Enzo Bearzot
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Bearzot c. 1975 depicted on a Panini football card | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Enzo Bearzot | ||||||||||||||||
| 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]; 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'), Bearzot coached the Italy national team the most (104 times, between September 1975 to June 1986). He was noted for his phlegmatic personality and pipe smoking.
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.