title: Giorgio Mastropasqua
text: # Giorgio Mastropasqua
  
  Giorgio Mastropasqua (born 13 July 1951) is an Italian former football player and manager, who played as a sweeper.
  
  ## Playing career
  
  Mastropasqua was born in Rivoli, Piedmont. Throughout his playing career, which spanned from 1969 to 1988, he played for prestigious teams in the Italian top-flight, such as Juventus, Ternana, Atalanta, Bologna and Lazio.
  
  ## Coaching career
  
  In the summer of 2011, Mastropasqua was named manager of AlzanoCene in the Italian Serie D, but he resigned after a few months in autumn after a disappointing start to the season
  
  ## Style of play
  
  Mastropasqua often played as a sweeper, and was known for revolutionising the role in Italy during the 1970s under his Ternana manager Corrado Viciani and the team's dynamic and hard-working possession–based system, which focussed on short passing on the ground. He served as one of the first modern exponents of the position, due to his unique technical characteristics, namely a player who was not only tasked with defending and protecting the back-line, but also advancing out of the defence into midfield and starting attacking plays with their passing after winning back the ball.
  
  ## Honours
  
  Ternana
  
  * Serie B: 1971–72
  