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Severino Minelli

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Severino Minelli
Personal information
Date of birth (1909-09-06)6 September 1909
Place of birth Küsnacht, Switzerland
Date of death 23 September 1994(1994-09-23) (aged 85)
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1930 Servette FC
1930–1943 Grasshopper-Club Zurich
1943–1946 FC Zürich 32 (3[1])
International career
1930–1943[2] Switzerland 80 (0)
Managerial career
1943–1946 FC Zürich
1949–1950 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Severino Minelli (6 September 1909 – 23 September 1994) was a Swiss footballer who played as a defender. He participated in the 1934 FIFA World Cup and the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He played a total of 80 matches for Switzerland.

He played as a sweeper in the revolutionary formation developed by the Austrian coach Karl Rappan in Grasshopper-Club Zurich as well as in Switzerland national football team, the "verrou" ("the bolt").[3]

He coached FC Zürich[4] and Switzerland.[5]

References

  1. ^ "DBFCZ | Severino Minelli".
  2. ^ "Severino Minelli – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  3. ^ Alex., Couto Lago (2017). Catenaccio: el arte de defender. Madrid: T&B. ISBN 9788494666292. OCLC 1011609829.
  4. ^ "Switzerland – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs".
  5. ^ "Switzerland – International Matches".



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