Education
Graduated in jurisprudence, in 1969 he was hired in Radiotelevisione Italiana, the Italian public service broadcaster, as sports commentator.
journalist association football player
Graduated in jurisprudence, in 1969 he was hired in Radiotelevisione Italiana, the Italian public service broadcaster, as sports commentator.
He is best known for being the television commentator of matches involving the Italy national football team from 1986 to 2002. Born in Udine, he started his football player career in an amateur club of Cormons, a town in the Province of Gorizia. From the end of the 1950s to the beginnings of the 1960s he played as a professional midfielder for Pro Gorizia, Catania, Ischia and Cremonese.
The first match commented was Juventus-Bologna of 1969-1970 Coppa Italia and the first international match was the Union of European Football Associations Euro 1972 Final (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics-West Germany).
In 1986, starting with the Mexican Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, he became the official commentator of Italy national football team, succeeding to Nando Martellini. He kept this role until 21 August 2002, when he commented his last match of Italy, in a friendly against Slovenia, played in Trieste and lost by the Azzurri 0-1.