Rodolfo Orlandini

Rodolfo Orlandini

Personal information
Date of birth	(1905-01-01)January 1, 1905
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	December 24, 1990(1990-12-24) (aged 85)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
?–1929	Sportivo Buenos Aires
1930	Estudiantil Porteño
1930–1936	Genoa	81	(7)
1936–1938	OGC Nice
International career
1927–1930	Argentina	10	(0)
Managerial career
1945	Ecuador
1949–1951	El Salvador
1957	Unión Magdalena
1957	Colombia
Medal record Representing Argentina Men's Football FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1930 Uruguay National Team Olympic Games 1928 Amsterdam Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rodolfo Orlandini (January 1, 1905 – December 24, 1990) was an Argentine football (soccer) midfielder who played for the Argentina national team between 1927 and 1930.

Club career

Orlandini played club football in Argentina for Sportivo Buenos Aires and Estudiantil Porteño before moving to Italy in 1930 to play for Genoa C.F.C.. In 1936 he moved to France where he played for Nice.

International career

Orlandini played in the 1928 Olympic football tournament where Argentina came second to Uruguay. In 1929 he played in the Copa América which was won by Argentina. He also participated in the first ever World Cup in 1930, where Argentina again finished second behind Uruguay.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player Orlandini went on to become a manager, he coached the Colombia national team during the qualifiers for the 1958 World Cup.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rodolfo Orlandini". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
• "databaseOlympics.com profile". Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
• Enciclopedia del Calcio profile (in Italian)