Raffaele Sansone

Infobox Football biography
playername= Raffaele Sansone


fullname =
nickname =
dateofbirth = 20 September 1910
cityofbirth = Montevideo
countryofbirth = Uruguay
currentclub =
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position = Midfielder
years =
1931-44
1944-45
clubs = Peñarol
Bologna
Napoli
caps(goals) =
291 (41)
1 (0)
nationalyears = 1932
nationalteam = Italy
nationalcaps(goals) = 3 (0)
manageryears = 1945-46|
managerclubs = Napoli

Raffaele Sansone (20 September 1910 - 11 September 1994) was an Italo-Uruguayan football player and coach from Montevideo, Uruguay. He played club football most notably for Bologna where he spent over a decade, winning Serie A four times. After that he moved to Napoli where he played one game before retiring, after that he became a manager. [cite web | url=http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Sansone.html| title=Sansone Profile | work= Enciclopedia Del Calcio| accessdate=August | accessyear=2007]

As well as playing for many years at club level, Sansone was also called up by the Italian national football team as an "oriundo", he was allowed to play for Italy due to his ancestry. He turned out for the "azzurri" a total of three times. [cite web | url=http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=player_details&playerID=72183 | title=Sansone| work= PlayerHistory.com| accessdate=August | accessyear=2007]

Honours

*1932 Mitropa Cup (Bologna)
*1934 Mitropa Cup (Bologna)
*1935-36 Serie A (Bologna)
*1936-37 Serie A (Bologna)
*1938-39 Serie A (Bologna)
*1940-41 Serie A (Bologna)

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