Mario Zatelli (21 December 1912 – 7 January 2004) was a French football player and manager. Born in Sétif, Algeria and of Italian origin, he mostly played for Olympique de Marseille. He was in the roster for the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, bea ...

; never appeared. He

capped In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. In the ea ...

(scored 1 goal) for

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

in 1939. He later managed Olympique de Marseille in the 1970s and won one Ligue 1 and

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

in 1972. He died in

Sainte-Maxime Sainte-Maxime (; Occitan and Provençal: ''Santa Maxima'') is a commune in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera (''Côte d'Azur''), west from Nice and east from M ...

Var Var or VAR may refer to: Places * Var (department), a department of France * Var (river), France * Vār, Iran, village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Var, Iran (disambiguation), other places in Iran * Vár, a village in Obreja commune, Ca ...

, French Riviera, at 91 years old.

External links and references

Profile on French federation official site
1912 births 2004 deaths French sportspeople of Italian descent Pieds-Noirs French men's footballers Footballers from Sétif France men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Olympique de Marseille players Racing Club de France Football players Ligue 1 players 1938 FIFA World Cup players French football managers OGC Nice managers Olympique de Marseille managers {{france-footy-forward-1910s-stub