Tony Cargnelli

Cargnelli was born on 1 February 1889 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary to an Italian father and Austrian mother. He began playing junior-level football at Rennweger SV. Subsequently, he started his senior career in 1906 at Wiener AC. In 1907, he joined Germania Schwechat for three years. Afterwards, Cargnelli moved to Wiener AF with whom he won the 1913–14 title. An article in the Sport Tagblatt newspaper described Cargnelli's style of play as follows: "Old football knowers still remember the WAC (n.r. - Wiener AC club) and WAF (n.r. - Wiener FC club, or AF Vienna) player, Toni Cargnelli. Cargnelli was a fighter and a technical player. He played almost every position because he was among the few footballers who understood football and therefore did not have to rely on strength. In 1917 he retired as a player and tried to put into practice the knowledge he had acquired on the field as a coach".

Cargnelli made one appearance for Austria, playing the entire match on 30 May 1909 in a 1–1 friendly draw against rivals Hungary.

Cargnelli started coaching in 1920 at Germania Schwechat. One year later, he moved to Germany, coaching VfL Köln and then SC Idar-Oberstein. In July 1923, Cargnelli became the first coach of Borussia Dortmund where he stayed until December. He returned to Austria for half a year to coach Admira Wien. Subsequently, he made a comeback to Germany at VfB Mühlburg. In 1926, Cargnelli went to coach in Romania, being hired by CA Timișoara, but also worked as a volunteer for Politehnica Timișoara. He managed both clubs even when they faced each other, and after Politehnica's 3–0 win over CA from 1927 in the Regional championship, the Universul newspaper wrote: "The people of Timișoara had the opportunity to see a beautiful game between two teams that each in their own way showed what they owed to the joint coach Cargnelli". In 1927 he finished the Regional championship with CA in fifth place and with Politehnica in second place with 23 points, just one below first-placed Chinezul Timișoara which qualified to the national championship. After he ended his spell in Romania, an article from the Sport Tagblatt newspaper described Cargnelli's managing style: "He acquired his theoretical knowledge at the German University, being aware that it is not enough to show the players how to play the ball, but to be able to appreciate how much physical effort he can demand of each player. Physical training is not a mechanical thing, but must be worked on individually, and that is possible only if…

Player

Wiener AF

1. Klasse: 1913–14

Manager

Torino

Divisione Nazionale: 1927–28, runner-up 1928–29 Coppa Italia: 1935–36 Foggia

Serie C: 1932–33 Ambrosiana-Inter

Serie A: 1939–40 Coppa Italia: 1938–39