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Enzo Bearzot
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2026-07-16
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Enzo Bearzot (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.
Career
- 1927Born
- 1946Joined A.S. Pro Gorizia
- 1948Joined Inter Milan
- 1951Joined Catania FC
- 1954Joined Torino FC
- 1955Joined Italy men's national association football team
- 1956Joined Inter Milan
- 1957Joined Torino FC
- 1982Won Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- 2010Passed away
- 2011Won Italian Football Hall of Fame
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Aiello del Friuli
- •Citizenship: Italy, Kingdom of Italy
- •Known as: association football player, association football coach
- •Sport: association football
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Cesc Fabregas receives the Bearzot Award: “I’m honoured; it also belongs to the city of Como”
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Como, Fabregas continues to push forward: he wins the Bearzot Award. - L'Unione Sarda.it
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Enzo Bearzot’s Italy: Part 3: The Slow and Painful Demise of Bearzot and His Boys
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Enzo Bearzot's Italy: Part 3: The Slow and Painful Demise of Bearzot and His Boys
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Enzo Bearzot: Italian football coach who led the Azzurri to World Cup glory in 1982
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