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Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 6 July 1911|||||||||||||
Place of birth | Muzzana del Turgnano, Italy | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 26 February 1999 | (aged 87)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Milan, Italy | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1929–1931 | Udinese | 32 | (0) | |||||||||||
1931–1933 | Padova | 47 | (10) | |||||||||||
1933–1934 | Bari | 30 | (12) | |||||||||||
1934–1935 | Padova | 26 | (14) | |||||||||||
1935–1936 | L'Aquila | 34 | (9) | |||||||||||
1936–1942 | Internazionale | 125 | (40) | |||||||||||
1942–1943 | Pro Patria | 24 | (3) | |||||||||||
1945 | Como | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||
Total | 323 | (90) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1937 | Italy B | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
1936–1937 | Italy | 5 | (8) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1946–1948 | Luino | |||||||||||||
1948–1949 | Mortara | |||||||||||||
1949–1953 | Monza | |||||||||||||
1954–1956 | Torino | |||||||||||||
1956–1957 | Internazionale | |||||||||||||
1958–1959 | Genoa | |||||||||||||
1959 | Napoli | |||||||||||||
1960–1961 | Genoa | |||||||||||||
1962–1964 | Modena | |||||||||||||
1964–1965 | Triestina | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Annibale Frossi (Italian pronunciation: [anˈniːbale ˈfrɔssi]; 6 July 1911 – 26 February 1999) was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a forward.[2]
Frossi is perhaps best known for wearing correctional glasses during his playing years after suffering from myopia from when he was a child.[3] As a footballer, he was a member of the Italy national team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics, finishing the tournament as top-scorer. As a manager, he is also known for his developments of the theory of catenaccio, which emphasises a defensive style of football.[3]