Nereo Rocco

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Nereo Rocco
Date of birth	20 December 1912(1912-12-20)
Place of birth	Trieste, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	20 February 1979 (aged 66)
Place of death	Trieste, Italy
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1929–1937 1937–1940 1940–1942	Triestina Napoli Padova
National team
1934	Italy	1 0(0)
Teams managed
1947–1950 1950–1953 1953–1954 1954–1961 1961–1963 1963–1967 1967–1973 1974–1975 1977	Triestina Treviso Triestina Padova A.C. Milan Torino A.C. Milan Fiorentina A.C. Milan
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Nereo Rocco (20 May 1912, Trieste – 20 February 1979, Trieste) was an Italian football player and manager. He is famous for having been one of the most successful head coaches in Italy, and the first proponent of catenaccio in the country.

1 Playing career
2 Coaching career
3 Posthumous
4 References

[edit] Playing career

Rocco played as a wing, had a modest playing career, spent mainly with Triestina, Napoli and Padova. He played 287 Serie A matches within 11 seasons, scoring 69 goals. Rocco was also capped one time for the Italy national football team.^[1]

[edit] Coaching career

Nereo Rocco made his coaching debut for Triestina in 1947. He obtained a surprising second place in the Serie A, which is still the highest result ever reached by the team. He left Triestina a few years later because of disagreements with the club chairmanship. In 1951 he briefly coached Treviso, then returning back to Triestina.

In 1953 Rocco signed as coach of Serie B team Padova, being able to avoid a relegation and obtaining promotion into Serie A the following season. The Serie A period of Rocco's Padova is still remembered as the team's most successful in their history, despite having a small team, they were able to score a third place during the 1957/58 season.

In 1961, Rocco was appointed as new AC Milan coach, starting one of the most successful periods for the rossoneri, winning the Italian league and the European Cup in 1963. After a good stint at Torino, where he obtained the best results since the disappearance of the Grande Torino, in 1967 Rocco returned to AC Milan, where he immediately won another scudetto and the Cup Winners' Cup.

He left AC Milan in 1973, after having won also another European Cup in 1969, an Intercontinental Cup, an Italian Cup and another Cup Winners' Cup. After one year in Fiorentina, Rocco decided to end his coaching career in 1974. In 1977 he was appointed by AC Milan as Technical Director and Assistant of coach Nils Liedholm.

Rocco died in 1979, aged 66, in Trieste.

[edit] Posthumous

On 18 October 1992, a new stadium in Trieste, named after Nereo Rocco, was inaugurated.

Rocco, popularly known as El Paròn (Triestin for The Master), was popular also for his strong use of the Triestin dialect.

[edit] References

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Preceded by Bela Guttmann	European Cup Winning Coach 1962-63	Succeeded by Helenio Herrera
Preceded by Matt Busby	European Cup Winning Coach 1968-69	Succeeded by Ernst Happel

U.S. Triestina Calcio – Managers

Rocco (1947–50) · Guttman (1950–52) · Perazzolo (1952–53) · Rocco (1953) · Feruglio (1953–56) · Pasinati (1956–57) · Olivieri (1957–59) · Trevisan (1959–61) · Tagliavini (1974–79) · Varglien (1979–80) · Bianchi (1980–81) · Buffoni (1981–84) · Giacomini (1984–85) · E. Ferrari (1985–88) · Lombardo (1988–90) · Giacomini (1990–91) · Veneranda (1991) · Zoratti (1991–92) · Perotti (1992–93) · Russo (1993) · Buffoni (1993–94) · Pezzato (1994–95) · Roselli (1995–97) · Lombardi (1997) · Marchioro (1997–98) · Beruatto & Dossena (1998) · Ferrario (1998–99) · Mandorlini (1999) · Cosantini (1999–2000) · Rossi (2000–03) · Tesser (2003–05) · Buffoni & Calori (2005) · Vierchowod (2005) · De Falco (2005) · Russo (2005–06) · Agostinelli (2006–07) · Varrella (2007) · Maran (2007–09) ·

Calcio Padova – Managers

Treves de'Bonfili (1910–11) · Pedrina (1913–15) · Peyer (1919–22) · Burgess (1922–26) · Peyer (1926) · Fagiuoli (1926–27) · Bell (1927–28) · Burgess (1928–30) · L. Kovács (1930–32) · Vanicsek (1932–35) · E. Kovács (1935–36) · Wilheim (1936–38) · Vereb (1938–39) · Tansini (1939–46) · Wilheim (1946–47) · Serantoni (1947–49) · Guttmann (1949–50) · Serantoni (1950) · Blasevich (1950–51) · Sforzin (1951) · G. Ferrari (1951) · Soo (1951–52) · Rava (1952–53) · Antonini (1953) · Rava (1953–54) · Rocco (1954–61) · Mari (1961–62) · Del Grosso (1962–63) · Montez (1963–64) · Maté (1964) · Montarini (1964–66) · Rosa (1966–69) · Maté (1969–72) · Bolognesi (1972) · Perazzolo & Gatti (1972) · Bolognesi & Gatti (1972–73) · Gatti (1973) · Bolognesi (1973–74) · Trapanelli (1974–75) · Beraldo (1975–76) · Bergamasco (1976–77) · Pin (1977) · R. Mattè (1977) · Foscarini (1977) · Pivatelli (1977–79) · E. Mattè (1979–80) · Mammi (1980) · Caciagli (1980–82) · Giorgi (1982–83) · Sereni (1983) · Agroppi (1983–84) · Rambone (1984) · Di Marzio (1984–85) · Perani (1985–86) · Mammi (1986) · Buffoni (1986–89) · E. Ferrari (1989) · Colautti (1989–91) · Mazzia (1991–92) · Sandreani (1992–96) · Materazzi (1996–97) · Fedele (1997) · Pillon (1997–98) · Ottoni (1998) · Colautti (1998) · Fedele (1998–99) · Beruatto (1999–2000) · Varrella (2000–01) · Frosio (2001–03) · Glerean (2003–04) · Ulivieri (2004–05) · Pellegrino (2005–06) · Mandorlini (2006–07) · Rossi (2007–08) · Sabatini (2008–09) · Tesser (2009) · Sabatini (2009–)

A.C. Milan – Managers

Kilpin (1900–06) · Angeloni (1906–07) · Technical commission (1907–10) · Camperio (1910–11) · Technical commission (1911–14) · Moda (1915–22) · Oppenheim (1922–24) · Pozzo (1924–26) · Moda (1926) · Burgess (1926–28) · König (1928–31) · Bánás (1931–33) · Viola (1933–34) · Baloncieri (1934–37) · Garbutt (1937) · Felsner (1937–38) · Viola (1938–40) · Ara (1940–41) · Magnozzi (1941–43) · Santagostino (1943–45) · Baloncieri (1946) · Bigogno (1946–49) · Czeizler (1949–52) · Gren (1952) · Sperone (1952–53) · Guttmann (1953–54) · Busini (1954) · Puricelli (1954–56) · Viani (1957–60) · Todeschini (1960–61) · Rocco (1961–63) · Carniglia (1963–64) · Liedholm (1963–66) · Cattozzo (1966) · Silvestri (1966–67) · Rocco (1967–73) · Maldini (1973–74) · Trapattoni (1974) · Giagnoni (1974–75) · Trapattoni (1975–76) · Barison (1976) · Marchioro (1976–77) · Rocco (1977) · Liedholm (1977–79) · Giacomini (1979–81) · Radice (1981–82) · Galbiati (1982) · Castagner (1982–84) · Galbiati (1984) · Liedholm (1984–87) · Capello (1987) · Sacchi (1987–91) · Capello (1991–96) · Tabárez & Morini (1996) · Sacchi (1996–97) · Capello (1997–98) · Zaccheroni (1998–2001) · Maldini (2001) · Terim (2001) · Ancelotti (2001–09) · Leonardo (2009–)

Torino F.C. – Managers

Pozzo (1912–22) · Sturmer (1922–24) · Farmer (1924–26) · Schoeffer (1926–27) · Cargnelli (1927–29) · Sturmer (1929–30) · Morelli di Popolo (1930–31) · Baloncieri (1931–32) · Hansel (1932–33) · Payer (1933–34) · Rangone (1934) · Cargnelli (1934–37) · Feldmann (1937–38) · Janni (1938) · Erbstein (1938–39) · Kuttik (1939–40) · Mattea (1940) · Cargnelli (1940–42) · Kuttik (1942–43) · Pozzo (1944) · Ferrero (1945–47) · Sperone (1947–48) · Erbstein (1948–49) · Bigogno (1949–51) · Sperone (1951–52) · Ussello (1952–53) · Carver (1953–54) · Frossi (1954–56) · Baldi (1956–57) · Marjanović (1957–58) · Baldi (1958) · Allasio (1958–59) · Bertoloni (1959) · Senkey (1959–60) · Ellena (1960) · Santos (1960–63) · Ellena (1963) · Rocco (1963–67) · Fabbri (1967–69) · Cadè (1969–71) · Giagnoni (1971–74) · Fabbri (1974–75) · Radice (1975–80) · Rabitti (1980–81) · Cazzaniga (1981) · Giacomini (1981–82) · Bersellini (1982–84) · Radice (1984–88) · Sala (1988–89) · Vatta (1989) · Fascetti (1989–90) · Mondonico (1990–94) · Rampanti (1994) · Sonetti (1994–96) · Scoglio (1996) · Vieri (1996) · Sandreani (1996–97) · Vieri (1997) · Camolese (1997) · Souness (1997) · Reja (1997–98) · Mondonico (1998–00) · Simoni (2000) · Camolese (2000–02) · Ulivieri (2002–03) · Zaccarelli (2003) · Ferri (2003) · Rossi (2003–05) · Zaccarelli (2005) · De Biasi (2005–06) · Zaccheroni (2006–07) · De Biasi (2007) · Novellino (2007–08) · De Biasi (2008) · Novellino (2008–2009) · Camolese (2009–)

ACF Fiorentina – Managers

Csapkay (1926–30) · Feldmann (1930–31) · Felsner (1931–33) · Rady (1933) · Ging (1933–34) · Ara (1934–37) · Molnar (1938) · Soutschek (1938–39) · Galluzzi (1939–45) · Bigogno (1945–46) · Ara (1946) · Magli (1946–47) · Senkey (1947) · Ferrero (1947–51) · Magli (1951–53) · Bernardini (1953–58) · Czeizler (1958–59) · Ferrero (1959) · Carniglia (1959–60) · Chiappella (1960) · Hidegkuti (1960–62) · Valcareggi (1962–64) · Chiappella (1964–67) · Ferrero (1967–68) · Bassi (1968) · Pesaola (1968–71) · Pugliese (1971) · Liedholm (1971–73) · Radice (1973–74) · Rocco (1974–75) · Mazzone (1975–77) · Mazzoni (1977–78) · Chiappella (1978) · Carosi (1978–81) · De Sisti (1981–85) · Valcareggi (1985) · Agroppi (1985–86) · Bersellini (1986–87) · Eriksson (1987–89) · Giorgi (1989–90) · Graziani (1990) · Lazaroni (1990–91) · Radice (1991–93) · Agroppi (1993) · Chiarugi (1993) · Ranieri (1993–97) · Malesani (1997–98) · Trapattoni (1998–2000) · Terim (2000–01) · Chiarugi (2001) · Mancini (2001–02) · Chiarugi (2002) · Bianchi (2002) · Vierchowod (2002) · Cavasin (2002–04) · Mondonico (2004) · Buso (2004–05) · Zoff (2005) · Prandelli (2005–)

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