Aldo Agroppi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaldo aˈɡrɔppi]; born 14 April 1944) is a professional Italian football coach and a former footballer, who played as a midfielder.
![]() Agroppi with Torino in the 1968–69 season | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 April 1944 | ||
Place of birth | Piombino, Italy | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963–1975 | Torino | 212 | (15) |
1964–1965 | → Genoa (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1965–1966 | → Ternana (loan) | 26 | (6) |
1966–1967 | → Potenza (loan) | 35 | (3) |
1975–1977 | Perugia | 37 | (2) |
International career | |||
1972–1973 | Italy | 5 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1980–1981 | Pescara | ||
1981–1982 | Pisa | ||
1982–1983 | Perugia | ||
1983–1984 | Padova | ||
1984–1985 | Perugia | ||
1985–1986 | Fiorentina | ||
1987–1988 | Como | ||
1990 | Ascoli | ||
1993 | Fiorentina | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Club career
editAgroppi played for 12 seasons (249 games, 17 goals) in Serie A with clubs Torino Calcio and Perugia Calcio.[1] An important player for Torino, he made over 200 appearances for the club, winning two Coppa Italia titles.[2]
International career
editAgroppi made his international debut for the Italy national football team on 17 June 1972 in a game against Romania.[3]
Managerial career
editAs a coach, Agroppi managed several Italian clubs throughout his career: Pescara, Pisa, Perugia, Padova, Fiorentina, Como, and Ascoli. He coached Fiorentina on two occasions: he firstly coached the team during the 1985–86 season, leading the club to a fourth-place finish in Serie A, although he was subsequently banned from football for 4 months for his involvement in the Totonero 1986 match-fixing scandal during his spells with Perugia;[4] he later returned to manage the team in the 1992–93 season, but with less success, as the club were relegated to Serie B at the end of the season.[5]
Honours
editClub
edit- Torino[2]
- Coppa Italia: 1967–68, 1970–71
Individual
editReferences
edit- ^ Aldo Agroppi at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b Niccolò Bagnoli (11 November 2011). "Agroppi sul Torino: "Finalmente sta dominando"" (in Italian). SampdoriaNews.net. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ "Agroppi Aldo". FIGC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ Gianluca Ferraris. "Calcioscommesse: i precedenti" (in Italian). Panorama. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ Andrea Martelli. "Aldo Agroppi da piombino, mica Nazareth" (in Italian). Mai dire Calcio. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "Museo del Grande Torino, il 2 dicembre l'inaugurazione della mostra su Aldo Agroppi". Toro News (in Italian). 27 November 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2021.