Carlo Parola
Carlo Parola (1974 )
Carlo Parola ( born September 20, 1921 in Turin, Italy, † March 22, 2000 ) was an Italian football player and coach.
During his playing career he was a central defender.
- 3.1 As a player
- 3.2 As a coach
Career
As a player
Carlo Parola made his debut in Serie A at Juventus in the 1939/40 season. With Juve he won 1941/42, the Coppa Italia and 1949/50 and 1951/52, the Italian championship. Overall, he completed 340 games for Juventus, scoring eleven goals. In 1954 he moved to Lazio, where he finished his playing career in 1955 after only seven missions. Carlo Parola graduated from 1945-1950 a total of 20 caps for Italy and participated in the World Cup in 1950, when he retired with his team after the group stage.
As a coach
After three years as manager of Anconitana supervised Carlo Parola 1961-1962 Juventus and led the team to the championship. In 1963, he coached the team of AS Livorno and then for five years Novara Calcio. In 1974, Parola was brought back by his former teammates Giampiero Boniperti, who had become president there to Juventus. He immediately won the Scudetto and still remained one more season trainer before 1976, he was replaced by Giovanni Trapattoni. After Carlo Parola worked for some years as a player for Juventus observer.
He died on 22 March 2000 at the age of 79 years after a serious illness in his home town of Turin.
Signor rovesciata
In Italy it is known as Signor Carlo Parola rovesciata ( Mr. overhead kick ), because it also because it was still not widespread in his time like no other bicycle kick stylistically perfect and dominated.
On January 15, 1950 about 80 minutes of the match against Fiorentina, Juventus, saw the most famous bicycle kick from Carlo Parola. Although this action did not match and the game ended 0-0, at the picture of the seemingly flying player can still see on each new album Panini in Italy.
Achievements
As a player
- Coppa Italia: 1941/42,
- Italian Championship: 1949/50, 1951/52,
As a coach
- Italian Championship: 1974/75