Bruno Pesaola

Bruno Pesaola
Bruno Pesaola, ca.1970
Personnel
birthday	July 28, 1925
place of birth	Buenos Aires ,  Argentina
date of death	May 29, 2015
Place of death	Naples ,  Italy
size	165 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1939-1945	CA River Plate
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1945-1947	Sportivo Dock Sud
1947-1950	AS Roma	90 (20)
1950-1952	Novara Calcio	64 (15)
1952-1960	AC Napoli	240 (27)
1960-1961	CFC genoa	20 0(5)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1957	Italy	1 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1962-1968	SSC Naples
1968-1971	AC Florence
1972-1976	Bologna FC
1976-1977	SSC Naples
1977-1979	Bologna FC
1979-1980	Panathinaikos Athens
1980-1981	US Siracusa
1982-1983	SSC Naples
1 Only league games are given.

Bruno Pesaola (born July 28, 1925 in Buenos Aires , † May 29, 2015 in Naples ) was an Argentine - Italian football player and coach who played for various clubs in Argentina and Italy as well as for the Italian national football team during his active career .

Career

Pesaola in the AC Napoli jersey

Bruno Pesaola began his career in 1939 with the CA River Plate youth team . In 1945 he moved to Sportivo Dock Sud and was signed two years later by the Italian club AS Roma . There he received his first appearances in Serie A and managed to stay up with the team. He then went to Novara Calcio and again played many games there. In 1952, the midfielder was committed to AC Napoli , where he experienced the most successful period of his career. Pesaola acted as a regular player and top performer at Napoli. He completed a total of 240 games in the top division in eight years and scored 27 goals.

Although he regularly occupied the top ranks with the team, it was not possible to achieve a better placement than the fourth final rank in the seasons 1952/53 and 1957/58. The native Argentine, who had meanwhile also obtained the Italian citizenship, completed his only international match for Italy on May 26, 1957 in the game against Portugal . The midfielder then received no further bids for the national team. His last stop as a professional player was the CFC Genoa , for which he ran in the 1960/61 season.

Following his career as an active player, he began a career as a club coach. His first stop was at AC Napoli, which he led on the sidelines from 1962 to 1968. In the same year , winning the national cup competition, the Coppa Italia , was celebrated with the final victory over SPAL Ferrara . The best placement with Napoli during his tenure he achieved in the 1967/68 season , when the second place behind AC Milan could be occupied. He then worked for the following three years at AC Florence , with whom he was able to win the Italian championship in the 1968/69 season. He was also successful in his next station at FC Bologna and won the Coppa Italia for the second time in his coaching career in 1974 .

On his return to Naples in 1976/77 he managed to win another title and win the English-Italian league cup with the team. The English representative FC Southampton could be defeated in two games . Pesaola then signed again with FC Bologna, which he led to relegation in two years with moderate placements. In the last stations of his coaching career, Panathinaikos Athens , US Siracusa and again the SSC Napoli, he could no longer build on his earlier successes and won no further titles.

successes

• Italian champion : 1968/69
• Italian cup winner : 1961/62 , 1973/74
• Alpine Cup winner : 1966
• English-Italian league cup winner : 1976

Others

Pesaola received honorary citizenship of the city of Naples on November 20, 2009 .

Web links

Commons : Bruno Pesaola  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bruno Pesaola in the weltfussball.de database
• Profile on the website of the Italian Federation

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bruno Pesaola è morto: lo chiamavano Petisso, è stato una bandiera del Napoli. Gazzetta dello Sport , May 29, 2015, accessed July 24, 2018 (Italian). 
2. ^ Napoli, Bruno Pesaola cittadino onorario il tributo della città al Petisso