Roberto Pruzzo

Infobox Football biography
playername = Roberto Pruzzo


fullname = Roberto Pruzzo
nickname = |er bomber
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1955|4|1
cityofbirth = Crocefieschi
countryofbirth = Italy
currentclub = none
position = Striker
youthyears =1971-1973
youthclubs = Genoa
years = 1973-1978 1978-1988 1988-1989
clubs = Genoa AS Roma Fiorentina
caps(goals) = 143 (57) 240 (106) 13 (0)
nationalyears = 1978-1982
nationalteam = Italy
nationalcaps(goals) = 6 (0)
manageryears = 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2002 2004-2005 2005-2006
managerclubs = Viareggio Teramo Alessandria Palermo Foggia ("assistant coach") Sambenedettese ("assistant coach")

Roberto Pruzzo (born April 1, 1955) is an Italian former football striker, now a coach.

Born at Crocefieschi, in the province of Genoa, Pruzzo made his debut in professional football for Genoa C.F.C. in 1973. There he remained for six seasons, scoring 57 goals in 143 matches.

Pruzzo passed to AS Roma in 1979, for the then record sum of 3 billions liras. Here he became famous as one of the most effective Italian strikers of the 1980s, winning one scudetto and four Italian Cups. He also scored a goal in the European Champions Cup final of 1984, when Roma, playing at home, was beaten after penalties by Liverpool.

He ended his career in 1989 after a season for Fiorentina. Pruzzo is the sole Italian player to have scored 5 goals in a single Serie A match (Roma vs. Avellino, 1986).

Despite a fantastic club career, Roberto only managed to play 6 games (no goals) for the Italy national football team.

Roberto did, however, score in an Italian shirt, representing Italy in the 1991 World Cup of Masters. Roberto scored twice in the opening round. In the late 1990s, Pruzzo started a much less notable coaching career which saw him at the helm of Viareggio, Teramo (Serie C2), Alessandria (Serie C1) and a five summer days long time at Palermo (Serie B), during the change of ownership time from Franco Sensi to Maurizio Zamparini. He then served as assistant coach of Giuseppe Giannini at Serie C1 teams Foggia and Sambenedettese.