Carlo Carcano (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkarlo ˈkarkano]; 26 February 1891 – 23 June 1965) was an Italian footballer and manager who played as a midfielder.
 Carcano in 1920 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 February 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Varese, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 23 June 1965 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Sanremo, Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1915 | US Alessandria | ||
| 1915–1916 | Internazionale (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1916–1924 | US Alessandria | ||
| 1924–1925 | Atalanta | 7 | (0) |
| 1925–1926 | Internaples | 8 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1915–1921 | Italy | 5 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1925–1926 | Internaples | ||
| 1926–1930 | US Alessandria | ||
| 1928–1929 | Italy | ||
| 1930–1934 | Juventus | ||
| 1934–1935 | Genoa (assistant trainer) | ||
| 1945–1946 | Internazionale | ||
| 1948 | Internazionale | ||
| 1949 | Atalanta | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editCarcano was born in Varese. As a player, he was a one club man, playing for Alessandria.
International career
editAt international level, Carcano also represented Italy on 5 occasions between 1915 and 1921, scoring once.
Managerial career
editAfter he retired from playing, Carcano moved into management to much acclaim. He led Juventus to four consecutive league titles; the first of only two managers in Italy football history (alongside Massimiliano Allegri) to win four in a row.[1] He later also managed the Italy national football team.
He was suddenly removed from the Juventus club in December 1934 in order to stifle a homosexual scandal in which he was involved by elements of society hostile to him. He remained on the edge of the football world for a decade.
Personal life
editCarcano died in Sanremo, aged 74, on 23 June 1965.
Carlin's Boys
editIn 1947 in Sanremo Carlo Carcano was one of the co-founder of A.S.D. Carlin's Boys,[2] a town football team famous above all for the youth sector[3] that in the 2014–15 season playing in Promozione Liguria A and obtaining the promotion to Eccellenza Liguria is the main team of the city. In the same season the club won also Coppa Italia of Promozione Liguria and the title of Champion of Promozione Liguria.
The current president is Renato Bersano, while the coach is Valentino Papa.
The club organizes, every year in the last week of August, the Torneo Internazionale Sanremo reserved for the category Allievi, with the participation of the most prestigious and famous junior teams of the world football.[4]
Honours
editManager
editClub
edit- Juventus
Individual
editReferences
edit- ^ "Italy - Coaches of Championship Teams".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo" [Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.