| Managerclubs17: | Palermo |
| Manageryears18: | 1997–2000 |
| Managerclubs18: | Carrarese (technical director) |
| Manageryears19: | 1998 |
| Managerclubs19: | Carrarese (caretaker) |
Giampiero Vitali (1 August 1940 — 20 May 2001) was an Italian football defender and later manager.He died in 2001, aged 60, due to an incurable disease.[1] [2]
Overall, as a player, he scored 81 appearances and 2 goals in Serie A with Lazio, Fiorentina and Brescia, 124 appearances and 9 goals in Serie B with Triestina, SPAL and Massese, 255 appearances and 25 goals in Serie C with Fanfulla and Massese.With Massese he obtained a promotion from Serie C to Serie B, still setting the record for matches played in the league with 245 appearances.[3]
When he ceased playing sports, he had twenty years of experience as a coach (to his credit 13 Serie B championships), leading, among other things, Parma for two seasons before the advent of Nevio Scala and Palermo twice. He obtained one admission to the new Serie C1 championship with Empoli (1977-1978 season), a promotion from Serie C1 to Serie B in 1982-1983 always at the lead of Empoli and ended his career at Carrara, in Serie C1, season 1997-1998, when hired as Technical Director, the management asked him to return to coaching (with the team relegated to the last place in the standings), managing to save the Tuscans.[4] [5]
In total, as a professional coach, he directed 539 matches in the league, of which 317 in Serie B, 154 in Serie C1 and 68 in Serie C2.[6] Since 2001, the year of his death, a sporting event has been organized annually in Tuscany in memory of him,[7] which attracts great personalities from the world of sport.[8] [9] [10]
In 2020 the Stadio degli Oliveti in Massa was named after him.[11]