Raffaele Sergio was born in Cava de’ Tirreni (near Salerno) on August 27, 1966.
He was a left back with a strong propensity to attack. Fast and skilful, he was a very good crosser of the ball.
Sergio started playing for the youth teams of his home town and debuted professionally in C1 in the 1984-85 season. He then played for Benevento and Mantova (two seasons each) before signing for Lazio.
In the 1989-90 season he was one of Lazio’s best players. With Sergio on the left and Paolo Di Canio on the right, Lazio had two men on the wings that could create numerical superiority and give the Biancocelesti’s centre-forward, Brazilian Amarildo, a high number of crosses for his speciality, the header.
In the next two seasons under Dino Zoff, the splendid attacking left back fans had learnt to appreciate, disappeared. He became timid and attacked less. In 1992 Lazio sold him to Torino.
In Turin he did not do too badly and even won a Coppa Italia in 1992-93. In 1994 he signed for Ancona in Serie B and the following year came back to the top tier and played for Udinese for two seasons. He signed for Napoli in 1997-98 but the club was relegated to Serie B. He played just a couple of games in Serie B the next year and ended his career in 1999-00 with Benevento in C1.
After he quit football he became a manager and coached lower level teams.
He played 94 times for Lazio (90 in Serie A and 4 in Coppa Italia) and scored just one goal against Foggia on January 5, 1992.
Lazio Career
Season | Total appearances (goals) | Serie A | Coppa Italia |
1989-90 | 31 | 31 | - |
1990-91 | 36 | 34 | 2 |
1991-92 | 27 (1) | 25 (1) | 2 |
Total | 94 (1) | 90 (1) | 4 |
Sources
留言