Ottavio Barbieri

Ottavio Barbieri
Personal information
Full name	Ottavio Barbieri
Date of birth	30 April 1899
Place of birth	Genoa, Italy
Date of death	28 December 1949 (aged 50)
Position(s)	Right Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1919–1932	Genoa
International career
1921–1930	Italy
Managerial career
1936–1938	Atalanta
1939–1941	Genoa
1944	Spezia
1945–1946	Genoa
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ottavio Barbieri (Italian pronunciation:

campionato Alta Italia 1944

(Champion of Italy de facto).

Club career

Originally from

Genoa

.

International career

At international level, Barbieri most notably represented Italy 1924 Summer Olympics football tournament.^[2]

Managing career

As a manager, Barbieri led

campionato Alta Italia 1944 (champion of Italy de facto) with Spezia

.

Style of management

Barbieri have introduced the

Gazzetta dello Sport journalist Renzo De Vecchi); the latter position was essentially a libero, which was later also used by Giuseppe Viani in his vianema system, and Nereo Rocco in his catenaccio system. The team's midfield played in a triangular shape, with the centre-half-back – known as the centromediano metodista or "metodista," in Italy – fielded in front of the back-line. His formation also made use of three forwards in attacking trident, but the right-sided winger was also tasked with assisting the midfield defensively, and therefore acted in the manner of a right-sided wide midfielder, known as the tornante in Italian football.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]