Umberto Caligaris
Umberto Caligari ( born July 26, 1901 in Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy, † October 19, 1940 in Turin, Italy ) was an Italian football player and coach.
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Career
Umberto Caligari began his football career at his hometown club, AS Casale. In 1928, Caligari won at the Summer Olympics with the Italian football team the bronze medal. In the same year he joined the distinguished team of Juventus. He also stood in the victorious Italian team at the European Cup of Football Teams 1927 until 1930.
Between 1931 and 1935, Umberto Caligari with the legendary Juventus team of Quinquennio d' Oro five consecutive Italian masters.
In 1934 the defender was for the Football World Cup in Germany in Vittorio Pozzo's squad of the Italian national team. Although Caligari came under not used, but was able to celebrate winning the World Cup anyway.
In 1935, he moved to Brescia Calcio in Serie B, where in 1937, after two years, his career ended as player-coach. 1938/39, he coached FC Modena in Serie A. From 1939 until his death in 1940, the 59- times capped player worked as manager of Juventus.
Umberto Caligari died on 19 October 1940 at the age of 39 years. During an old boys' game, in which he had participated together with his old companion Giampiero Combi and Virginio Rosetta at the Stadio di Corso Sebastopoli, he had to leave the pitch and are then taken to the hospital, where he died of an aneurysm after a few minutes. His place as manager of Juventus took Federico Munerati.
In 2011, Caligari was dedicated a star on the Walk of Fame in the newly opened Juventus Stadium.
Achievements
In the club
- Italian Championship: 1930 /31, 1931/32, 1932/33, 1933/34, 1934/35
In the National Team
- European Cup for national teams: 1927-1930
- Bronze medal at the Summer Olympics: 1928
- World Cup 1934