Severino Minelli

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)
International career
1930–1943	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").

He coached FC Zürich and Switzerland.