Mario Pretto
Italian footballer and manager
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1915-10-07)7 October 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | Schio, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 2 April 1984(1984-04-02) (aged 68) | ||
| Place of death | Campinas, Brazil | ||
| Position(s) | Right-Back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Calcio Schio | |||
| 1937–1949 | Napoli | 223 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1950 | Litoral | ||
| 1950 | Bolivia | ||
| 1951–1954 | Audax Italiano | ||
| 1954–1955 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 1955 | Chile (assistant) | ||
| 1957–1958 | Guarani | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mario Pretto (7 October 1915 – 2 April 1984) was an Italian footballer turned coach who managed Bolivia in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[1]
Career
A football defender, Pretto was with Calcio Schio before joining Napoli in 1937, with whom he spent his entire professional career.[2][3]
Following his retirement, he emigrated to South America and managed Bolivian club Litoral and subsequently the Bolivia national team[4] in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[2][3]
In 1951, he came to Chile and led Audax Italiano until 1954. The next year, he served as the assistant coach of Luis Tirado in the Chile national team.[2]
In 1957, he moved to Brazil, led Guarani[5] and made his home in Campinas, São Paulo state.[2][3]
Outside football
He made an apperance in the 1948 Italian film 11 uomini e un pallone (Eleven men and a ball) by Carlo Dapporto, alongside the also footballers Amedeo Amadei, Carlo Parola, Leandro Remondini and Héctor Puricelli.[2][3]
References
- ^ 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil Archived 2011-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e "Il record di Mario Pretto. Il vicentino Ct mondiale". Il Giornale di Vicenza (in Italian). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d Cangelli, Marco (16 December 2022). "L'eroe dei due mondi: Mario Pretto e la Bolivia ai Mondiali 1950". Vita Sportiva (in Italian). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "[12/03/1950] Chile-Bolivia 5:0". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Técnicos Italianos no Brasil". FERNANDO RAZZO GALUPPO (in Portuguese). 19 June 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
External links
- Mario Pretto at WorldFootball.net
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Bolivia national football team – managers
- Valderrama (1927)
- Saucedo (1930)
- Borelli (1945)
- Lara (1945–47)
- Dehaza (1949)
- Pretto (1950)
- Vicino (1953)
- Arraya (1959)
- Panay (1961)
- Danilo (1963–65)
- Valda (1965)
- Georgiadis (1966–67)
- Trigo (1967)
- Valda (1969–73)
- Gutendorf (1974)
- Trigo (1975)
- Valda (1975)
- Camacho (1977)
- Vibra (1977)
- Blacut (1979–81)
- Saldanha (1981–82)
- Camacho (1983–85)
- Pino (1985)
- Rodriguez (1985–87)
- Nito Veiga (1987–88)
- Habegger (1989–90)
- Blacut (1991–92)
- Azkargorta (1993–94)
- López Habas (1995)
- Drašković (1996)
- López Habas (1996–97)
- Veira (1998–2000)
- Aragonés (2000–01)
- Habegger (2001)
- Trucco (2001–02)
- V. Soria (2002)
- Roque (2003)
- Giovagnoli (2003)
- Acosta (2003–04)
- Blacut (2004)
- Messa (2004–06)
- Sánchez (2006–09)
- Villegas (2009–10)
- Quinteros (2010–12)
- Azkargorta (2012–14)
- M. Soria (2014)
- Clausen (2014)
- M. Soria (2015)
- Baldivieso (2015–16)
- Hoyos (2016)
- M. Soria (2016–18)
- D. Farías (2018)
- C. Farías (2018–19)
- Villegas (2019)
- C. Farías (2019–22)
- Escobarc (2022)
- Costas (2022–23)
- Zago (2023–)
Bolivia squad – 1950 FIFA World Cup | ||
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