Alejandro Scopelli

Alejandro Scopelli
Scopelli in 1931
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Scopelli Casanova
Date of birth (1908-05-12)12 May 1908
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Date of death 23 October 1987(1987-10-23) (aged 79)
Place of death Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928–1933 Estudiantes 68 (45)
1933–1935 Roma 63 (24)
1936–1937 Racing Club 60 (44)
1937 Red Star[1] ? (24)
1938–1939 RCF Paris
1939–1941 Belenenses
1941 Unión SF 6 (1)
1941–1943 Universidad de Chile 27 (11)
International career
1929–1937 Argentina 8 (4)
1935 Italy 1 (0)
Managerial career
1939–1941 Belenenses
1941–1945 Universidad de Chile
1947–1948 Belenenses
1948–1949 Porto
1949–1950 Deportivo La Coruña
1950–1952 Universidad de Chile
1952–1954 Español
1955–1956 Sporting CP
1956–1957 Celta
1957–1959 Granada
1962–1963 Valencia
1963–1964 Espanyol
1964–1965 América
1966–1967 Chile
1970 América
1972–1974 Belenenses
1978–1979 América
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Argentina
Copa América
Winner1937 ArgentinaTeam
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up1930 UruguayTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alejandro Scopelli Casanova (es, it; 12 May 1908 – 23 October 1987) was an Argentine and Italian footballer and manager. He was capped eight times by Argentina between 1929 and 1937, and played for them at the 1930 FIFA World Cup and the 1937 South American Championship. He was also capped once for Italy in 1935.[2][3]

As a manager, he coached Club América in Mexico, and Valencia CF Español and Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, Belenenses[4] Sporting CP and FC Porto in Portugal and Universidad de Chile. He also coached the national football teams of Chile, Portugal and Mexico.

Scopelli died in Mexico City on 22 October 1987, aged 79.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Scopelli goal.
List of international goals scored by Alejandro Scopelli
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1.16 November 1929Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires, Argentina Uruguay2–02–0Friendly
2.26 July 1930Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay United States2–16–11930 FIFA World Cup
3.9 January 1937Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires, Argentina Paraguay1–06–11937 South American Championship
4.4–0

Honours

Player

Argentina

Manager

Valencia

América

  • Copa MX: 1963–64, 1964–65

Universidad de Chile

References

  1. ↑ Les Joueurs du Red Star de A à Z
  2. ↑ rsssf
  3. ↑ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Lista de treinadores da equipa principal (in Portuguese)

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