Aldo Agroppi


Aldo Agroppi is a professional Italian football coach and a former footballer, who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Agroppi played for 12 seasons in Serie A with clubs Torino Calcio and Perugia Calcio. An important player for Torino, he made over 200 appearances for the club, winning two Coppa Italia titles.

International career

Agroppi made his international debut for the Italy national football team on 17 June 1972 in a game against Romania.

Managerial career

As a coach, Agroppi managed several Italian clubs throughout his career: Pescara, Pisa, Perugia, Padova, Fiorentina, Como, and Ascoli. He coached Fiorentina on two occasions: he firstly coached the team during the 1985–86 season, leading the club to a fourth-place finish in Serie A, although he was subsequently banned from football for 4 months for his involvement in the Totonero 1986 match-fixing scandal during his spells with Perugia; he later returned to manage the team in the 1992–93 season, but with less success, as the club were relegated to Serie B at the end of the season.

Honours

Club

;Torino