Eugenio Bersellini (10 June 1936 – 17 September 2017) was an Italian

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player and manager. He was nicknamed ''Il sergente di ferro'' ("The iron sergeant") because of the very hard training sessions he used to impose on his players. He coached the

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side that won the

1979–80 Serie A The 1979–80 Serie A season was the 78th edition of Serie A, the top-level football competition in Italy. The championship was won by Internazionale. Milan were relegated for the first time in their history following a match fixing scandal. T ...

title and the

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that won their first ever piece of silverware, the

1984–85 Coppa Italia The 1984–85 Coppa Italia was the 38th edition of the Coppa Italia tournament. Sampdoria defeated Milan in the final for their first cup title. The first stage of the tournament consisted of eight groups of six teams. The top two teams from each ...

Managerial career

Bersellini started his career as a manager at

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, having last played for the same club. His first job in

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was in 1973, when he managed

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. He remained there until 1975, then he moved to manage

. In 1977, he moved to

, which represented the most decorated part of his managing career. In his first season, Inter won the

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. In the 1979–80 season, Bersellini guided Inter to their twelfth Serie A title. He won another Coppa Italia for the ''Nerazzurri'' in the 1981–82 season. He was one of the first to change the training methods and employ fitness staff, which was not common at the time.

Honours

Manager

Inter Milan *

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: 1977–78, 1981–82 *

: 1979–80 Sampdoria *

: 1984–85 Al-Ittihad Tripoli *

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: 2001–02

Individual

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: 2018

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bersellini, Eugenio 1936 births 2017 deaths Brescia Calcio players AC Monza players Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players US Lecce players Men's association football midfielders Italian football managers Italian expatriate football managers Italian men's footballers Serie B players Serie C players Serie A managers US Lecce managers UC Sampdoria managers Inter Milan managers Torino FC managers ACF Fiorentina managers Modena FC 2018 managers Bologna FC 1909 managers Pisa SC managers Libya national football team managers Footballers from the Province of Parma Deaths from pneumonia in Tuscany 20th-century Italian sportsmen