Causio

Franco Causio, nicknamed Il Barone, was born in Lecce on February 1, 1949 and was one of the most skillful wingers in the history of Italian football. He started at Lecce and played for Palermo before joining Juventus in 1970. For eleven seasons at Juventus, from 1970 to 1981, he was a central piece of a team that dominated Italian football in the 1970s, winning six Italian Championship titles, the Italian Cup in 1978-79 and the UEFA Cup in 1976-77. For the Italian national team, he played in the World Cups of 1974 and 1978 and the European Championship of 1980, in addition to being part of the world champion squad in 1982. He scored against Brazil in the third place playoff in 1978. After Juventus, he played for Udinese, Inter Milan, Lecce and Triestina, where he ended his career.