Manlio Scopigno
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Personal information
Date of birth (1925-11-20)20 November 1925
Place of birth Paularo, Italy
Date of death 25 September 1993(1993-09-25) (aged 67)
Place of death Rieti, Italy
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1948 Rieti 56 (0)
1948–1951 Salernitana 87 (8)
1951–1953 Napoli 7 (1)
1953–1954 Catanzaro 6 (0)
Managerial career
1953–1955 Rieti
1955–1957 Todi [it]
1957–1958 Rieti
1958–1959 Ortona
1959–1961 Vicenza (assistant)
1961–1965 Vicenza
1965–1966 Bologna
1966–1967 Cagliari
1967 Chicago Mustangs
1968–1972 Cagliari
1973 Roma
1974–1976 Vicenza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manlio Scopigno (20 November 1925 – 25 September 1993) was an Italian professional football player and coach. Known as "il Filosofo" (the Philosopher),[1][2] he is best known for coaching Cagliari to win their only Serie A title in 1970.

Playing career

Born in Paularo, in the province of Udine, he moved to Rieti at a young age.[2] He began playing as a right-back for Rieti between the Serie C and Serie B.[3]

He moved to Salernitana, with whom he played in the Serie B; in the 1948–49 season, Scopigno played as a goalkeeper against Lecce due to Aldo De Fazio [it]'s injury; he conceded four goals.[4]

In 1951, he joined Napoli.[3] After scoring his first Serie A goal against Como, Scopigno suffered a knee injury in 1951; this ultimately ended his career, as he only played a few more games for Napoli and Catanzaro.[3]

Managerial career

After having coached Rieti, Todi [it] and Ortona, Scopigno was appointed assistant coach of Vicenza in 1959.[3] He became head coach in 1961, remaining in charge until 1965.[3]

Scopigno had a short experience with Bologna in the 1965–66 Serie A, before being appointed head coach of newly-promoted side Cagliari in 1966.[3] In 1967, Cagliari participated in the United Soccer Association as the "Chicago Mustangs"; Scopigno led his side to a third-place finish.[5] He helped Cagliari win their first Serie A title in the 1969–70 season.[3] Scopigno left in 1972.[3]

Scopigno ended his coaching career having also taken charge of Roma in 1973 and Vicenza between 1974 and 1976.[3]

Honours

Manager

Cagliari

References

  1. ^ Marrocu, Luciano; Bachis, Francesco; Deplano, Valeria (2015). La Sardegna contemporanea. Idee, luoghi, processi culturali (in Italian). Roma: Donzelli. p. 649. ISBN 978-8868432447.
  2. ^ a b "Cagliari Calcio Hall of Fame" (PDF) (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Camedda, Paolo (12 April 2020). "Manlio Scopigno, l'allenatore filosofo cacciato da Cagliari per una pipì". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  4. ^ Vitale, Giovanni (2010). Salernitana storia di gol sorrisi e affanni (in Italian). International Printing Editore. p. 127. ISBN 978-88-7868-094-4.
  5. ^ "Con Scopigno negli States 47 anni fa". La Nuova Sardegna (in Italian). 30 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2022.


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