Mario Genta
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, 1938, he was with Italy wins the World Cup.
Career
Mario Genta started his professional career in his hometown at Juventus, where he made his Serie A debut on 18 June 1933, the 2:3 defeat at Genoa. 1933/34, he was indeed in the Juve squad, but no official completed game. Still, he could in two seasons celebrate winning the Italian Championship with the club.
After one season at the AC Pavia in Serie B Genta moved to season 1935/36, to Genoa, where he was until 1946 under contract and service providers was. Already in his first season of Turin could the Coppa Italia win with this club.
Although he had never played one international match, Mario Genta was appointed national coach Vittorio Pozzo, 1938 in the squad of the Italian national team for the World Cup in France. He graduated at this tournament, not a game, but was able to celebrate winning the World Cup title anyway. His debut for the Azzurri were Genta only on March 26, 1939 in the 3-2 win against Germany in Florence and was followed just another international match.
1946 Mario Genta left Genoa in the direction of AC Prato, for whom he played until 1950 in Serie B and C. ..
After his playing career Gente worked as a trainer and Others at AC Parma, Genoa CFC, the U.S. Grosseto and Lazio.
Achievements
- Italian Championship: 1932/33, 1933/34, ( with Juventus )
- Coppa Italia: 1935/36, ( with the CFC Genoa)
- World Champion: 1938