Bruno Pesaola

Bruno Pesaola ( born July 28, 1925 in Buenos Aires ) is a former Argentine- Italian football player and coach, which ran aground during his playing career for several clubs in Argentina and Italy and for the Italian national football team.

Career

Bruno Pesaola began his career in 1939 in the youth team of CA River Plate. In 1945, he joined Sportivo Dock Sud and was taken two years later by the Italian club AS Roma under contract. There he received his first appearances in the Serie A and managed with the team in the league. After that he went to Novara Calcio and completed again many games. 1952, the midfielder was signed from Napoli, where he experienced the most successful period of his career. Pesaola acted in Naples as a regular player and performer. He graduated in eight years, a total of 240 games in the top division, scoring 27 goals.

Although he regularly occupied the front ranks with the team, it did not succeed better placement than the fourth final rank in the seasons 1952/53 and 1957/58 to achieve. Born in Argentina, who had now also get Italian citizenship, graduated on May 26, 1957 in the match against Portugal his only game for Italy. The midfielder then received no further levies for the national team. His last position was as a professional player of Genoa, for which he ran aground in the 1960/61 season.

Following end of his career as an active player, he began a career as a club coach. His first stop was there, Napoli, where he led on the sidelines from 1962 to 1968. In the same year was the final victory over SPAL winning the national cup competition, the Coppa Italia, to be celebrated. The best placement of Naples during his tenure he reached in the 1967/68 season, as the second place behind AC Milan could be proved. He then worked for the next three years at Fiorentina, with whom he was in 1968/69 win the Italian championship in the season. Even at its next station at FC Bologna he was successful and brought in 1974 for the second time in his coaching career, the Coppa Italia.

On his return to Naples 1976/77, he managed to win another title and to win the English- Italian League Cup with the team. In two games, the English representatives Southampton FC could be defeated. Then Pesaola signed again with FC Bologna, which he led with moderate rankings for relegation in two years. In his final stages of his coaching career Panathinaikos Athens, U.S. Siracusa and again the Napoli he could not build on the previous successes and won any further securities.

Others

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