Vittorio Pozzo ( Italian: Vittorio Pozzo ; March 2, 1886 , Turin - December 21, 1968 , Ponderano ) - Italian football coach . Twice, in 1934 and 1938 , Pozzo led the Italian team to win the world championships , which is still a record among head coaches [2] . In 1936, Pozzo led the team to victory at the Olympics in Berlin . The author of the scheme of the game called " Methodo ".
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Biography
Vittorio Pozzo was born March 2, 1886 in a poor family in Turin [3] . Parents who wanted to give their son a good education gave him to Cavour Vitto Lyceum. There he studied, and also got acquainted with a game called “Football” [3] . During his studies, Pozzo played for amateur clubs Lago Maggiore and Rovet. He later left to continue his studies in Switzerland. There he played for the local Grasshopper club, where he spent 1 season. In 1906, Pozzo returned to Turin, where he began to play for Torino .
After Vittorio received his diploma, he began to travel a lot. In this he was helped by knowledge of foreign languages, the training of which was easy for him [3] . Pozzo was able to visit France and the homeland of the founders of football, England. At Foggy Albion, Vittorio attended matches of the best teams in the country, made acquaintances with the main football specialists, and often talked with club coaches [3] .
In 1912, Pozzo returned to Italy. There he began to work in the club "Torino", where he was invited by his friend, the president of the team [3] . Despite the fact that Pozzo performed coaching functions at the club, he held the position of technical director [3] . In addition to training the club, Pozzo worked at the Pirelli company, where he became CEO [3] . Another place of work of Pozzo was the Football Federation of Italy , where he served as secretary.
In 1912, Pozzo was appointed to the post of commissioner of the Italian national team , becoming the first sole coach of the national team [3] . Pozzo was supposed to prepare the team for the Olympics in Stockholm, where his team performed unsuccessfully, losing to Finland 2: 3. In total, at that time the leadership of the Pozzo team of Italy, the team spent 3 games, losing in 2 of them [3] . After this setback, Pozzo returned to work at Pirelli [3] .
Feature
The main features of the Pozzo coach was a complete analysis of the opponent's strong and weak traits [2] . Pozzo also had a very kind character towards his players [2] .
Achievements
- Central European Cup Winner : 1927-1930 , 1933-1935
- World Champion : 1934 , 1938
- Olympic champion : 1936
Notes
- ↑ Worldfootball.net
- ↑ 1 2 3 Heroes of our time (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment March 27, 2010. Archived December 6, 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 “Methodology” of success