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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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Born: 1939-03-17
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Type: Person
Country: IT
Active from: 1671-06-08
Active to: 1751-01-17

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Giovanni Trapattoni, born in Cusano Milanino, Italy on 17 March 1939, is one of the world's leading coaches in association football. He had a successful playing career as a defender, with AC Milan, Varese and Italy. He is considered the most successful ever coach at club level in Italy, having managed both AC and Inter Milan, and the celebrated Juventus team of the early 1980's. He has won ten league titles, a European Cup, a Cup Winners' Cup and three UEFA Cups. <a href="https://www.last.fm

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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.