Aldo Agroppi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaldo aˈɡrɔppi]; born 14 April 1944) is a professional Italian football coach and a former footballer, who played as a midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1944-04-14) 14 April 1944 (age 78) | ||
Place of birth | Piombino, Italy | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963–1975 | Torino | 212 | (15) |
1964–1965 | → Genoa (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1965–1966 | → Ternana (loan) | 26 | (6) |
1966–1967 | → Potenza (loan) | 35 | (3) |
1975–1977 | Perugia | 37 | (2) |
National team | |||
1972–1973 | Italy | 5 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1980–1981 | Pescara | ||
1981–1982 | Pisa | ||
1982–1983 | Perugia | ||
1983–1984 | Padova | ||
1984–1985 | Perugia | ||
1985–1986 | Fiorentina | ||
1987–1988 | Como | ||
1990 | Ascoli | ||
1993 | Fiorentina | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Agroppi played for 12 seasons (249 games, 17 goals) in Serie A with clubs Torino Calcio and Perugia Calcio.[1] An important player for Torino, he made over 200 appearances for the club, winning two Coppa Italia titles.[2]
Agroppi made his international debut for the Italy national football team on 17 June 1972 in a game against Romania.[3]
As a coach, Agroppi managed several Italian clubs throughout his career: Pescara, Pisa, Perugia, Padova, Fiorentina, Como, and Ascoli. He coached Fiorentina on two occasions: he firstly coached the team during the 1985–86 season, leading the club to a fourth-place finish in Serie A, although he was subsequently banned from football for 4 months for his involvement in the Totonero 1986 match-fixing scandal during his spells with Perugia;[4] he later returned to manage the team in the 1992–93 season, but with less success, as the club were relegated to Serie B at the end of the season.[5]
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