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Giovanni "Gianni" Rivera ((:ˈdʒanni riˈvɛːra); born 18 August 1943 in Alessandria) is an Italian former football midfielder, who was mostly utilised as an offensive playmaker. Dubbed Italy's "Golden Boy" by the media, he played the majority of his career with Serie A side A.C. Milan, after beginning his career with Alessandria for a season in 1959. With Milan, he enjoyed a highly successful career in domestic and European football. Internationally, he represented Italy 63 times, scoring 15 goals, and took part at four World Cups (1962, 1966, 1970, and 1974). Rivera is widely remembered for scoring the decisive goal in Italy's extra-time win over West Germany in the semi-final of the 1970 World Cup, leading them to final against Brazil, where they would be defeated 4–1, however. Rivera was also a member of the first Italian side to win the European Football Championship in 1968, on home soil. Rivera was an elegant, efficitent, and creative offensive midfield playmaker, with an eye for goal, who possessed excellent technical ability, footballing intelligence, vision, and class.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2011/10/legend-of-calcio-gianni-rivera/ )〕 He is widely considered to be one of the most talented offensive playmakers of all time, due to his passing accuracy and his adeptness at providing assists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://cinquantamila.corriere.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=RIVERA+Gianni )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.storiedicalcio.altervista.org/gianni_rivera_golden_boy_1.html )〕 Regarded as one of the greatest Italian footballers of all time, and by some as Italy's greatest player ever, he was awarded the Ballon d'Or in 1969, and placed 19th in IFFHS's election for the World Player of the 20th Century. In 2015 he became the first Italian footballer out of 100 athletes to be inducted into Italy's sports ''Walk of Fame''. In 2004, Pelè chose Rivera as part of the FIFA 100 greatest living footballers, and he placed 35th in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll. After retiring from football, Rivera went into politics and he is currently a Member of the European Parliament for the Uniti nell'Ulivo party. He has been appointed as the President of the educational youth sector by the FIGC for the Italy national football team, along with Roberto Baggio and Arrigo Sacchi under head coach Cesare Prandelli.〔http://www.football-italia.net/aug04s.html〕 ==Club career== Nicknamed ''the Golden Boy'' of Italian football, Rivera was the product of Alessandria's youth football academy and made his debut in Serie A for Alessandria against Internazionale on 2 June 1959 at the age of only fifteen years, and is one of the youngest players in history to have ever made their Serie A debut. He played 26 matches for his first club, for which he scored 6 goals. A year later, he was bought by AC Milan to replace Juan Schiaffino in the playmaking role, with a record transfer fee of $200,000 at the time, also being handed the number 10 jersey; during his time at the club, he would play alongside legendary Milan players such as Cesare Maldini, Giovanni Trapattoni, Dino Sani, Fabio Cudicini, and José Altafini, among others.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.acmilan.com/it/archive/show_player/Gianni-Rivera )〕 In 1962 he won the first ''scudetto'' with AC Milan and on 13 May 1962, aged just eighteen, he played his first match for the Italian national team against West Germany at the World Cup in Chile, a game that finished with a goalless draw. With Milan, Rivera would become known for his leadership, and he would later go on to become the club's captain for 12 seasons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.panorama.it/sport/70-anni-di-gianni-rivera-golden-boy-del-calcio-italiano/ )〕 Rivera's 1962 ''scudetto'' victory with Milan, under legendary manager and catenaccio mastermind Nereo Rocco,〔 enabled the team to qualify for the European Cup in 1962, a European Cup which the team finally won for the first time, beating Benfica 2–1 in the 1963 final. Rivera was in great form during the match, providing two notable assists for José Altafini's goals, and he was awarded second place in the famous ''Ballon d'Or'' award that year, which was won by the Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin.〔 Rivera helped Milan win the Coppa Italia during the 1966–67 season, finishing the competition as top-scorer, with 7 goals.〔〔 In the 1967–68 season, Rivera won both the league title and the Cup Winners' Cup with Milan, and he played for Italy as they won the 1968 European Championship on home soil. Rivera missed the final against Yugoslavia through an injury he picked up at the semi-final game against Soviet Union, despite a strong performance during the match.〔 Despite his performances and success throughout the season, Rivera missed out on the Ballon d'Or however, which was awarded to European Cup winner George Best, with Rivera finishing in 7th place in the final rankings.〔 Next season, Rivera and AC Milan emerged victorious in the European Cup, winning the final over Johann Cruyff's Ajax, a match which is regarded as one of Rivera's greatest, most dominant, and most virtuosic performances, as he captained Milan to a 4-1 victory in the number 10 role at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, setting up one of Prati's three goals.〔 In addition to the European Cup that season, Rivera also won the Intercontinental Cup, successes that finally earned him the ''Ballon d'Or'' in 1969.〔〔 In the 70s, Rivera led AC Milan on to two more Cup Winners' Cup finals, one in 1973 and another in 1974; Rivera managed to win the 1973 final with Milan, but the following year, Milan suffered a defeat in the final.〔 Rivera also suffered a defeat in the 1974 European Supercup final with Milan. With the Rossoneri, during the 70s, he also won two consecutive Coppa Italia titles, in 1972, and 1973, a season during which he was top-scorer in Serie A, with 17 goals, and with a personal best of 20 goals in all club competitions.〔 In the 1970–71, 1971–72 and the 1972–73 seasons, Milan managed three consecutive second places in Serie A, also reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup during the 1971–72 season.〔 AC Milan also reached the Coppa Italia final during the 1974-75 season, and won another Italian Cup in the 1976–77 season, although Rivera was missing in most of these Cup matches, as he was banned because of his statements against Italian referees, suggesting that they favoured Milan rivals Inter.〔 One of Rivera's most prominent performance in the Coppa Italia during the 70s was in the 1970–71 edition, where Milan finished in second place, and in which he was once again top-scorer, with 7 goals.〔〔 Rivera achieved the last ''scudetto'' of his playing career in his final season, still contributing to the League victory with AC Milan in 1979, despite his own advancing age; this was the tenth title for "The Devils", earning them a star on their jersey.〔 In total, he played for AC Milan in 501 Serie A matches and scored 160 goals, and with 527 Serie A appearances, is the 11th most capped player in Serie A history.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gianni Rivera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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