Mario Zatelli (21 December 1912 – 7 January 2004) was a French

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player and manager. Born in

Sétif Sétif () is the capital city of the Sétif Province and the 5th most populous city of Algeria, with an estimated population of 1.866.845 in 2017). It is one of the most important cities of eastern Algeria and the country as a whole, since it is c ...

, Algeria and of Italian origin, he mostly played for

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional Association football, football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top f ...

. He was in the roster for the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the 3rd edition of the FIFA World Cup, World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held in France from 4 to 19 June 1938. Italy national ...

; never appeared. He

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(scored 1 goal) for

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in 1939. He later managed

in the 1970s and won one

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and

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in 1972.France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs
He died in

Sainte-Maxime Sainte-Maxime (; Occitan language, Occitan and Provençal dialect, Provençal: ''Santa Maxima'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (département), Var Departments of France, department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France ...

, Var,

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, at 91 years old.

External links and references

Profile on French federation official site
1912 births 2004 deaths French sportspeople of Italian descent Pieds-noirs French men's footballers Footballers from Sétif France men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Olympique de Marseille players Racing Club de France Football players Ligue 1 players 1938 FIFA World Cup players French football managers OGC Nice managers Olympique de Marseille managers 20th-century French sportsmen {{france-footy-forward-1910s-stub