After him Rocco with 787 and Trapattoni with 689. Considering the cups and other championships, the attendance of one of the most important coaches in Italian football rises to 1278
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Bringing up the numbers when talking about a coach like Carletto Mazzone, all passion and humanity, seems really reductive. But his numbers are important, numbers that give an idea of the enormous depth of the coach, as well as the person. Mazzone is in fact the coach with the most benches in the history of Serie A: 792 (the official ones, which rise to 797 with the five play-offs). After him Nereo Rocco with 787, Giovanni Trapattoni with 689 and Nils Liedholm with 644. The first of the active technicians is the new coach Luciano Spalletti, seventh with 559.
1278 benches
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Mazzone had something special, his passion for football was overwhelming and the way he took care of his players was unique and probably very out of fashion today. He wasn’t the type to hold back, if he was called in an emergency he lived the engagement as a mission, very often a winning one. In total there are 1278 benches between the various leagues and cups. The budget? 453 won, 435 lost and 390 tied.
twelve clubs
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He coached twelve clubs, Ascoli, Fiorentina, Catanzaro, Bologna, Lecce, Pescara, Cagliari, Rome, Naples, Perugia, Brescia and Livorno, some of which on several occasions. Also for this reason today the messages of emotion arrive from all over Italy, from players and fans of the past and present who have shared a piece of the road with him.
the successes
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For one like this, the palmares is undeservedly meager: he won the Serie C championship with Ascoli in ’72, the Intertoto with Fiorentina in ’75 and with Bologna in ’98. Nothing with his Rome, to which he gave a more precious gift: the definitive launch of Francesco Totti in the football of the greats. Golden bench for his career in 2002, in 2020 Mazzone was inducted into the Italian football Hall of Fame. A good recognition, but what he valued most – and which he never lacked – is the affection of the people.
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