How tall is Giacinto Facchetti?

Giacinto Facchetti's listed height was 188 cm (6'2"). He was taller than about 99% of men in Italy.

Where 188 cm sits among men in Italy

Taller than about 99% of men in Italy born in 1942 (average 170.1 cm).

Facchetti next to his teammates

Sandro Mazzola is 9 cm shorter than Giacinto Facchetti (179 cm), teammate at Inter Milan from 1960 to 1977.

About Giacinto Facchetti

Giacinto Facchetti was an Italian footballer who played as a left-back for Inter Milan from 1960 to 1978. He was born on 18 July 1942 in Treviglio and died on 4 September 2006. He later served as Inter chairman from January 2004 until his death.

Facchetti played 634 official games for Inter, scoring 75 goals, and was a member of the Grande Inter team under manager Helenio Herrera, which won four Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia, two European Cups and two Intercontinental Cups. He placed second for the Ballon d'Or in 1965. He represented Italy 94 times, including at three FIFA World Cups, and was elected to the 1970 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team. As captain of the national side for a record 11 years, he led Italy to its first UEFA European Championship, on home soil in 1968.

Facchetti stood a listed 188 cm (6'2"), 9 cm taller than Sandro Mazzola, who is listed at 179 cm (5'10") and was his teammate at Inter Milan from 1960 to 1977. He is remembered as one of the first prominent attacking full-backs, and in 2006 the Campionato Nazionale Primavera was named after him.

Frequently asked

How tall is Giacinto Facchetti in feet and inches? Giacinto Facchetti was 6'2" tall, which is 188 cm, 74 inches or 1.88 m.

How tall is Giacinto Facchetti compared to Sandro Mazzola? Sandro Mazzola is 9 cm shorter than Giacinto Facchetti: 179 cm (5'10") vs 188 cm (6'2").

Is Giacinto Facchetti tall for men in Italy? At 188 cm he was taller than about 99% of men in Italy born in 1942, whose average height is 170.1 cm.

Sources

• Giacinto Facchetti on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Giacinto Facchetti on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 188 cm.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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