Carlo Carcano (; 26 February 1891 – 23 June 1965) was an Italian

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and manager who played as a

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Club career

Carcano was born in

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. As a player, he was a one club man, playing for Alessandria.

International career

At international level, Carcano also represented

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on 5 occasions between 1915 and 1921, scoring once.

Managerial career

After he retired from playing, Carcano moved into management to much acclaim. He led Juventus to four consecutive league titles; the first of only two managers in Italy football history (alongside

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) to win four in a row. He later also managed the

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. He was suddenly removed from the Juventus club in December 1934 in order to stifle a homosexual scandal in which he was involved by elements of society hostile to him. He remained on the edge of the football world for a decade.

Personal life

Carcano died in

Sanremo Sanremo (; lij, Sanrémmo(ro) or , ) or San Remo is a city and comune on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of 55,000, and is known as a tourist destination on the Italian Rivie ...

, aged 74, on 23 June 1965.

Carlin's Boys

In 1947 in

Carlo Carcano was one of the co-founder of A.S.D. Carlin's Boys, a town football team famous above all for the youth sector that in the 2014–15 season playing in Promozione Liguria A and obtaining the promotion to Eccellenza Liguria is the main team of the city. In the same season the club won also ''Coppa Italia of Promozione Liguria'' and the title of ''Champion of Promozione Liguria''. The current president is Renato Bersano, while the coach is Valentino Papa. The club organizes, every year in the last week of August, the Torneo Internazionale Sanremo reserved for the category ''Allievi'', with the participation of the most prestigious and famous junior teams of the world football.

Honours

Manager

Club

;Juventus *

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1930–31 Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condit ...

, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34

Individual

* Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2014

References

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