Giuseppe Lorenzo

Giuseppe Lorenzo
Personal information
Date of birth	27 December 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth	Catanzaro, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
0000–1982	Catanzaro
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1985	Catanzaro
1985–1988	Sampdoria
1988–1990	Cesena
1990–1992	Bologna
1992–1993	Taranto
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giuseppe Lorenzo (born 27 December 1964) is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He currently holds the record for the fastest-ever sending off in a professional match; the non-professional record is held by English footballer David Pratt.^[1] Lorenzo was sent off after just 10 seconds on 9 December 1990 while playing for Bologna against Parma for striking an opponent.^[2]^[3] Lorenzo also played for Catanzaro, Sampdoria and Cesena in a career which lasted from 1982 to 1996. In 2007, The Times placed him at number 12 in their list of the 50 hardest footballers in history.^[4]

References

^ "Pratt sets 'record' for red card". BBC Sport. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
^ Bandini, Nicky (7 January 2009). "The quickest sending off of all time". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
^ Murphy, Alex (7 August 2007). "Football's 50 greatest hard men". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
^ "Top 50 Hardest Footballers". www.empireonline.com. The Times. 13 August 2007. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

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[1] "Pratt sets 'record' for red card". BBC Sport. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2009.

[2] Bandini, Nicky (7 January 2009). "The quickest sending off of all time". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 January 2009.

[3] Murphy, Alex (7 August 2007). "Football's 50 greatest hard men". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2009.

[4] "Top 50 Hardest Footballers". www.empireonline.com. The Times. 13 August 2007. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

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