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Giovanni Trapattoni

Italian association football player and manager

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Giovanni Trapattoni is an Italian football player and manager who has been involved in the sport professionally. He is notable for his career in association football, one of the world's most popular sports.

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Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Position: Centre-Back
Nationality: Italy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Giovanni
Gender: male
Citizenship: Italy
Place of birth: Cusano Milanino
Occupation: association football coach
Languages spoken: Italian
Participant in: UEFA Euro 2012
Sport: association football
Member of team: Italy men's national association football team
Position played: midfielder
Country for sport: Italy
Mass: 73
Image: FIFA WC-qualification 2014 - Austria vs Ireland 2013-09-10 - Giovanni Trapattoni 05.JPG
Height: 175

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Commons category: Giovanni Trapattoni
date of birth: 1939-03-17
Commons gallery: Giovanni Trapattoni
coach of sports team: AC Milan
number of matches played/races/starts: 3
total goals in career: 1
name in native language: Giovanni Trapattoni
nickname: Il Trap

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Encyclopedic overview

Giovanni Trapattoni ( Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni trapatˈtoːni]; born 17 March 1939), popularly nicknamed "Trap", is an Italian former football manager and player, considered the most successful club coach in Italian football.

A former defensive midfielder, as a player he spent almost his entire club career with AC Milan, where he won two Serie A league titles (1961–62 and 1967–68), and two European Cups, in 1962–63 and 1968–69. Internationally, he played for Italy, earning 17 caps and being part of the squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile.

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