Dino Ballacci
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dino Ballacci | ||
Date of birth | 24 May 1924 | ||
Place of birth | Bologna, Italy | ||
Date of death | 6 August 2013 | (aged 89)||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Bologna | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1945–1957 | Bologna | 306 | (8) |
1957–1958 | Lecco | 28 | (1) |
1958–1959 | Portogruaro | 27 | (0) |
International career | |||
1953–1954 | Italy B | 2 | (0) |
1954 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1964–1965 | Reggiana | ||
1965–1966 | Catanzaro | ||
1966–1967 | Catania | ||
1967–1968 | Prato | ||
1969–1970 | Catanzaro | ||
1970–1973 | Arezzo | ||
1973–1974 | Alessandria | ||
1974–1976 | Pistoiese | ||
1976–1978 | Arezzo | ||
1980 | Anconitana | ||
1980–1982 | Alessandria | ||
1985–1986 | Aesernia | ||
1988 | Alessandria | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2010 |
Dino Ballacci (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdiːno balˈlattʃi]; 24 May 1924 – 6 August 2013) was an Italian football player and manager, who played as a defender.
Playing career
[edit]Club
[edit]During his football career, Ballacci became one of the most representative players of Bologna F.C. in the Fifties. He played more than 300 matches in rossoblù.[1]
International
[edit]In 1954, Ballacci made his only senior appearance with the Italy national team in a World Cup qualifying match against Egypt, which Italy won 5–1.[2]
Managerial career
[edit]As a coach, he led Catanzaro to a Coppa Italia final in 1966; he gained a promotion to Serie B with Alessandria (1973), a promotion in Serie C with Pistoiese (1974) and another promotion in Serie C1 again with Alessandria (1981).[3]
He retired in 1988.
Managerial statistics
[edit]Team | Nat | From | To | League Record | Cup Record | Total | ||||||||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | G | W | D | L | Win % | G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
U.S. Catanzaro 1929[4][5] | Italy | 1 July 1965 | 30 June 1966 | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 26.32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67 | 44 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 31.82 |
U.S. Catanzaro 1929[4][5] | Italy | 1 July 1969 | 30 June 1970 | 38 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 18.42 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 | 41 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 19.51 |
Total | 76 | 17 | 35 | 24 | 22.37 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 55.56 | 85 | 22 | 37 | 26 | 25.88 |
Death
[edit]Ballacci died on 6 August 2013.
References
[edit]- ^ Ballacci, l'ultimo baluardo della difesa Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Piksel.com. "Nazionale in cifre - FIGC - Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio". FIGC - Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Valenza.it. "Valenza.it - portale della provincia di Alessandria". www.valenza.it.
- ^ a b "Catanzaro Season Summaries". webalice.it. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Club Managers". calcio-seriea.it. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- 1924 births
- 2013 deaths
- Footballers from Bologna
- Men's association football defenders
- Italy men's international footballers
- Italian men's footballers
- Serie A players
- Italian football managers
- Bologna FC 1909 players
- Calcio Lecco 1912 players
- AC Reggiana 1919 managers
- US Catanzaro 1929 managers
- Catania FC managers
- SS Arezzo managers
- US Alessandria Calcio 1912 managers
- FC Pistoiese SSD managers
- SSC Ancona ASD managers
- Italy men's B international footballers
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen