Eraldo Monzeglio

Eraldo Monzeglio
Personal information
Full name Eraldo Monzeglio
Date of birth 5 June 1906(1906-06-05)
Place of birth Vignale Monferrato Piedmont, Italy
Date of death 3 November 1981(1981-11-03) (aged 75)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1923-1926 Casale
1926-1935 Bologna
1935-1939 Roma
National team
1930-1938 Italy 35 (0)
Teams managed
1946-1947 Como
1947-1949 Pro Sesto
1949-1956 Napoli
1958-1962 Sampdoria
1964 Juventus
1966-1967 Chiasso
1973 Chiasso
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Eraldo Monzeglio (5 June 1906 – 3 November 1981) was an Italian football (soccer) defender.

Monzeglio was born in Vignale Monferrato, in the province of Alessandria (Piedmont).

In his nineteen-year career, which lasted from 1924 to 1943, he played for Casale, Bologna (where he was victorious in the 1928-29 championship) and Roma.[1] For the Italian national team he won two World Cup finals, in 1934 and 1938.

Monzeglio later became a coach, managing from 1941 to 1973 the teams of A.S. Roma, Pro Sesto, Napoli, Sampdoria, Juventus, Lecco and Chiasso, in Switzerland. He died at 75 years old.

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