Raffaele Sansone

Raffaele Sansone

Personal information
Date of birth	(1910-09-20)20 September 1910
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	11 September 1994(1994-09-11) (aged 83)
Place of death	Bologna, Italy
Position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931	Peñarol	?	(?)
1931–44	Bologna	52	(9)
1933–34	Peñarol	?	(?)
1934–44	Bologna	239	(32)
1945–46	Napoli	1	(0)
International career
1932	Italy	3	(0)
Managerial career
1945–46	Napoli
1951	Bologna
1952–53	Bari
Medal record Italy Central European International Cup Silver medal – second place 1931-32 Central European International Cup
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raffaele Sansone (Italian pronunciation: [raffaˈɛːle sanˈsoːne]; 20 September 1910 – 11 September 1994) was a football player and coach from Montevideo, Uruguay, who played as a midfielder. Born in Uruguay, he played for the Italy national team.

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 became a manager.

International career

Sansone was also called up by the Italy 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, two of these times as starter in the silver medal 1931–32 Central European International Cup campaign.

Honours

Club

Bologna

• Mitropa Cup: 1932, 1934
• Serie A: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1940–41

International

Italy

• Central European International Cup: Runner-up: 1931–32

References

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