Sergio Bertoni (; 23 September 1915 – 15 February 1995) was an Italian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

manager and player, who played as a striker. With the Italy national team, he won the 1936 Summer Olympics football tournament and 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 ...

Club career

Born in

Pisa Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for the Leaning Tow ...

, Bertoni played for Pisa Calcio (1935–1938) and

Genoa C.F.C. Genoa Cricket and Football Club () is an Italian professional Association football, football club based in Genoa, Liguria. The team competes in the Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system. Established in 1893, Genoa is ...

(1938–1946) throughout his club career.

International career

Bertoni obtained six international caps with the Italy national team between 1936 and 1940, and scored one goal. He won the gold medal at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

and the

: with

Alfredo Foni Alfredo Foni (; 20 January 1911 – 28 January 1985) was an Italians, Italian football (soccer), footballer in the 1930s and later on a coach, who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He is one of only four players to have won ...

, Pietro Rava and Ugo Locatelli, he is one of the only four Italian players to have won both tournaments.

Managerial career and later life

After World War II, Bertoni coached Spezia Calcio 1906 in the 1950–51, 1955–56, 1956–57 and 1961–62 seasons. He died at 79 years old.

Honours

International

;Italy *

Olympic Gold Medal Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...

1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

References

External links

Sergio Bertoni at databaseOlympics.com
1915 births 1995 deaths Footballers from the Province of Pisa Italian men's footballers Italy men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Pisa SC players Genoa CFC players Olympic footballers for Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics 1938 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup–winning players Italian football managers Spezia Calcio managers Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-Olympic-medalist-stub