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| Date of birth | (1932-05-23)23 May 1932 (age 93) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1950–1951 | Palmeiras | ||||||||||||||||
| 1951 | XV de Jaú | ||||||||||||||||
| 1952–1953 | Comercial-SP | ||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1960 | São Paulo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Boca Juniors | 14 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1964 | Milan | 63 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1968 | Corinthians | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1966 | Brazil | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | Corinthians | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1974 | Internacional | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Goiás | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Corinthians | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Palmeiras | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1980 | Peñarol | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Flamengo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Fluminense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Ponte Preta | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Internacional | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Boca Juniors | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Qatar | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Grêmio | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Dino Sani (Brazilian Portuguese:[ˈdʒinuˈsɐni],Italian:[ˈdiːnoˈsaːni]; born 23 May 1932) is a Brazilian former footballer and coach. Sani was an experiencedplaymakingcentral midfielder with goalscoring prowess, and a "team player", who was well known for his ball skills, technique, accurate passing, creativity, and close control. Although he was not gifted with notable pace or athleticism, his positioning, keen tactical intelligence, outstanding vision, and his adeptness atlong balls, in particular, made him a capableassist provider throughout his career.[1][2]
The son of Italian immigrants, Gaetano Sani and Maria Gabrielli, Sani started his career at local clubPalmeiras,XV de Jaú,Comercial-SP andSão Paulo FC,[3] and played in theArgentine First Division forBoca Juniors[4] in 1961, where he played 13 games, scoring 4 goals. He then played in Italy forSerie A clubA.C. Milan,[5] with whom he won onescudetto in the1961–62 season, followed by the1962–63 European Cup.[2][6]
As a member of theBrazil national team, Dino Sani participated at theSouth American Championship tournaments of1957 in Peru and1959 in Argentina, reaching the final on both occasions; he was also part of the squad that won the1958 World Cup in Sweden. He made 15 appearances in total for Brazil between 1957 and 1966, scoring 1 goal.[7]
After he left Milan in 1964, he returned to South America, and played forCorinthians before becoming a coach. He managedInternacional,[8]Goiás,Palmeiras,Coritiba,Peñarol,[9]Flamengo,Fluminense,Boca Juniors,Qatar andGrêmio.
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Corinthians |  | 1 January 1969 | 4 January 1971 | 89 | 39 | 27 | 23 | 131 | 83 | +48 | 043.82 |
| Internacional | | 10 January 1971 | 2 January 1974 | 175 | 99 | 54 | 22 | 264 | 108 | +156 | 056.57 |
| Goiás | | 4 January 1974 | 23 September 1974 | 41 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 029.27 |
| Corinthians | | 12 June 1975 | 13 August 1975 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 040.00 |
| Palmeiras | | 14 August 1975 | 7 May 1976 | 44 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 034.09 |
| Coritiba | | 21 July 1976 | 9 December 1976 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 044.83 |
| Peñarol |  | 2 January 1977 | 30 June 1980 | 103 | 63 | 24 | 16 | 203 | 86 | +117 | 061.17 |
| Puebla |  | 1 July 1980 | 29 March 1981 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 030.43 |
| Flamengo | | 8 April 1981 | 19 July 1981 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 18 | +24 | 055.56 |
| Fluminense | | 5 October 1981 | 11 May 1982 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 050.00 |
| Ponte Preta | | 25 May 1982 | 21 September 1982 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 027.78 |
| Internacional | | 22 March 1983 | 27 March 1984 | 52 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 038.46 |
| Boca Juniors |  | 12 May 1984 | 25 October 1984 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 033.33 |
| Coritiba | | 5 January 1985 | 8 February 1985 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Qatar |  | 1 July 1985 | 2 April 1986 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 012.50 |
| Tokyo Verdy |  | 1 July 1986 | 30 June 1989 | 92 | 45 | 27 | 20 | 137 | 74 | +63 | 048.91 |
| Qatar | | 1 October 1989 | 4 January 1990 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 020.00 |
| Grêmio | | 20 March 1991 | 3 June 1991 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 030.00 |
| Ponte Preta | | 8 March 1995 | 31 March 1995 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 014.29 |
| Career total | 793 | 366 | 261 | 166 | 1,145 | 667 | +478 | 046.15 | |||
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| Preceded by Mário Zagallo | Oldest Living Player 5 January 2024 –present | Incumbent |
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