Nereo Rocco

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Nereo Rocco was a pioneering Italian football manager, best known for popularizing the catenaccio tactical system and leading AC Milan to major domestic and European successes in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf association football player
football manager
human
awardReceived Hall of Fame of Italian football (posthumous recognition) NERFINISHED
basedIn Milan NERFINISHED
burialPlace Trieste NERFINISHED
capsForNationalTeam Italy national football team NERFINISHED
continentalTitlesWonAsManager Cup Winners' Cup NERFINISHED
European Cup NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Italy
dateOfBirth 1912-05-20
dateOfDeath 1979-02-20
domesticCupsWonAsManager Coppa Italia NERFINISHED
era 1960s
1970s
heritage Italian
influenced Italian football tactics
defensive football strategies
knownFor catenaccio tactical system
counter-attacking football
defensive tactical organization
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
leagueTitlesWonAsManager Serie A NERFINISHED
managedClub AC Milan NERFINISHED
Padova NERFINISHED
Torino FC NERFINISHED
Treviso FBC NERFINISHED
Triestina NERFINISHED
US Triestina Calcio NERFINISHED
memberOfSportsTeam Italy national football team NERFINISHED
nickname Paròn NERFINISHED
notableAchievement first AC Milan coach to win European Cup
multiple Serie A titles with AC Milan
popularizing catenaccio in Italy
notableWork AC Milan European Cup victories
occupation association football player
football manager
placeOfBirth Trieste NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Trieste NERFINISHED
playedFor Napoli NERFINISHED
Padova NERFINISHED
Triestina NERFINISHED
positionPlayed midfielder
regionOfOrigin Friuli Venezia Giulia NERFINISHED
sport association football
styleOfPlay defensive organization
libero system
man-marking system

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