Manlio Scopigno

Manlio Scopigno
Cagliari - Gigi Riva e Manlio Scopigno.jpg
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.

  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. ^ "Cagliari Calcio Hall of Fame" (PDF) (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013.