Hispanopedia WikiAldo Agroppi (Italian pronunciation:[ˈaldoaˈɡrɔppi]; 14 April 1944 – 2 January 2025) was an Italian professional coach and a footballer, who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Agroppi played for 12 seasons (249 games, 17 goals) in Serie A with clubs Torino Calcio and Perugia Calcio.[1] An important player for Torino, he made over 200 appearances for the club, winning two Coppa Italia titles.[2]
International career
Agroppi made his international debut for the Italy national team on 17 June 1972 in a game against Romania.[3]
Managerial career
As a coach, Agroppi managed several Italian clubs throughout his career: Pescara, Pisa, Perugia, Padova, Fiorentina, Como, and Ascoli. He coached ACF Fiorentina on two occasions: he firstly coached the team during the 1985–86 season, leading the club to a fourth-place finish in Serie A, although he was subsequently banned from football for four months for his involvement in the Totonero 1986 match-fixing scandal during his spells with Perugia;[4] he later returned to manage the team in the 1992–93 season, but with less success, as the club were relegated to Serie B at the end of the season.[5]
Death
Agroppi died from pneumonia in Piombino, on 2 January 2025, at the age of 80.[6][7]
Honours
- Torino;[2]
- Coppa Italia: 1967–68, 1970–71
- Individual;
References
- ↑Aldo Agroppi at National-Football-Teams.com
- 12Niccolò Bagnoli (11 November 2011). "Agroppi sul Torino: "Finalmente sta dominando"" (in Italian). SampdoriaNews.net. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑"Agroppi Aldo". FIGC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑Gianluca Ferraris. "Calcioscommesse: i precedenti" (in Italian). Panorama. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑Andrea Martelli. "Aldo Agroppi da piombino, mica Nazareth" (in Italian). Mai dire Calcio. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑"È morto Aldo Agroppi, l'ex calciatore e allenatore aveva 80 anni". Il Tirreno (in Italian). 2 January 2025.
- ↑"Former midfielder, coach Aldo Agroppi dies". Ansa. 2 January 2025. Archived from the original on 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ↑"Museo del Grande Torino, il 2 dicembre l'inaugurazione della mostra su Aldo Agroppi". Toro News (in Italian). 27 November 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
External links
- Aldo Agroppi at IMDb
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