1. Attilio Lombardo is one of the six players to have won the Serie A title with three different teams: Sampdoria, Juventus, and Lazio; the other five players to have managed the same feat are Giovanni Ferrari, Filippo Cavalli, Pietro Fanna, Sergio Gori, and Aldo Serena.
Attilio Lombardo had a spell in the Premier League with English side Crystal Palace.
At international level, Attilio Lombardo represented the Italy national football team on 19 occasions, although he was never called up for a major tournament.
Attilio Lombardo was given the nickname "The Bald Eagle" during his time at Crystal Palace.
Attilio Lombardo started his career at Pergocrema, having been promoted from the youth squad, in Italy's Serie C2, in 1983, only 16 years old, before moving up to the Serie B side Cremonese, in 1985, where he made a name for himself, as a more-than-capable right sided winger under the guidance of manager Tarcisio Burgnich.
Attilio Lombardo played in the Sampdoria side under Boskov that reached but narrowly lost the 1992 European Cup final in extra time to Cruyff's Barcelona.
In 1995, Attilio Lombardo made a move to defending Serie A champions Juventus under coach Marcello Lippi, joining former Sampdoria teammate Gianluca Vialli at the Turin based club.
Unfortunately, Attilio Lombardo had problems with injuries during his two-year spell, but still picked up medals for Serie A, UEFA Champions League the Intercontinental Cup, and the European Super Cup.
Attilio Lombardo reached a second consecutive UEFA Champions League final with Juventus that season, only to lose out to Borussia Dortmund.
In 1997, Attilio Lombardo was on the move again, joining Premiership new-boys Crystal Palace.
Attilio Lombardo instantly became the star-player, and scored on his debut at Everton.
Palace were subsequently relegated to the First Division, even though Attilio Lombardo's return led them to their only two home league wins of the season.
Attilio Lombardo decided to stay following relegation as Palace started poorly under new manager Terry Venables.
In 2005, Attilio Lombardo was voted into Palace's Centenary XI, despite having only made 49 appearances for the Eagles.
In January 2001, Attilio Lombardo left Lazio, to re-join Sampdoria, where he would finish his career and go into coaching at the youth level.
Attilio Lombardo resigned in May 2007, citing a lack of motivation.
Attilio Lombardo stayed at the club for the remainder of the season, leading the small Tuscan club to escape relegation through the playoffs.
Attilio Lombardo was appointed in July 2009 as the new head coach of Spezia Calcio in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, but unexpectedly resigned later on October despite his team having attained third place in the league table.
In July 2010, Attilio Lombardo joined the coaching staff at Manchester City, linking up again with compatriot Roberto Mancini.
In 2012, following the departure of Andy Welsh, he was appointed manager of the club's reserve squad; however, after the sacking of Roberto Mancini on 13 May 2013, Attilio Lombardo resigned from his position at Manchester City on Wednesday 15 May.
On 7 October 2014, Attilio Lombardo became the assistant coach of Schalke 04.
On 21 May 2016, Attilio Lombardo became the assistant coach at Torino for head coach Sinisa Mihajlovic.
On 13 March 2019, Attilio Lombardo became the assistant coach for the Italy national team, alongside head coach Roberto Mancini.