Mario Mazzoni
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 March 1931[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Florence, Italy[1] | ||
| Date of death | 17 May 2019 (aged 88)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Florence, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Fiorentina[3] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1949 | Le Signe[4] | 1 | (0) |
| 1949–1950 |
Siena[4] | 3 | (0) |
| 1950–1951 | Le Signe[4] | 33 | (2) |
| 1951–1952 |
Empoli | 4 | (1) |
| 1952–1953 |
Ascoli[4] | 24 | (10) |
| 1953–1963 |
Bari | 313 | (25) |
| 1963–1964 |
Prato | 25 | (0) |
| 1964–1965 |
Poggibonsi[4] | 20 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1975 | Fiorentina[3] | ||
| 1978–1979 |
Siena[5] | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mario Mazzoni (29 March 1931 – 17 May 2019) was a former
midfielder
.
In 2014, he was inducted into ACF Fiorentina Hall of Fame.[6]
Career
Player
In his youth, Mazzoni played for
Empoli.[2]
After one season at
Bari for the 1953–54 IV Serie, where he spent most of his career, becoming the captain and reaching Serie A in 1958.[2] At Bari, he made a total of 313 appearances and scored 25 goals (of which 90 appearances and 7 goals in Serie A), becoming the third player with most appearances in the club's history.[1][7][4]
He then spent one season at
Manager
In 1970, Mazzoni was appointed as assistant coach of Fiorentina. At the end of the 1974–75 season, he replaced
Siena during the 1978–79 Serie C2.[5]
Honours
Player
- Bari
Manager
Fiorentina
Individual
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Mario Mazzoni". Enciclopediadelcalcio.it. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ a b c Papini, Roberto Davide (17 May 2019). "Fiorentina in lutto: è morto Mazzoni, maestro dei giovani viola. Vinse una Coppa Italia". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ ISBN 8854195448.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Carriera storica di Mario Mazzoni, goal e presenze". CarriereCalciatori.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ a b "La Storia 2". Robur1904.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ a b "IV Hall of Fame Viola: Toldo, Chiarugi e non solo entrano nella galleria degli onori". Viola News (in Italian). 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Il "mitico" Mario Mazzoni compie 85 anni: gli auguri delle Glorie Viola". Viola News (in Italian). 29 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
External links
- Mario Mazzoni at Enciclopediadelcalcio.it
- Mario Mazzoni at WorldFootball.net