Alberto Suppici

Alberto Suppici
Personal information
Full name Alberto Horacio Suppici
Date of birth (1898-11-20)20 November 1898
Place of birth Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Date of death 21 June 1981(1981-06-21) (aged 82)
Place of death Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1915–1923 Nacional 143 (6)
Teams managed
1928–1932 Uruguay (technical director)
1935 Central Español
1938 Montevideo Wanderers
1935–1941 Uruguay
1945 Peñarol
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Alberto Horacio Suppici (20 November 1898 – 21 June 1981) was a Uruguayan footballer and manager. He was the first manager to win the FIFA World Cup. Suppici's nickname was el Profesor (the Professor).[1]

Honours

Domestic

Peñarol

International

Uruguay

  • Copa Newton: 1929
  • Copa Lipton: 1929
  • FIFA World Cup: 1930
  • Copa América runner-up: 1941; third place: 1929, 1937
  • Copa Héctor Rivadavia Gómez: 1936, 1940
  • Taça Rio Branco: 1940

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