Guido Ara
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 28 August 1888||
Place of birth | Vercelli, Italy | ||
Date of death | 22 March 1975[2] | (aged 86)||
Place of death | Florence, Italy | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1908–1921 | Pro Vercelli | 163 | (7) |
National team | |||
1911–1920 | Italy | 13 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
1919–1926 | Pro Vercelli | ||
1927–1929 | Comense | ||
1934–1937 | Fiorentina | ||
1932–1934 | Pro Vercelli | ||
1937–1940 | Roma | ||
1940–1941 | A.C. Milan | ||
1941–1944 | Genoa | ||
1946–1947 | Fiorentina | ||
1947–1948 | Lecco | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Guido Ara (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɡwiːdo ˈaːra]; 28 August 1888 – 2 July 1975) was an Italian association footballer and manager who played as a midfielder.
Club career[]
Hailing from Vercelli in the region of Piedmont, Ara is most noted for his entire playing career at his hometown side Pro Vercelli, where he was a one club man, winning six Serie A titles; during the club's entire history they only won seven.
International career[]
At international level, Ara represented Italy. He was named in Italy's squad for the 1920 Summer Olympics, but did not play in any matches.[3]
Managing career[]
Ara went on to manage some of the top clubs in Italy, including Pro Vercelli; he managed the club when they won their seventh and final scudetto title, meaning that Ara was at Pro Vercelli when the club won all of its seven Italian Football Championship titles. He later also coached A.C. Milan during the 1940–41 season.[2]
Honours[]
Player[]
- Pro Vercelli
Manager[]
- Pro Vercelli
- Italian Football Championship: 1921–22
References[]
- ^ TotalFootball.org
- ^ a b c "Guido Ara" (in Italian). MagliaRossonera.it. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "Guido Ara". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- 1888 births
- 1975 deaths
- Italian footballers
- Italy international footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- F.C. Pro Vercelli 1892 players
- Italian football managers
- Serie A managers
- Como 1907 managers
- ACF Fiorentina managers
- A.S. Roma managers
- A.C. Milan managers
- Genoa C.F.C. managers
- Calcio Lecco 1912 managers
- People from Vercelli
- Italian football defender stubs