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| Full name | Alberto Horacio Suppici | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1898-11-20)20 November 1898 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 June 1981(1981-06-21) (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left half | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1915–1923 | Nacional | 143 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1928–1932 | Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1935 | Central Español | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1938 | Montevideo Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1935–1941 | Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1945 | Peñarol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alberto Horacio Suppici (20 November 1898 – 21 June 1981) was a Uruguayan footballer and coach who won the first everFIFA World Cup, leading theUruguay team in the1930 tournament on home soil. Suppici is known asel Profesor (the Professor).[citation needed]
On 22 April 1917, Suppici founded the football clubPlaza Colonia inColonia del Sacramento, his hometown. The club's 12 000-capacity home ground has been namedEstadio Profesor Alberto Suppici in his honour.[citation needed]
As technical director ofUruguay, Suppici coached the side to third in the1929 South American Championship,[citation needed] the precursor to the modernCopa América.
At theinaugural FIFA World Cup in his home nation ofUruguay, Suppici dropped goalkeeperAndrés Mazali, who had won a gold medal in the1928 Olympic final, from the national team after he was caught breaking curfew and failing to arrive at the team hotel in time inMontevideo prior to the tournament. Suppici led the side to victory in the final overArgentina atEstadio Centenario in Montevideo, masterminding a second-half comeback from 2–1 down to win 4–2 in front of 93,000 people.[1] Suppici's technical staff at the tournament includedPedro Arispe,[citation needed]Ernesto Figoli,Luis Greco andPedro Olivieri. He is the youngest ever coach to win the World Cup, aged only 31.[2]
Uruguay
| Years | Coach | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win % | Tournaments |
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| 1928–1932 | Alberto Suppici | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 50.00 |  1928 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1929 Copa Newton – Champions1929 Copa Lipton – Champions 1929 South American Championship – Third Place1930 FIFA World Cup – Champions 1931 Taça Rio Branco – Runners-up 1932 Taça Rio Branco – Runners-up |
| 1935–1941 | Alberto Suppici(2nd time) | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 47 | 46 | 45.83 | 1935 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up 1936 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up 1936 Copa Héctor Gómez – Champions1937 South American Championship – Third Place1937 Copa Newton – Runners-up1937 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1938 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up 1938 Copa Héctor Gómez – Runners-up1939 South American Championship – Runners-up 1940 Taça Rio Branca – Champions 1940 Copa Héctor Gómez – Champions 1940 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up1941 South American Championship – Runners-up |
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