Raffaele Sansone
Italian footballer and manager
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| Intro | Italian footballer and manager | ||
| Places | Uruguay Italy | ||
| was | Sports official Athlete Football player Association football player Association football manager | ||
| Work field | Sports | ||
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| Birth | 20 September 1910, Montevideo | ||
| Death | 11 September 1994Bologna (aged 84 years) | ||
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Biography
Raffaele Sansone (20 September 1910 – 11 September 1994) was an Italo-Uruguayan football player and coach from Montevideo, Uruguay, who played as a midfielder.
Club career
After beginning his career in Uruguay with Peñarol, Sansone spent over a decade playing club football for Italian club Bologna, winning the Serie A title four times, and the Mitropa Cup twice. After that he moved to Napoli where he played one game before retiring; he then he became a manager.
International career
Sansone was also called up by the Italian national football team as an oriundo; he was allowed to play for Italy due to his parents being from Salerno. He turned out for the azzurri a total of three times.
Honours
Club
- Bologna
- Mitropa Cup: 1932, 1934
- Serie A: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1940–41