Adelio Moro (born 14 April 1951 in

Mozzanica Mozzanica (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about south of Bergamo. Mozzanica borders the following municipalities: Caravaggio, Castel Ga ...

) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player who played as a

central midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Playing career

Moro began his career at

Atalanta Atalanta (; grc-gre, Ἀταλάντη, Atalantē) meaning "equal in weight", is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia (region), Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene (mythology ...

and came to prominence after their return to Serie A in 1971. He became known as a skilful

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

with an eye for goal, and joined

Inter Milan Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter i ...

the following year. A season at

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city municipality in the region and the second largest in nor ...

followed, before a move to

Ascoli Ascoli may refer to: Places in Italy *Ascoli Satriano, a town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region *Province of Ascoli Piceno, a province of the Marche region **Ascoli Piceno, a city which is the seat of the province above ...

in 1977. At Ascoli, he formed a formidable midfield partnership with

Gianfranco Bellotto Gianfranco Bellotto (Camposampiero, 2 July 1949) is an Italian football manager and former football player, who played as a midfielder. He served as head coach several Italian football teams such as Modena, Sampdoria and Venezia. Among others, he ...

and Alessandro Scanziani between 1979 and 1981, scoring a large proportion of the team's goals over those two seasons, and leading the side to their highest-ever finish in the league, a fifth place in 1980. Spells at

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 ...

and

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and '' comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was ...

followed before a brief return to Atalanta.

Honours

;Milan *

Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former Austria-Hunga ...

winner: 1982.

External links

1951 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Serie A players Serie B players Atalanta BC players US Cremonese players Inter Milan players Hellas Verona FC players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players AC Milan players AC Cesena players Italian football managers Brescia Calcio managers LR Vicenza managers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from the Province of Bergamo {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub