Raffaele Sansone

Raffaele Sansone

Personal information
Date of birth	20 September 1910
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	11 September 1994
Place of death	Bologna, Italy
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931	Peñarol	?	(?)
1931–44	Bologna	52	(9)
1933–34	Peñarol	?	(?)
1934–44	Bologna	239	(32)
1945–46	Napoli	1	(0)
International career
1932	Italy	3	(0)
Managerial career
1945–46	Napoli
1951	Bologna
1952–53	Bari
show Medal record Italy Central European International Cup 1931-32 Central European International Cup
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raffaele Sansone (Italian pronunciation: [raffaˈɛːle sanˈsoːne]; 20 September 1910 – 11 September 1994) was an Italo-Uruguayan football player and coach from Montevideo, Uruguay, who played as a midfielder.

Club career

After beginning his career in Uruguay with Peñarol, Sansone spent over a decade playing club football for Italian club Bologna, winning the Serie A title four times, and the Mitropa Cup twice. After that he moved to Napoli where he played one game before retiring; he then became a manager.

International career

Sansone was also called up by the Italy national football team as an oriundo; he was allowed to play for Italy due to his parents being from Salerno. He turned out for the azzurri a total of three times, two of these times as starter in the silver medal 1931–32 Central European International Cup campaign.

Honours

Club

Bologna

• Mitropa Cup: 1932, 1934
• Serie A: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1940–41

International

Italy

• Central European International Cup: Runner-up: 1931–32