SOCCER PLAYER

Nereo Rocco

1912 - 1979

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Nereo Rocco (Italian pronunciation: [neˈrɛːo ˈrɔkko]; 20 May 1912 – 20 February 1979) was an Italian football player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, he is famous for having been one of the most successful head coaches in Italy, winning several domestic and international titles during his tenure with AC Milan. At Padova, he was one of the first proponents of catenaccio in the country. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nereo Rocco is the 557th most popular soccer player (down from 441st in 2019), the 1,707th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,661st in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Italian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nereo Rocco ranks 557 out of 21,273. Before him are Shigeru Takahashi, Diego Costa, Ottmar Walter, Leopoldo Luque, Mitsuo Kamata, and Alessandro Altobelli. After him are Ján Popluhár, Jim Brown, Takeshi Natori, Carlos Bianchi, Estanislau Basora, and Youri Djorkaeff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Nereo Rocco ranks 98. Before him are Lady Bird Johnson, Sohn Kee-chung, Julia Child, Philibert Tsiranana, Marina Raskova, and Chaïm Perelman. After him are Jacques Ellul, Jiří Trnka, Yuen Siu-tien, Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, Gordon Gollob, and Michel Debré. Among people deceased in 1979, Nereo Rocco ranks 62. Before him are Walther Gerlach, Pier Luigi Nervi, Michael Wilding, Rudi Dutschke, Heinz Reinefarth, and Nicos Poulantzas. After him are Konstantin Simonov, Yuen Siu-tien, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Ali Hassan Salameh, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, and Friedrich Ebert Jr..

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Nereo Rocco ranks 1,707 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Bernini (1562), Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841), Alessandro Altobelli (1955), Antonio Salandra (1853), Blanche of Anjou (1280), and Vincenzo Peruggia (1881). After him are Pacuvius (-220), Gallus Anonymus (1010), Giuseppina Strepponi (1815), Gillo Pontecorvo (1919), Catherine of Bologna (1413), and Alberic I of Spoleto (900).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Nereo Rocco ranks 43. Before him are Roberto Boninsegna (1943), Lorenzo Buffon (1929), Marco Tardelli (1954), Giuseppe Bergomi (1963), Nevio Scala (1947), and Alessandro Altobelli (1955). After him are Alfredo Foni (1911), Christian Vieri (1973), Tarcisio Burgnich (1939), Pietro Rava (1916), Gianluca Pagliuca (1966), and Giuseppe Baresi (1958).

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