Italian footballer
Paolo Conti (11px|Listen]]}}[[Help:IPA/Italian|[[Help:IPA/Italian| ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;o]][[Help:IPA/Italian|[[Help:IPA/Italian| ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;t]][[Help:IPA/Italian|[[Help:IPA/Italian|]]; born 1 April 1950) is a former [[Italians|Italian]] [[Association football|football]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]].
Club career.
Throughout his club career, Conti played for 9 seasons (193 games) in the Italian [[Serie A]] for [[A.S. Roma]] (1973–80), [[U.C. Sampdoria]] (1981–83), and [[ACF Fiorentina]] (1984–88), winning a [[Coppa Italia]] with Roma in 1980.
International career.
At international level, Conti played for the [[Italy national football team]], and was a member of the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] squad which finished in fourth place, under manager [[Enzo Bearzot]], serving as a back-up to [[Dino Zoff]]; in total he made seven appearances for Italy between 1977 and 1979.
Style of play.
Regarded as one of the greatest and most experienced Italian goalkeepers of his generation, Conti was known for his composure, shot-stopping ability and consistency, as well as his ability to rush off his line or come out and claim crosses.
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[[Category:1950 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Rimini]]
[[Category:Italian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Italy men's under-21 international footballers]]
[[Category:Italy men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1978 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Men's association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Serie A players]]
[[Category:Serie B players]]
[[Category:Serie C players]]
[[Category:ASD Riccione 1929 players]]
[[Category:Modena FC 2018 players]]
[[Category:SS Arezzo players]]
[[Category:AS Roma players]]
[[Category:Hellas Verona FC players]]
[[Category:UC Sampdoria players]]
[[Category:SSC Bari players]]
[[Category:ACF Fiorentina players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Emilia-Romagna]]
[[Category:People from Riccione]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]