Giovanni Varglien (; 16 May 1911 – 16 October 1990), also known as Varglien II, was an Italian

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manager and player from

Fiume Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

who played as a

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Club career

Varglien played the majority of his club football for

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

in Italy, also playing one season with his hometown club

Fiumana Unione Sportiva Fiumana or U.S. Fiumana was an Italian football club based in the present-day Croatian city of Rijeka and the predecessor of HNK Rijeka. The club was active between 1926 and 1945, at the time when the city was part of the Kingdo ...

, as well as

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

International career

Varglien represented the

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on three occasions between 1936 and 1937.

Personal life

Giovanni's older brother

Mario Varglien Mario Varglien (; 26 December 1905 – 11 August 1978), also known as Varglien I, was an Italian football player and manager born in Fiume (today Rijeka), who played as a midfielder. Club career Varglien played club football with Juventus for mos ...

, also played for Juventus at the same time and was a

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winner with Italy.

Honours

Juventus *

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

: 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35 *

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: 1937–38, 1941–42 Palermo *

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

: 1947–48

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varglien, Giovanni 1911 births 1990 deaths Footballers from Rijeka People from Rijeka Italian footballers Italian Austro-Hungarians Association football midfielders Italy international footballers Serie A players Serie B players U.S. Fiumana players HNK Rijeka players Juventus F.C. players Palermo F.C. players Italian football managers Italian expatriate football managers Palermo F.C. managers Atalanta B.C. managers L.R. Vicenza managers Turkey national football team managers A.S.D. La Biellese managers