 Bearzot c. 1975 depicted on a Panini football card | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Enzo Bearzot[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 September 1927 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aiello del Friuli, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 December 2010 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1946–1948 | Pro Gorizia | 39 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1948–1951 | Internazionale | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1951–1954 | Catania | 95 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1956 | Torino | 65 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1956–1957 | Internazionale | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1964 | Torino | 164 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 409 | (15) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | Italy | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1967 | Torino (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Prato | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1975 | Italy U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1986 | Italy | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Enzo Bearzot Grande Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛntso bearˈtsɔt, -ˈdzɔt];[2][3] 26 September 1927 – 21 December 2010) was an Italian professional football player and manager. A defender and midfielder in his playing career, he also coached the Italy national team to victory in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
Nicknamed Vecio (standard Italian vecchio, 'old man'),[4] Bearzot coached the Italy national team the most (104 times, between September 1975 to June 1986).[5] He was noted for his phlegmatic personality and pipe smoking.[6]
A year after his death, an award was named in honour of the 1982 World Cup winning coach, the "Enzo Bearzot Award", for the best Italian coach of the year.[7]
- ^ "Bearzot Sig. Enzo" [Bearzot Mr. Enzo]. Quirinale (in Italian). Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Bearzot". Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia (in Italian). RAI. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ Canepari, Luciano. "Bearzot". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ L'Italia piange Enzo Bearzot – Calcio – Sportmediaset. Sportmediaset.mediaset.it (21 December 2010). Retrieved on 2016-07-23.
- ^ Italian National Team Coaches. rsssf.org (14 July 2016). Retrieved on 2016-07-23.
- ^ Vecsey, George. "Oldest Man In the World," The New York Times, Monday, July 5, 1982. Retrieved October 30, 2021
- ^ "Leicester's Claudio Ranieri wins Enzo Bearzot award for best Italian coach". ESPNFC. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.