Mario Pretto

Mario Pretto
Personal information
Date of birth (1915-10-07)7 October 1915
Place of birth Schio, Italy
Date of death 2 April 1984(1984-04-02) (aged 68)
Place of death Campinas, Brazil
Position(s) Right-Back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Calcio Schio
1937–1949 Napoli 223 (1)
Managerial career
1950 Litoral
1950 Bolivia
1951–1954 Audax Italiano
1954–1955 Unión La Calera
1955 Chile (assistant)
1957–1958 Guarani
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Pretto (7 October 1915 – 2 April 1984) was an Italian footballer turned coach who managed Bolivia in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Career

A football defender, Pretto was with Calcio Schio before joining Napoli in 1937, with whom he spent his entire professional career.[2][3]

Following his retirement, he emigrated to South America and managed Bolivian club Litoral and subsequently the Bolivia national team[4] in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[2][3]

In 1951, he came to Chile and led Audax Italiano until 1954. The next year, he served as the assistant coach of Luis Tirado in the Chile national team.[2]

In 1957, he moved to Brazil, led Guarani[5] and made his home in Campinas, São Paulo state.[2][3]

Outside football

He made an appearance in the 1948 Italian film 11 uomini e un pallone (Eleven men and a ball) by Carlo Dapporto, alongside the also footballers Amedeo Amadei, Carlo Parola, Leandro Remondini and Héctor Puricelli.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil Archived 2011-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d e "Il record di Mario Pretto. Il vicentino Ct mondiale". Il Giornale di Vicenza (in Italian). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Cangelli, Marco (16 December 2022). "L'eroe dei due mondi: Mario Pretto e la Bolivia ai Mondiali 1950". Vita Sportiva (in Italian). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ "[12/03/1950] Chile-Bolivia 5:0". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Técnicos Italianos no Brasil". FERNANDO RAZZO GALUPPO (in Portuguese). 19 June 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.


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