SOCCER PLAYER

Vittorio Pozzo

1886 - 1968

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Vittorio Pozzo (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈpottso]; 2 March 1886 – 21 December 1968) was an Italian football player, manager and journalist. The creator of the Metodo tactical formation, Pozzo is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, and is the only manager to guide a national team to two FIFA World Cup titles as coach, leading the Italy national team to victory in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cups. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vittorio Pozzo has received more than 319,395 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Vittorio Pozzo is the 182nd most popular soccer player (up from 207th in 2019), the 1,071st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,304th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Vittorio Pozzo was an Italian football coach who is most famous for winning the 1934 and 1938 World Cups with the Italian national team.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Vittorio Pozzo ranks 182 out of 21,273Before him are Lilian Thuram, Peter Shilton, Stjepan Bobek, Clarence Seedorf, Carles Rexach, and Telmo Zarra. After him are Günter Netzer, Kenny Dalglish, Luis Suárez, Thomas Tuchel, Héctor Castro, and Andrea Pirlo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Vittorio Pozzo ranks 37Before him are Kurt Koffka, Archibald Hill, Gerda Wegener, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Michael Curtiz, and Garegin Nzhdeh. After him are Henri Coandă, Paul Tillich, Aron Nimzowitsch, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Marcel Dupré, and Franz Rosenzweig. Among people deceased in 1968, Vittorio Pozzo ranks 33Before him are Ivan Ribar, Neal Cassady, Alice Guy-Blaché, Kirill Meretskov, Alexandre Kojève, and Giovanni Messe. After him are Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Vasily Sokolovsky, Lucio Fontana, Romano Guardini, Arnold Zweig, and Charles Chaplin Jr..

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vittorio Pozzo ranks 1,071 out of 5,161Before him are Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry (1798), Giacomo Carissimi (1605), Ludovico Carracci (1555), Gianni Morandi (1944), Eleonora Gonzaga (1598), and Giovanni Battista Re (1934). After him are Beniamino Gigli (1890), Luigi Nono (1924), Guy III of Spoleto (900), Rustichello da Pisa (1290), Maria Pia of Savoy (1847), and Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1943).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Vittorio Pozzo ranks 19Before him are Giacinto Facchetti (1942), Alessandro Del Piero (1974), Fabio Cannavaro (1973), Filippo Inzaghi (1973), Sandro Mazzola (1942), and Gianluca Vialli (1964). After him are Andrea Pirlo (1979), Antonio Conte (1969), Giampiero Boniperti (1928), Gino Colaussi (1914), Alessandro Costacurta (1966), and Gaetano Scirea (1953).