Angelo Anquilletti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAngelo Anquilletti
Italian footballer
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: San Donato Milanese, Lombardy, Italy
About Angelo Anquilletti
- Angelo Anquilletti (Italian pronunciation: ['and?elo a?kwil'letti]; 25 April 1943 – 9 January 2015) was an Italian football defender.
- A tough yet fair player, Anquiletti was a successful right-sided full-back, who was known for his strength, energy, work-rate, positioning, marking ability, anticipation, and his ability to read the game; he also excelled in the air and was confident on the ball and at distributing it to teammates, which also enabled him to be deployed as a sweeper towards the end of his career.
- He is mostly remembered for his lengthy spell with A.C.
- Milan and for being a member of the Italian UEFA Euro 1968 winning squad.
- Anquiletti was known by the fans as "Angelo Anguilla" (Angelo the Eel), due to his man-marking ability, and wore the number 2 shirt throughout his successful Milan career.
Read more at Wikipedia