Raffaele Sansone

Raffaele Sansone

Personal information
Date of birth	20 September 1910
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	11 September 1994
Position(s)	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)
International career
1932	Italy	3	(0)
Managerial career
1945–46	Napoli
1951	Bologna
1952–53	Bari
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raffaele Sansone (20 September 1910 – 11 September 1994) was an Italo-Uruguayan football player and coach from Montevideo, Uruguay, who played as a midfielder.

Club career

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.

International career

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.

Honours

Club

Bologna

• Mitropa Cup: 1932, 1934
• Serie A: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1940–41