Aldo Agroppi (; born 14 April 1944) is a professional

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and a former

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, who played as a

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Club career

Agroppi played for 12 seasons (249 games, 17 goals) in

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with clubs

Torino Calcio Torino Football Club (), commonly referred to as Torino or simply Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont. They currently play in Serie A. Founded as ''Foot-Ball Club Torino'' in 1906, Torino are among the mos ...

and

Perugia Calcio Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio, or simply Perugia, is a professional football club based in Perugia, Umbria, Italy, that competes in the . Founded in 1905 as Associazione Calcistica Perugia, the club folded in 2005 and were re-founded t ...

. An important player for Torino, he made over 200 appearances for the club, winning two

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titles.

International career

Agroppi made his international debut for the

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on 17 June 1972 in a game against

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Managerial career

As a coach, Agroppi managed several Italian clubs throughout his career:

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Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' 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 its leaning tower, the cit ...

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Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...

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, and

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. He coached Fiorentina on two occasions: he firstly coached the team during the 1985–86 season, leading the club to a fourth-place finish in Serie A, although he was subsequently banned from football for 4 months for his involvement in the Totonero 1986 match-fixing scandal during his spells with Perugia; he later returned to manage the team in the 1992–93 season, but with less success, as the club were relegated to

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at the end of the season.

Honours

Club

;Torino *

: 1967–68, 1970–71

Individual

* Torino FC Hall of Fame: 2017

References

1944 births Living people Italian footballers Italy men's international footballers People from Piombino Serie A players Serie B players Torino FC players Ternana Calcio players Potenza S.C. players A.C. Perugia Calcio players Italian football managers Serie A managers Delfino Pescara 1936 managers Pisa S.C. managers A.C. Perugia Calcio managers Calcio Padova managers ACF Fiorentina managers Como 1907 managers Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. managers Men's association football midfielders Sportspeople from the Province of Livorno Footballers from Tuscany {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub