Sergio Bertoni

Sergio Bertoni
	Sergio Bertoni.
Personal information
Date of birth	23 September 1915
Place of birth	Pisa, Italy
Date of death	15 February 1995 (aged 79)
Place of death	La Spezia, Italy
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1935–1938	Pisa
1938–1946	Genoa
1946–1947	Brescia
1947–1949	Modena
1949–1950	Spezia
Total
National team
1936–1940	Italy
Teams managed
1950–1951	Spezia
1955–1957	Spezia
1960–1961	Spezia
Honours
Italy
FIFA World Cup
Summer Olympics
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sergio Bertoni (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsɛrdʒo berˈtoːni]; 23 September 1915 – 15 February 1995) was an Italian association football manager and player, who played as a striker. With the Italian national team, he won the 1936 Summer Olympics football tournament and the 1938 FIFA World Cup.^[1]

Club career[]

Born in Pisa, Bertoni played for Pisa Calcio (1935–1938) and Genoa C.F.C. (1938–1946) throughout his club career.

Bertoni obtained six international caps with the Italian national team between 1936 and 1940, and scored one goal. He won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1938 FIFA World Cup: with Alfredo Foni, Pietro Rava and Ugo Locatelli, he is one of the only four Italian players to have won both tournaments.^[2]

After World War II, Bertoni coached Spezia Calcio 1906 in the 1950–51, 1955–56, 1956–57 and 1961–62 seasons. He died at 79 years old.

^ "Sergio Bertoni". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ "Capitolo VIII: Ritratti dei Campioni del Mondo: 1938 Italia" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

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