in 1973 Furino was born in
Palermo on 5 July 1946. Having originally started his career at Juventus as a youngster he played for Savona and Palermo. He made his Serie A debut for Palermo against
Cagliari on 29 August 1968, and he then transferred to Juventus for the
1969–70 Serie A season. Furino made his debut for Juventus in a Coppa Italia match against
Mantova on 31 August 1969. He was to go on and play for Juventus for 15 successive seasons, with his last match coming against
Avellino on 6 May 1984. In all, he made 361 Serie A appearances for Juventus, and 528 in all senior competitions for them, scoring 19 goals, also serving as the team's
captain. Furino won eight Italian league championships with Juventus. This was the most Italian titles a player has won, a record he shared with
Giovanni Ferrari and
Gianluigi Buffon (
Virginio Rosetta also won eight national championships, but three of them came before the formation of a professional Serie A) until Buffon won its tenth (the
2019–20 Serie A). During his time with Juventus, he also won the Coppa Italia twice, as well as the
1976–77 UEFA Cup and the
1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup, also reaching the
European Cup final in 1973 and 1983, as well as the
1973 Intercontinental Cup final. ==International career==