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 Feola in 1958 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Vicente Ítalo Feola | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1909-11-20)20 November 1909 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 November 1975(1975-11-06) (aged 65) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder[1] | |||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1937–1938 | São Paulo | |||||||||||||
| 1939 | São Paulo | |||||||||||||
| 1941–1942 | São Paulo | |||||||||||||
| 1947–1950 | São Paulo | |||||||||||||
| 1955–1956 | São Paulo | |||||||||||||
| 1958 | São Paulo | |||||||||||||
| 1958–1959 | Brazil | |||||||||||||
| 1961 | Boca Juniors | |||||||||||||
| 1966 | Brazil | |||||||||||||
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Vicente Ítalo Feola (pronounced[ˈfɛːola]; 20 November 1909 – 6 November 1975) was aBrazilianfootball manager and coach fromSão Paulo. He is best known for leading theBrazil national team to its firstFIFA World Cup title in1958.
Feola was born in São Paulo to Italian parents. He died in 1975 aged 65.[2]
AsSão Paulo FC coach, Feola won the1948 and1949Campeonato Paulista.
AsSeleção boss in 1958, Feola introduced a 17-year-oldPelé to the footballing world, winning theFIFA World Cup inSweden, the first and to date only time a non-European side has won a World Cup on European soil. The team trained inHindås in Sweden during the tournament (pictured).[2]
Feola was appointed manager of Argentine clubBoca Juniors briefly in 1961.
Feola returned as coach of the Brazil national team for the1966 FIFA World Cup in England. In the first round of the tournament, Brazil lost their second game againstHungary.[3] Pelé, although still recovering, was brought back for the last crucial match againstPortugal for which Feola, panicked. He changed the entire defence, including the goalkeeper. In the attack, he maintainedJairzinho and substituted the other two players. In the midfield, he returned to the formation of the first match, even knowing thatPelé was still not fully recovered from his serious injuries.[4][5] Brazil suffered a first round elimination. Under Feola's command, Brazil played 74 times, having won 55 games, tied 13 and lost 6 times.[2]
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