Nereo Rocco

✶May 20, 1912

†February 20, 1979

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About their life

Nereo Rocco was an Italian football player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, he is famous for having been one of the most successful head coaches in Italy, winning several domestic and international titles during his tenure with AC Milan. At Padova, he was one of the first proponents of catenaccio in the country.

Italian football manager (1912–1979)

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Biography from the article Nereo Rocco on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.