Mario Genta

Mario Genta
Personnel
birthday	March 1, 1912
place of birth	Turin ,  Italy
date of death	January 9, 1993
Place of death	Genoa ,  Italy
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1932-1934	Juventus Turin	1 (0)
1934-1935	AC Pavia
1935-1943	CFC genoa	202 (5)
1945-1946	CFC genoa	20 (2)
1946-1950	AC Prato	108 (2)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1938-1939	Italy	2 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1959-1960	AC Entella
1961-1963	AC Parma
	CFC genoa
1971-1972	US Grosseto
1972-1973	US Grosseto
	Lazio Rome
	US Sestri Levante
1 Only league games are given.

Mario Genta (born March 1, 1912 in Turin , Italy , † January 9, 1993 in Genoa , Italy) was an Italian football player and coach .

During his active career Genta played defensive midfield , in 1938 he became world champion with Italy .

Career

Mario Genta began his professional career in his hometown with Juventus Turin , where he made his Serie A debut on June 18, 1933 in the 3-2 defeat at CFC Genoa . In 1933/34 he was in the Juve squad , but did not play an official game. Nevertheless, he was able to celebrate winning the Italian championship with the club in both seasons .

After a season at AC Pavia in Serie B , Genta moved to CFC Genoa for the 1935/36 season , where he was under contract until 1946 and was a service provider. The Turinese won the Coppa Italia with this club in his first season .

Although he had never played an international match before, Mario Genta was appointed by national coach Vittorio Pozzo in 1938 to the squad of the Italian national team for the World Cup in France . Although he did not play a game at this tournament, he was still able to celebrate winning the World Cup. Genta made his debut in the Squadra Azzurra on March 26, 1939 in a 3-2 win over Germany in Florence ; after that there was only one more international match.

In 1946 Mario Genta left Genoa for AC Prato , for which he played in Serie B and C until 1950 .

After his playing career, Genta worked as a coach a . a. at AC Parma , CFC Genoa , US Grosseto and Lazio Rome .

successes

• Italian Championship : 1932/33 , 1933/34 (with Juventus Turin)
• Coppa Italia : 1935/36 (with the CFC Genoa)
• World Champion : 1938

Web links

• Mario Genta in the database of weltfussball.de
• Genta at enciclopediadelcalcio.it (Italian)