The “Cob”

Grown up in the AS Portuense, an amateurish team of his hometown, Ruben Buriani joined the Spal youths, where Paolo Mazza made him a professional player. After three seasons with Monza FC, in the 1977 he became an A.C. Milan player and with the rossonera jersey he won a League Title in the 1979. Buriani stays with A.C. Milan even during the difficult years of the relegation in Serie B. In the meantime he found a place in the national team where he debuted on February 16th 1980 on the occasion of the match against the Romania, playing for ten minutes with the azzurra jersey. He had up for the European in the 1980, even if he won’t collect other appearances with the azzurra jersey again. After the second relegation of A.C. Milan in the 1982, he became a player of A.C. Cesena. In the 1984 he played a season with the AS Roma with which he collected 24 appearances. Buriani’s last season in Serie A was with the Napoli’s jersey in the 1985. A bad injury occurred and made him to leave football at high levels.