Sergio Petrelli (born July 27, 1944 in

Ascoli Piceno Ascoli Piceno (; ; ) is a (municipality) and capital of the province of Ascoli Piceno, in the Italy, Italian region of Marche. Geography The town lies at the confluence of the Tronto, River Tronto and the small Castellano (river), River Castell ...

) is a former Italian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender. He played for 8 seasons (138 games, 10 goals) in the

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

for Hellas Verona F.C.,

A.S. Roma Associazione Sportiva Roma (''Rome Sport Association''; Italian pronunciation: ) is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its exis ...

and S.S. Lazio. During the season when he won the championship with Lazio, on the night before the

Derby della Capitale The Derby della Capitale (), also known as Derby Capitolino and Derby del Cupolone, as well as The Rome Derby in English and Derby di Roma in Italian, is the Association football, football local derby in Rome, Italy, between SS Lazio, Lazio and ...

game against

, some Roma fans went to the hotel where Lazio players were staying and began to make noise to disrupt Lazio's sleep. Petrelli was one of the players who fired some gunshots at the streetlights to scare them away. Petrelli previously played for Roma and even scored a goal for them in a previous edition of Derby della Capitale.

Honours

;

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: 1973–74

References

1944 births Living people Italian men's footballers Serie A players Pisa SC players Hellas Verona FC players AS Roma players SS Lazio players AC Ancona players L'Aquila 1927 players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Ascoli Piceno 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-defender-1940s-stub