Raffaele Sansone
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 September 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Date of death | 11 September 1994 | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1931 | Peñarol | ? | (?) |
| 1931–44 | Bologna | 52 | (9) |
| 1933–34 | Peñarol | ? | (?) |
| 1934–44 | Bologna | 239 | (32) |
| 1945–46 | Napoli | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1932 | Italy | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1945–46 | Napoli | ||
| 1951 | Bologna | ||
| 1952–53 | Bari | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Raffaele Sansone (20 September 1910 – 11 September 1994) was an Italo-Uruguayan football player and coach from Montevideo, Uruguay, who played as a midfielder.
After beginning his career in Uruguay with Peñarol, Sansone spent over a decade playing club football for Italian club Bologna, winning the Serie A title four times, and the Mitropa Cup twice. After that he moved to Napoli where he played one game before retiring; he then he became a manager.
Sansone was also called up by the Italian national football team as an oriundo; he was allowed to play for Italy due to his parents being from Salerno. He turned out for the azzurri a total of three times.
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