Franco Causio is an Italian, World Cup winning former footballer

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 who played for Juventus for many years in the 1970s and 1980s.

Biography

Causio was born in Lecce

Lecce

Lecce is a historic city of 95,200 inhabitants in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Puglia...

 (Puglia), and moved to Juventus

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 when he was 17.

After some years on loan in Serie B (playing in Reggina

Reggina Calcio

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 and Palermo

U.S. Città di Palermo

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), he returned to Juventus in during 1970. For 11 years he wore number 7 for Juventus, and played with players such as Roberto Bettega

Roberto Bettega

Roberto Bettega is an Italian former footballer. Bettega was regarded as a player of noteworthy intelligence and at his prime was one of the most feared strikers . Bettega is mostly remembered for his time at his hometown club Juventus...

, Marco Tardelli, Dino Zoff

Dino Zoff

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, Gaetano Scirea

Gaetano Scirea

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 and Antonio Cabrini

Antonio Cabrini

Antonio Cabrini is an Italian football former player. He played left-back, mainly with Juventus. He won the 1982 FIFA World Cup with the Italian national team....

, winning 6 scudettos and a UEFA cup

UEFA Cup

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.

In 1981 he moved to Udinese where he played for 3 years, teaming up with Brazilian national team player Zico

Zico

Arthur Antunes Coimbra , better known as Zico , is a Brazilian coach and former footballer. He is the current head coach of the Iraq national football team. Often called the "White Pelé", he is commonly considered one of the most skilled finishers and one of the best passers ever and possibly the...

. Then he played in his city football team, Lecce

U.S. Lecce

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, in its debut in Serie A (1985/86). Subsequently he signed for Inter

F.C. Internazionale Milano

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. He finished his career playing for Serie B team Triestina

U.S. Triestina Calcio

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 at the age of 39.

He made his debut with Italian national football team on April 29, 1972 (Italy-Belgium). He was in the Italian squad at the WC 1974, WC 1978 and WC 1982, which was won by Italy.

His nickname was "The Baron", because of his stylish moves on the pitch and his well-educated and fair attitude in life.