| Giampaolo Menichelli | |
| Birth Date: | 1938 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 1957–1958 |
| Years2: | 1958–1959 |
| Years3: | 1959–1960 |
| Years4: | 1960–1963 |
| Years5: | 1963–1969 |
| Years6: | 1969–1970 |
| Years7: | 1970–1971 |
| Clubs7: | Cagliari |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Caps2: | 27 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Caps3: | 37 |
| Goals3: | 8 |
| Caps4: | 79 |
| Goals4: | 14 |
| Caps5: | 144 |
| Goals5: | 40 |
| Caps6: | 23 |
| Goals6: | 6 |
| Caps7: | 13 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 325 |
| Totalgoals: | 74 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1962–1964 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Giampaolo Menichelli (pronounced as /it/; born 29 June 1938) is a former Italian footballer, who played as a winger. Menichelli was a fast, agile winger, with good technical ability, and he was known for mainly being a team player, despite also having an eye for goal.[1] [2] [3] His brother Franco was an Olympic champion in gymnastics.
Menichelli played for 12 seasons (261 games, 60 goals) in the Serie A for A.S. Roma, A.C. Parma, Juventus FC, Brescia Calcio and Cagliari Calcio. Whilst at Roma, he formed a notable partnership with fellow winger Alberto Orlando,[4] winning the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[5] With Juventus he won the Coppa Italia over Herrera's "Grande Inter" during the 1964–65 season, finishing the competition as top scorer, with 3 goals,[6] also reaching the final of the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, only to lose 1–0 to Ferencváros in Turin.[1] [2] [3] [7] He also won the 1966–67 Serie A title during his six seasons in Turin, scoring an impressive 11 goals in 33 appearances during the league winning season.[1] [2] [3] [7]
Menichelli also represented the Italy national football team during the 1960s; in total, he earned 9 caps for Italy between 1962 and 1964, scoring a single goal for Italy in a 3–1 away win against Belgium on 13 May 1962.[8] He participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup with Italy, making two appearances against Germany and Chile as Italy were rather disappointingly eliminated in the group stage.[1]
1964–65