Alberto Orlando
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 September 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1964 | Roma | 140 | (34) |
| 1958–1959 | → Messina (loan) | 30 | (17) |
| 1964–1965 | Fiorentina | 32 | (17) |
| 1965–1966 | Torino | 25 | (5) |
| 1966–1968 | Napoli | 60 | (11) |
| 1968–1969 | SPAL 1907 | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 293 | (84) | |
| National team | |||
| 1962–1965 | Italy | 5 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alberto Orlando (born 27 September 1938) is an Italian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder or as a forward. Although not gifted with the best technical ability, he was a fast, physical, energetic, opportunistic, and powerful player, who was good in the air; he often played on the wing or through the centre of the pitch.
Born in Rome, Orlando played for Roma, Messina (briefly on a season loan from Roma), Fiorentina, Torino, Napoli and SPAL 1907 throughout his career. He is mostly remembered for his seven-year club career with Roma, the team with which he won the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and the 1963–64 Coppa Italia, forming a formidable partnership with Giampaolo Menichelli. In total, he managed 142 Serie A appearances and 34 goals in Serie A with Roma. During his time at Roma, he was briefly loaned to Serie B side Messina during the 1958–59 season, scoring 17 goals in 30 appearances. After leaving Roma, he moved to Fiorentina, where he also achieved notable success. He became the Serie A top scorer during the 1964–65 season, alongside scudetto winner Sandro Mazzola, and he helped the club to a fourth-place finish in the league. That season, he also helped Fiorentina to reach the final of the 1965 Mitropa Cup. Orlando spent his final season with Serie B side SPAL, making 6 appearances, before retiring in 1969.
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