Annibale Frossi
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 6 July 1911|||||||||||||
Place of birth | Muzzana del Turgnano, Italy | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 26 February 1999 | (aged 87)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Milan, Italy | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1929–1931 | Udinese | 32 | (0) | |||||||||||
1931–1933 | Padova | 47 | (10) | |||||||||||
1933–1934 |
Bari | 30 | (12) | |||||||||||
1934–1935 | Padova | 26 | (14) | |||||||||||
1935–1936 |
L'Aquila | 34 | (9) | |||||||||||
1936–1942 |
Internazionale | 125 | (40) | |||||||||||
1942–1943 | Pro Patria | 24 | (3) | |||||||||||
1945 |
Como | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||
Total | 323 | (90) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1937 | Italy B | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
1936–1937 | Italy | 5 | (8) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1946–1948 | Luino | |||||||||||||
1948–1949 | Mortara | |||||||||||||
1949–1953 |
Monza | |||||||||||||
1954–1956 |
Torino | |||||||||||||
1956–1957 |
Internazionale | |||||||||||||
1958–1959 |
Genoa | |||||||||||||
1959 |
Napoli | |||||||||||||
1960–1961 |
Genoa | |||||||||||||
1962–1964 |
Modena | |||||||||||||
1964–1965 |
Triestina | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Annibale Frossi (Italian pronunciation: [anˈniːbale ˈfrɔssi]; 6 July 1911 – 26 February 1999) was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a forward.[2]
Frossi is perhaps best known for wearing correctional glasses during his playing years after suffering from myopia from when he was a child.[3] As a footballer, he was a member of the Italy national team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics, finishing the tournament as top-scorer. As a manager, he is also known for his developments of the theory of catenaccio, which emphasises a defensive style of football.[3]
Club career
Born in
International career
Frossi made five appearances for the
Style of play
Frossi was an extremely fast right winger both with and without the ball, who possessed a keen eye for goal, which also made him capable of playing as a centre-forward. According to Gianni Brera, he was known in particular for his pace, energy, and coordination; he was not the most technically gifted footballer, however, and was also not particularly good in the air or acrobatically, as he needed to play with glasses due to his myopia. Vittorio Pozzo Described him as an excellent opportunist in the penalty area. Frossi was also known for his accurate shot and striking ability from outside the area, as well as his tactical intelligence, which made him an excellent executor of his team's set-plays.[3]
Managerial career
Shortly after hanging up his boots, Frossi became a coach, and became manager of a series of Italian clubs –
For his short (12 matches) tenure as coach at
Like many intellectual struggles in Italy, the dispute between advocates of attacking and defensive football continued for years. In international terms, it is probably true that the advocates of a more balanced, attacking football have achieved more success, notably the all-conquering
Beyond football
Frossi was a graduate of law. He later worked as a general manager for Alfa Romeo in the industrial sector, and then, in the last years of his life, he was a columnist for Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera in Milan.[3][10] Frossi died on 27 February 1999, at the age of 87, at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, after contracting pneumonia. Following his death, in his home town of Udine, a city street near the local Friuli Stadium was named after him in his honour.[3]
Honours
Player
Club
- Serie A: 1937–38, 1939–40
- Coppa Italia: 1938–39
International
Individual
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Annibale Frossi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Annibale Frossi". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Angelo Rovelli (28 February 1999). "Ci ha lasciati Frossi, ala col turbo Fece volare Ambrosiana e nazionale" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "Annibale Frossi" (in Italian). Inter.it. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Frossi, Annibale" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ "Frossi, Annibale" (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ a b c Macario Reyes (21 July 2011). "XI. Olympiad Berlin 1936 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ Maurizio Mariani (21 April 2011). "Italy - International Matches 1930-1939". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ "Goalless Serie A stalemates are thing of the past". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ "È morto Frossi, l'ala con gli occhiali che trascinò l'Italia all'oro di Berlino" (in Italian). corriere.it. 28 February 1999. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
External links
- Annibale Frossi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Annibale Frossi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Annibale Frossi at Olympics.com
- Annibale Frossi at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)