19 Facts About Roberto Bettega

In December 2009, Roberto Bettega was officially appointed deputy director-general of Juventus.

Roberto Bettega's role was to act as an intermediary between the players and coaching staff and the upper echelons of the club, as well as taking an active involvement in all of the Old Lady's transfer dealings.

Roberto Bettega left the role a short time later in 2010 after the appointment of Luigi Del Neri as manager.

Roberto Bettega is particularly strong in the air, and can kick the ball with either foot.

Back at Juventus, Roberto Bettega made his Serie A debut away to Catania on 27 September 1970.

Roberto Bettega ended the season with 13 goals in 28 matches.

Roberto Bettega scored a goal against Fiorentina on 16 January 1972, but this was to be his last for a while because he was forced out of the game with a lung infection and the initial stages of tuberculosis, although he was still able to contribute to Juventus's Serie A title victory that season.

Roberto Bettega retired from playing in Europe after Juventus lost the 1983 European Cup Final against Hamburg in Athens.

Roberto Bettega played 42 times for Italy national team, scoring 19 goals between 1975 and 1983.

In 1975, Roberto Bettega got his first call-up for a match against Finland.

Roberto Bettega went on to play in the 1978 FIFA World Cup where he scored two goals to help Italy reach the second round, where they were defeated by the Netherlands, which denied them a spot in the final.

Roberto Bettega was named in the Team of the Tournament for his performances.

Roberto Bettega helped Italy to a fourth-place finish at the 1980 European Championship, a tournament played on home soil.

Roberto Bettega was set to represent Italy at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, but suffered a knee ligament injury in a collision with an opposing goalkeeper during a 1981 European Cup match against Anderlecht, missing out on the '82 tournament, in which Italy were victorious.

Roberto Bettega was regarded as a player of noteworthy tactical intelligence, and in his prime, he was one of the most feared Italian strikers, due to his physical strength and prolific goalscoring ability.

Roberto Bettega was usually used as a centre-forward earlier on in his career, but was able to play in several other attacking roles, including as a left winger, and was even deployed in a more creative role, as a supporting striker, or as an attacking midfielder, during his later career, in particular after losing some of his natural pace, agility, and mobility.

Roberto Bettega later returned to Juventus at the request of the club's chairman at the time, Umberto Agnelli, who asked him to be vice-chairman of the board of directors.

Roberto Bettega returned to Juventus again in 2009 as vice general manager.

Roberto Bettega has a son named Alessandro who started his career in the Juventus system and was the captain of the Primavera team.