Alberto Suppici

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Alberto Suppici
Personal information
Full name Alberto Horacio Suppici
Date of birth (1898-11-20)20 November 1898
Place of birth Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Date of death 21 June 1981(1981-06-21) (aged 82)
Place of death Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Position(s)
Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1915–1923 Nacional 143 (6)
Managerial career
1928–1932 Uruguay
1935 Central Español
1938
Montevideo Wanderers
1935–1941 Uruguay
1945 Peñarol
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay (as a manager)
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1930 Uruguay
South American Championship
Runner-up 1941 Chile
Third place 1929 Argentina
Third place 1937 Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Horacio Suppici (20 November 1898 – 21 June 1981) was a Uruguayan footballer and coach who won the first ever FIFA World Cup, leading the Uruguay team in the 1930 tournament on home soil. Suppici is known as el Profesor (the Professor).[1] His cousin was the professional driver Héctor Suppici Sedes.

Biography

On 22 April 1917, Suppici founded the football club

Plaza Colonia in Colonia del Sacramento, his hometown. The club's 12 000-capacity home ground has been named Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici in his honour.[1]

As technical director of Uruguay, Suppici coached the side to third in the 1929 South American Championship,[citation needed] the precursor to the modern Copa América.

At the

Ernesto Figoli, Luis Greco and Pedro Olivieri. He is the youngest ever coach to win a World Cup, aged only 31.[3]

Honours

Manager

Domestic

Peñarol

International

Uruguay

References

  1. ^ a b Prof. Alberto Suppici
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup Origin" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 17 November 2009. Archived June 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Pavlović, Svetozar (15 December 2022). "Which team won the first World Cup? When and where was it played?". Diario AS. Retrieved 26 December 2022.