Sandro Puppo

Sandro Puppo

Personal information
Date of birth	January 28, 1918
Place of birth	Piacenza, Italy
Date of death	October 16, 1986 (aged 68)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1934–1937	Piacenza	73	(7)
1937–1939	Ambrosiana	8	(0)
1939–1945	Venezia	126	(5)
1945–1946	Piacenza	22	(0)
1946–1947	Venezia	37	(0)
1947–1949	Roma	15	(0)
1949–1950	Thiene
Teams managed
1952–1954	Turkey
1953–1954	Beşiktaş JK
1954–1955	FC Barcelona
1955–1957	Juventus
1960–1961	Beşiktaş JK
1960–1962	Turkey
1965	Turkey
1965–1966	Turkey
* 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.

References

1. http://www.storiainter.com/Notes/Calciatori/SANDRO%20PUPPO.htm
2. http://www.interfc.it/Scheda.asp?id=74
3. http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Puppo.html