Mario Varglien (; 26 December 1905 – 11 August 1978), also known as Varglien I, was an Italian

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player and manager born in

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 Prim ...

(today Rijeka), who played as a

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Club career

Varglien played club football with

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

for most of his career, winning five

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championships, and also serving as the team's

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International career

At international level, Varglien was also part of the

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which won the

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Personal life

Mario's brother,

Giovanni Varglien Giovanni Varglien (; 16 May 1911 – 16 October 1990), also known as Varglien II, was an Italian football manager and player from Fiume who played as a midfielder. Club career Varglien played the majority of his club football for Juventus in Ita ...

also played football in Italy and with the Italy national team; the two brothers played together at Juventus.

Honours

Player

Club

;Juventus *

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

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: 1937–38, 1941–42

International

;Italy *

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1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...

Coach

Club

;Como *

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie 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 season. It had been ...

: 1948–49

References

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