Sandro Puppo

Sandro Puppo

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

During his playing days, Puppo played for Italian clubs Piacenza, Ambrosiana, Venezia and Roma in the 1930s and 1940s. He won a Serie A title with Ambrosiana in 1937–38 (without playing, however), and two Coppa Italia titles with Ambrosiana and Venezia in 1938–39 and 1940–41 respectively.

International career

At international level, Puppo was a member of the Italy national football team that won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympic football tournament.

Managerial career

Later Puppo became a coach and managed the Turkey national football team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup (becoming the first Italian coach ever to do so, 71 years before Vincenzo Montella), and went on to manage teams such as Barcelona, Juventus and Beşiktaş.

Club
AS Roma (1947–1949)
Club
Venezia F.C. (1939–1945)
Club
Inter Milan (1937–1939)
Club
Piacenza Calcio (1934–1937)
Club
Piacenza Calcio (1945–1946)
Club
Venezia F.C. (1946–1947)
Club
Associazione Calcio Thiene (1949–1950)

Legacy

Honours

Club

Ambrosiana-Inter

Serie A: 1937–38 Coppa Italia: 1938–39 Venezia:

Coppa Italia: 1940–41

International

Italy

Olympic Gold Medal: 1936

Manager

Beşiktaş

Istanbul Football League: 1953–54

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Italian footballer and manager (1918–1986)

Position

midfielder

Extract from Wikipedia

Sandro Puppo was an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

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