A GREAT ITALIAN SOCCER PLAYER
(song of Django Walker)
Honours as a player
Italian Serie A champion in 1962/63; 1964/65; 1965/66, 1970/71 with Inter
Coppa Italia 1977/78 with Inter
European Cup Winner in 1963--64 and 1964--65
and Runner up in 1966--67 with Inter
Intercontinental Cup in 1964, 1965 with Inter
1970 FIFA World Cup: Runner-up
Euro 68: Winner
FIFA 100 (125 greatest living players, as selected by Pelé): 2004
Giacinto Facchetti (18 July 1942 -- 4 September 2006) was an Italian football player. From January 2004 until his death, he was President of Internazionale, the club for which he played for his whole career during the 1960s and 1970s, playing 634 official games and scoring 75 goals. He played for the Inter Milan team known as La Grande Inter.
Born at Treviglio, in the Province of Bergamo (Lombardy), Facchetti began his career with his hometown club, Trevigliese, as a forward. He was soon noticed by Helenio Herrera, th