 Sperone withTorino | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1905-07-01)1 July 1905[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Priocca, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 18 December 1975(1975-12-18) (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Turin,Italy | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Torino | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1923–1932 | Torino | 143 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1927 | Italy | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1938 | Torino | ||
| 1938–1939 | Torino (assistant) | ||
| 1940–1942 | Torino (assistant) | ||
| 1945–1946 | Alessandria | ||
| 1946–1947 | Biellese | ||
| 1947–1948 | Torino | ||
| 1948–1951 | Lazio | ||
| 1951–1952 | Torino | ||
| 1951–1952 | Milan | ||
| 1953–1954 | Lazio | ||
| 1955 | Palermo | ||
| 1956 | Alessandria | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mario Sperone (Italian pronunciation:[ˈmaːrjospeˈroːne]; 1 July 1905 – 18 December 1975) was an Italianfootballmanager and former player who played as amidfielder.
Amidfielder, Sperone played his entire playing career withTorino, the team in which he collected 138 appearances (one inCoppa Italia) in nine consecutive seasons. He began his career in the first team on 10 February 1924 in a home game againstNovese (5–0); winning the title in1926–27 (later revoked) and in1927–28. The last match he played was a loss away toMilan on 29 May 1932, a 6–1.
On 17 April 1927, he debuted his international career with the Italy national team in a friendly match inTurin won 3–1 against Portugal.
With Torino he also took up coaching, succeedingGyula Feldmann in 1938. The following season, he was the second-in-command toErnest Erbstein, in1940–41 toTony Cargnelli and in1941–42 toAndrás Kuttik. In the postwar he managedAlessandria, winning the championship of Series BC Alta Italy 1945–46; in 1947–48 he won the league title at the helm of theGrande Torino, with a 16-point lead and 125 goals scored in 40 games played.
As an established manager, he led among others Lazio, Milan, and Palermo, concluding his career on the bench of Alessandria in 1956–57, when he resigned with seven matches in the league left to play and was replaced byLuciano Robotti. He later worked for Torino as a scout.
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