Vincenzo D'Amico

Who is this?

Vincenzo D'Amico (5 November 1954 – 1 July 2023) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. In all, he played seventeen seasons in Italian professional football, mostly for S.S. Lazio. In 1985, D'Amico played for the New York Cosmos in a friendly match against Lazio in Giants Stadium in New Jersey -- Giorgio Chinaglia, who owned both clubs, assigned D'Amico to the New York roster. Lazio won, 2–1, with D'Amico scoring the only goal for New York; it turned out to be the last goal in the history of the original Cosmos, as the club folded soon thereafter. D'Amico died from cancer at Gemelli hospital on 1 July 2023, at the age of 68.

Career

1. 1954
   Born
2. 1972
   Joined SS Lazio
3. 1972
   Joined Italy national under-18 football team
4. 1973
   Joined Italy national under-23 football team
5. 1980
   Joined Torino FC
6. 1981
   Joined SS Lazio
7. 1986
   Joined Ternana Calcio
8. 2023
   Passed away

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Latina
• •Citizenship: Italy
• •Known as: association football player
• •Sport: association football