Pietro Vierchowod, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Pietro Vierchowod

Italian footballer

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1959

Place of Birth: Calcinate, Lombardy, Italy

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Pietro Vierchowod (Italian pronunciation: ['pj??tro 'vj?rkovud]; born 6 April 1959) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender, and a current manager.
He also represented the Italian national side during his career, and was most notably a member of the Italian squad that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Italian centre-backs of all-time, and one of the best of his generation, during his playing career he was nicknamed lo Zar ("the Tsar") because of his pace, defensive ability, physicality, tenacious playing style, and Ukrainian descent; he was the son of a Ukrainian Red Army soldier from Starobilsk.