Carlo Carcano

Carlo Carcano

Personal information
Date of birth	26 February 1891
Place of birth	Varese, Italy
Date of death	23 June 1965 (aged 74)
Place of death	Sanremo Italy
Height	74
Playing position	Central Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1913–1915	Alessandria
1915–1916	Internazionale	2	(0)
1919–1924	Alessandria
1924–1925	Atalanta	7	(0)
1925–1926	Internaples	8	(0)
National team
1915–1921	Italy	5	(1)
Teams managed
1925–1926	Internaples
1926–1930	Alessandria
1928–1929	Italy
1930–1934	Juventus
1934–1935	Genoa (assistant trainer)
1945–1946	Internazionale
1948	Internazionale
1949	Atalanta
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Carlo Carcano (26 February 1891 - 23 June 1965) was an Italian footballer and manager.

Career

Carcano was born in Varese. As a player, he was a one club man, playing for Alessandria as well as representing Italy.

After he retired from playing, he moved into management to much acclaim; he led Juventus to four consecutive titles (a record) and also managed the Italian national football team. He died, aged 74, in Sanremo.

Honours

Carcano is currently the only manager in Italian football history to have won 4 consecutive League titles.^[1]

Manager

Club

Juventus

• Serie A: 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34

Individual

• Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2014^[2]

Carlin's Boys

In 1947 in Sanremo Carlo Carcano was one of the co-founder of A.S.D. Carlin's Boys,^[3] a town football team famous above all for the youth sector^[4] that in the 2014-15 season playing in Promozione Liguria A and obtaining the promotion to Eccellenza Liguria is the main team of the city. In the same season the club won also Coppa Italia of Promozione Liguria and the title of Champion of Promozione Liguria.

The current president is Renato Bersano, while the coach is Valentino Papa.

The club organizes, every year in the last week of August, the Torneo Internazionale Sanremo reserved for the category Allievi, with the participation of the most prestigious and famous junior teams of the world football.^[5]

References

1. http://www.rsssf.com/players/ital-coach-champs.html
2. "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo" [Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
3. http://www.carlinsboys.com/
4. http://www.carlinsboys.com/storia.html
5. http://www.carlinsboys.com/torneo.html