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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 July 1911[1] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Muzzana del Turgnano, Italy | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 February 1999 (aged 87) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Milan, Italy | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1929–1931 | Udinese | 32 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1931–1933 | Padova | 47 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 1933–1934 | Bari | 30 | (12) | |||||||||||
| 1934–1935 | Padova | 26 | (14) | |||||||||||
| 1935–1936 | L'Aquila | 34 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 1936–1942 | Internazionale | 125 | (40) | |||||||||||
| 1942–1943 | Pro Patria | 24 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1945 | Como | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Total | 323 | (90) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1937 | Italy B | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1936–1937 | Italy | 5 | (8) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1946–1948 | Luino | |||||||||||||
| 1948–1949 | Mortara | |||||||||||||
| 1949–1953 | Monza | |||||||||||||
| 1954–1956 | Torino | |||||||||||||
| 1956–1957 | Internazionale | |||||||||||||
| 1958–1959 | Genoa | |||||||||||||
| 1959 | Napoli | |||||||||||||
| 1960–1961 | Genoa | |||||||||||||
| 1962–1964 | Modena | |||||||||||||
| 1964–1965 | Triestina | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Annibale Frossi (Italian pronunciation: [anˈniːbale ˈfrɔssi]; 6 July 1911 – 26 February 1999) was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a forward.[2]
Frossi is perhaps best known for wearing correctional glasses during his playing years after suffering from myopia from when he was a child.[3] As a footballer, he was a member of the Italy national team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics, finishing the tournament as top-scorer. As a manager, he is also known for his developments of the theory of catenaccio, which emphasises a defensive style of football.[3]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Annibale Frossi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Annibale Frossi". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ a b Angelo Rovelli (28 February 1999). "Ci ha lasciati Frossi, ala col turbo Fece volare Ambrosiana e nazionale" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2016.