Eugenio Bersellini
Personal information
Full name Eugenio Bersellini
Date of birth (1936-06-10)10 June 1936
Place of birth Borgo Val di Taro, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death 17 September 2017(2017-09-17) (aged 81)
Place of death Prato, Italy[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1955 Fidenza ? (?)
1955–1960 Brescia 99 (20)
1960–1962 Monza[2] 60 (8)
1962–1963 Pro Patria 17 (1)
1963–1966 Monza[2] 70 (5)
1966–1968 Lecce[3] 37 (4)
Managerial career
1969–1971 Lecce
1971–1973 Como
1973–1975 Cesena
1975–1977 Sampdoria
1977–1982 Internazionale
1982–1984 Torino
1984–1986 Sampdoria
1986–1987 Fiorentina
1987–1988 Avellino
1988–1990 Ascoli
1990–1991 Como
1991–1992 Modena
1992–1993 Bologna
1994 Pisa
1995–1996 Saronno
1999 Libya
2001 Al Ahli Tripoli
2002 Al-Ittihad Tripoli
2006 Lavagnese[4]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eugenio Bersellini (10 June 1936 – 17 September 2017) was an Italian football player and manager.[5][6]

He was nicknamed Il sergente di ferro ("The iron sergeant") because of the very hard training sessions he used to impose on his players.[5]

He coached the Inter side that won the 1979–80 Serie A title and the Sampdoria that won their first ever piece of silverware, the 1984–85 Coppa Italia.[1]

Managerial career

Bersellini started his career as a manager at Lecce, having last played for the same club.[6] His first job in Serie A was in 1973, when he managed Cesena.[7] He remained there until 1975, then he moved to manage Sampdoria.[7]

In 1977, he moved to Internazionale, which represented the most decorated part of his managing career.[1] In his first season, Inter won the 1977–78 Coppa Italia.[1] In the 1979–80 season, Bersellini guided Inter to their twelfth Serie A title.[8] He won another Coppa Italia for the Nerazzurri in the 1981–82 season.[1]

He was one of the first to change the training methods and employ fitness staff, which was not common at the time.[9]

Honours

Manager

Internazionale
Sampdoria
Al-Ittihad Tripoli

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Addio a Eugenio Bersellini, guidò l'Inter allo scudetto del 1980". la Repubblica (in Italian). 17 September 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Anche Monza in lutto per Bersellini, allenatore dello scudetto Inter 1980". il Cittadino (in Italian). 17 September 2017. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Morto Berselini, è stato giocatore e allenatore del Lecce". Salentolive24 (in Italian). 17 September 2017. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  4. ^ Sisti, Enrico (6 March 2017). "La rinascita della Lavagnese nel nome di Bersellini affettuoso sergente di ferro". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  5. ^ a b Binda, Nicola (4 April 2006). "Il ritorno del sergente di ferro". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Former Inter boss Bersellini dies". Football Italia. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. ^ a b Grandini, Carlo (9 February 2001). "Bersellini, il sergente che piace al Colonnello". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). p. 9. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  8. ^ "40 anni fa. L'Inter di Bersellini e lo Scudetto numero 12". Inter.it (in Italian). 27 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Inter Legend Giuseppe Baresi: "Nerazzurri Coach Eugenio Bersellini Was Like A Father To Me, Jose Mourinho Was Easy To Work With"". SempreInter.com. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  10. ^ Moscardi, Massimo (30 November 2018). "Mondonico e Bersellini, il tributo: i due ex di Torino e Como nella "Hall of fame Granata"". Corriere di Como (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

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