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    Nereo Rocco (Italian pronunciation: [neˈrɛːo ˈrɔkko]; 20 May 1912 – 20 February 1979) was an Italian football player and manager. Regarded as one of the...
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    Stadio Nereo Rocco is a football stadium in Trieste, Italy. It is currently the home of Triestina, named after former player and manager Nereo Rocco. The...
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    club for the rest of his career for the following 19 seasons. In 1961, Nereo Rocco was appointed as new coach of the club, which under his leadership won...
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    behind the full-backs. In Italy, the libero position was popularised by Nereo Rocco's and Helenio Herrera's use of catenaccio. The current Italian term for...
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  • 1961 and 1977 Most Serie A appearances: Nereo Rocco – 309 matches Most Coppa Italia appearances: Nereo Rocco – 67 matches Most UEFA competitions appearances:...
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  • successful times, the team also featured the likes of local Trieste native Nereo Rocco, who played as winger for Triestina from 1930 to 1937, becoming also...
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    "What Nereo Rocco would say about AC Milan and the Azzurri". Calciomercato. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2020. "El Paròn Nereo Rocco, l'allenatore...
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  • 1979), Argentine footballer Nereo Laroni (1942–2019), Italian politician Nereo Rocco (1912–1979), Italian football player and manager Nereocystis, a genus...
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    been in permanent charge. The most successful person to manage Milan is Nereo Rocco, who won two Serie A titles, three Coppa Italia, two European Cups, two...
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  • first baseman Nereo Rocco (1912-1979), Italian football player and manager Pasquale Rocco (born 1970), Italian retired footballer Steve Rocco (born 1960)...
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     Portugal Benfica 1962  Hungary Béla Guttmann  Portugal Benfica 1963  Italy Nereo Rocco  Italy Milan 1964  Argentina Helenio Herrera  Italy Inter Milan 1965...
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    be the pillar of Milan's successes for two decades. One year later, Nereo Rocco was hired as manager of the club, bringing to Milan his experience on...
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    Padova's golden days were the late 1950s, when the team managed by Nereo Rocco, reached the heights of third place in 1958 thanks to the wing wizardry...
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    football AFC Ajax in European football "Il mondo ai piedi del Milan di Rocco". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 21 May 2020. "Coppa Campioni...
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    place. After initially struggling to gain playing time under new manager Nereo Rocco during the 1961–62 season, his second at the club, also being linked...
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    and manager. Regarded as the most famous and consistent disciple of Nereo Rocco, Trapattoni coached his native Italy national team to the 2002 FIFA World...
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  • di Meda (Meda) 2,500 Trento Trento Briamasco 3,000 Triestina Trieste Nereo Rocco 26,566 Vicenza Vicenza Romeo Menti 17,163 Virtus Verona Verona Mario...
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  • managers hold the record of winning the competition on two occasions: Nereo Rocco: 1968 and 1973 (Milan) Valeriy Lobanovskyi in 1975 and 1986 (Dynamo Kyiv)...
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    managers to win the Cup Winners' Cup twice, and one of two (along with Nereo Rocco) to accomplish the feat with the same team. Lobanovskyi has also won...
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    successful and prolific stint with Italian club AC Milan under manager Nereo Rocco in the 60s and 70s, during which he achieved great international and...
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  • that Cagliari played their final home games of 2011–12 at the Stadio Nereo Rocco in Trieste on the Italian mainland. For most of the following season...
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    others; he coached Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, alongside Nereo Rocco, helping the team to a fourth-place finish in the tournament. During...
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    fifth manager to achieve the feat after Carlo Ancelotti, Fabio Capello, Nereo Rocco and Nils Liedholm. On 24 May 2024, AC Milan announced that Pioli would...
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    match of the season. In total, Ancelotti led Milan for 423 games; only Nereo Rocco has been in charge of the club for more matches. On 1 June 2009, Ancelotti...
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    as an assistant manager for Nereo Rocco at Milan in 1970, and later also coached the team between 1972 and 1974, while Rocco served as the club's technical...
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    second-highest ranked goalkeeper, behind Iker Casillas. Buffon was awarded the Nereo Rocco Prize on 2 September 2014, which is given to a footballer in recognition...
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  • to play at Stadio Nereo Rocco in Trieste while Stadio Sant'Elia is under renovation. 2Some matches may be played at Stadio Nereo Rocco in Trieste if Stadio...
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  • in Reggio Emilia, Italy Stadio Dino Manuzzi in Cesena, Italy Stadio Nereo Rocco in Trieste, Italy Dacia Arena in Udine, Italy San Marino Stadium in Serravalle...
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  • Manager Captain 1960–61 Juventus Renato Cesarini Omar Sívori 1961–62 Milan Nereo Rocco Cesare Maldini 1962–63 Internazionale Helenio Herrera Giacinto Facchetti...
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  • 2001 21:00 CEST Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste Referee: Massimiliano Saccani (Italy) 9 August 2001 22:15 CEST Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste Referee: Stefano...
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