Salvatore Bagni is a former Italian football player who mainly played as a central midfielder.
Education
With the under-21 side, he also took part at two Union of European Football Associations European Under-21 Championships (1978 and 1980), and also at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where Italy finished in fourth place after reaching the semi-final.
Career
He currently works as a sporting director Club
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Coppa Italia: 1981-1982
South.S.C. Napoli
Serie A: 1986-1987
Coppa Italia: 1986-1987
International
Bagni played for the Italy national under-21 football team between 1978 and 1980, scoring 5 goals in 12 appearances, including a hat-trick against Greece. Bagni later made 41 appearances for the senior Italy national football team between 1981 and 1987, scoring five goals.
He made his senior international debut on 6 January 1981, in the 1980 Mundialito in Montevideo, in a 1-1 draw against the Netherlands.
He scored his first goal for Italy on 4 February 1984, in a 5-0 victory over Mexico, after only 20 seconds. Foreign 29 years, this was the fastest goal ever scored by an Italian player at international level, until his record was beaten by Emanuele Giaccherini"s goal against Haiti in 2013.
A generous, hard-working team-player, Bagni was a tenacious, hard-tackling player, with good technique, who was deployed as central midfielder throughout most of his career, although he also had a tendency to commit aggressive and reckless challenges, which earned him the nickname "The Warrior". He also attracked controversy for his behaviour during his time at Napoli, when he made an offensive gesture in a match against rival club Roma towards the opposition fans, even though the two sets of fans had formed a friendship at the time, thus ruining the relationship between the two clubs.
He was also capable of playing as a winger and as a forward, positions which he often occupied in his early career, when he first made his break-through in Italian football.