Pierino Prati

Pierino Prati passed away on 22 June 2020; however, in agreement with his family, we will keep Pierino’s profile among that of our Technical Supervisors because, for us at Sporteventi, he was much more than a collaborator, he was a great friend and he was the first great AC Milan player to join us and to trust us for 19 years.

Thank you very much indeed Pierino for everything you have done for us!! We will never forget you!

Pierino Prati grew up with the AC Milan youth academy. He was first sent to a C league team, the Salernitana, to begin his career. He began to play professional soccer there, taking the team to the championship and a consequent promotion to the B league. The next year he jumped to the B series team of Savona. From there he returned to AC Milan, where he played for seven winning years.

He won:

3 Coppa Italia (Italian Cup)
2 Cup Winners’ Cup
1 Scudetto (Italian League title) (1967/68 season)
the European Cup/Champions League 1969
the Intercontinental Cup 1969

In 1968 he was also Top Scorer of the Italian championship.

From there he joined the Rome team, where he played for another 4 years before moving on to Florence (one year) and finally returning to Savona in series C, where his playing career ended three years later, in 1981.
Pierino Prati also played in 14 national matches, scoring 7 goals. He is the last player in history to have scored a hat-trick in a European Cup/Champions League final (AC Milan–Ajax, 4-1).

Wearing the blue shirt (Italian national team) he was European Champion in 1968 and runner up in the World Cup in Mexico in 1970.

Prati had numerous trainers during his long career; of these Swede Nils Liedholm and Nereo Rocco, the “Paron” are the most memorable.

Coaching career at AC Milan

Although he has “hung up his shoes”, he never abandoned the game. After participating in the ‘Super Trainer 1st Class‘ in Coverciano, he dedicated his time to training boys.

For seven years he was an instructor at football schools affiliated with AC Milan.

Pierino Prati since 2007 was one of the Technical Directors of the AC Milan Academy and represented the Club in official events.