Giampaolo Menichelli (; born 29 June 1938) is a former Italian footballer, who played as a winger. Menichelli was a fast, agile winger, with good technical ability, and he was known for mainly being a team player, despite also having an eye for goal. His brother

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was an Olympic champion in gymnastics.

Club career

Menichelli played for 12 seasons (261 games, 60 goals) in the Serie A for A.S. Roma,

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, Juventus F.C.,

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and Cagliari Calcio. Whilst at Roma, he formed a notable partnership with fellow winger

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, winning the

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. With Juventus he won the Coppa Italia over Herrera's " Grande Inter" during the 1964–65 season, finishing the competition as top scorer, with 3 goals, also reaching the final of the

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, only to lose 1–0 to Ferencváros in Turin. He also won the

1966–67 Serie A The 1966–67 Serie A season was won by Juventus, it was their second scudetto of the 1960s. The season was closely contested and went down to the final day of the season; Internazionale were left needing just a draw or having Juventus not beat L ...

title during his six seasons in Turin, scoring an impressive 11 goals in 33 appearances during the league winning season.

International career

Menichelli also represented the Italy national football team during the 1960s; in total, he earned 9 caps for Italy between 1962 and 1964, scoring a single goal for Italy in a 3–1 away win against Belgium on 13 May 1962. He participated in the

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with Italy, making two appearances against Germany and Chile as Italy were rather disappointingly eliminated in the group stage.

Honours

Club

;

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* Serie A: 1966–67 * Coppa Italia: 1964–65 ; Roma *

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: 1960–61

Individual

* Coppa Italia Top Goal Scorer: 1964–65

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* 1938 births Living people Italian footballers Italy international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players A.S. Roma players A.S. Sambenedettese players Parma Calcio 1913 players Juventus F.C. players Brescia Calcio players Cagliari Calcio players Serie A players Serie B players Footballers from Rome Association football forwards {{Italy-footy-forward-1930s-stub