Sandro Puppo

Sandro Puppo
Personal information
Date of birthJanuary 28, 1918
Place of birthPiacenza, Italy
Date of deathOctober 16, 1986 (aged 68)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1934–1937Piacenza73(7)
1937–1939Ambrosiana8(0)
1939–1945Venezia126(5)
1945–1946Piacenza22(0)
1946–1947Venezia37(0)
1947–1949Roma15(0)
1949–1950Thiene
Teams managed
1952–1954Turkey
1953–1954Beşiktaş JK
1954–1955FC Barcelona
1955–1957Juventus
1960–1961Beşiktaş JK
1960–1962Turkey
1965Turkey
1965–1966Turkey
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Sandro Puppo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsandro ˈpuppo]; 28 January 1918 – 16 October 1986) was an Italian football (soccer) player and manager born in Piacenza.

During his playing days he played for Piacenza, Ambrosiana,[1][2] Venezia and A.S. Roma in the 1930s and 1940s.[3] Later he became a coach and managed the Turkey national football team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup, and went on to manage teams such as Barcelona, Juventus and Beşiktaş.

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