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Vittorio Pozzo

1886 - 1968

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Vittorio Pozzo (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈpottso]; 2 March 1886 – 21 December 1968) was an Italian football player, manager and journalist. The creator of the Metodo tactical formation, Pozzo is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, and is the only manager to guide a national team to two FIFA World Cup titles as coach, leading the Italy national team to victory in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cups. Nicknamed Il Vecchio Maestro ("The Old Master"), he also led Italy to a gold medal at the 1936 Olympic football tournament, becoming the only manager to win both Olympic Games and World Cup, and managed the Italian championship squads of the 1930 and 1935 editions of the Central European International Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vittorio Pozzo is the 277th most popular soccer player (down from 182nd in 2019), the 1,246th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,071st in 2019) and the 24th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Vittorio Pozzo was an Italian football coach who is most famous for winning the 1934 and 1938 World Cups with the Italian national team.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Vittorio Pozzo ranks 277 out of 21,273. Before him are Gyula Grosics, Felix Magath, Peter Shilton, Giampiero Boniperti, Willy van de Kerkhof, and Clarence Seedorf. After him are Kiyonosuke Marutani, Masahiro Hamazaki, Harald Schumacher, Dražan Jerković, Franck Ribéry, and Setsu Sawagata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Vittorio Pozzo ranks 44. Before him are Marcel Dupré, Henri Coandă, Dong Biwu, Paul Tillich, G. I. Taylor, and Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel. After him are Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Alain-Fournier, Franz Rosenzweig, Garegin Nzhdeh, Frank Lloyd, and Rex Stout. Among people deceased in 1968, Vittorio Pozzo ranks 38. Before him are Ivan Ribar, Kirill Meretskov, Vasily Sokolovsky, Alice Guy-Blaché, Lucio Fontana, and Giovanni Messe. After him are Ramon Novarro, Arnold Zweig, Romano Guardini, Josef Harpe, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, and Nick Adams.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vittorio Pozzo ranks 1,246 out of 5,161. Before him are Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427), Riccardo Patrese (1954), Giampiero Boniperti (1928), Adelaide del Vasto (1072), Bianca Maria Visconti (1425), and Marcello Gandini (1938). After him are Giovanni Giolitti (1842), Mauro Giuliani (1781), Anastasius Bibliothecarius (815), Rodolfo Gucci (1912), Pietro Gasparri (1852), and Thomas Cajetan (1469).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Vittorio Pozzo ranks 24. Before him are Alessandro Del Piero (1974), Luigi Riva (1944), Andrea Pirlo (1979), Salvatore Schillaci (1964), Gaetano Scirea (1953), and Giampiero Boniperti (1928). After him are Angelo Schiavio (1905), Gianpiero Combi (1902), Gianluca Vialli (1964), Gian Piero Gasperini (1958), Gennaro Gattuso (1978), and Alessandro Costacurta (1966).

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