Dino Sani in 2008
| |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1932-05-23) 23 May 1932 (age 92) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1950–1951 | Palmeiras | ||||||||||||||||
| 1951 | XV de Jaú | ||||||||||||||||
| 1952–1953 | Comercial-SP | ||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1960 | São Paulo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Boca Juniors | 14 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1964 | Milan | 63 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1968 | Corinthians | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1966 | Brazil | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | Corinthians | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1974 | Internacional | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Goiás | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Corinthians | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Palmeiras | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1980 | Peñarol | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Flamengo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Fluminense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Ponte Preta | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Internacional | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Boca Juniors | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Qatar | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Grêmio | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Dino Sani (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈdʒinu ˈsɐni], Italian: [ˈdiːno ˈsaːni]; born 23 May 1932) is a Brazilian former footballer and coach. Sani was an experienced playmaking central midfielder with goalscoring prowess, and a "team player", who was well known for his ball skills, technique, accurate passing, creativity, and close control. Although he was not gifted with notable pace or athleticism, his positioning, keen tactical intelligence, outstanding vision, and his adeptness at long balls, in particular, made him a capable assist provider throughout his career.[1][2]
The son of Italian immigrants, Gaetano Sani and Maria Gabrielli, Sani started his career at local club Palmeiras, XV de Jaú, Comercial-SP and São Paulo FC,[3] and played in the Argentine First Division for Boca Juniors[4] in 1961, where he played 13 games, scoring 4 goals. He then played in Italy for Serie A club A.C. Milan,[5] with whom he won one scudetto in the 1961–62 season, followed by the 1962–63 European Cup.[2][6]
As a member of the Brazil national team, Dino Sani participated at the South American Championship tournaments of 1957 in Peru and 1959 in Argentina, reaching the final on both occasions; he was also part of the squad that won the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. He made 15 appearances in total for Brazil between 1957 and 1966, scoring 1 goal.[7]
After he left Milan in 1964, he returned to South America, and played for Corinthians before becoming a coach. He managed Internacional,[8] Goiás, Palmeiras, Coritiba, Peñarol,[9] Flamengo, Fluminense, Boca Juniors, Qatar and Grêmio.
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Corinthians | 1 January 1969 | 4 January 1971 | 82 | 38 | 23 | 21 | 046.34 |
| Internacional | 10 January 1971 | 1 January 1974 | 172 | 98 | 54 | 20 | 056.98 |
| Goiás | 2 January 1974 | 1 December 1974 | 41 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 039.02 |
| Corinthians | 16 December 1974 | 10 August 1975 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 051.52 |
| Flamengo | 8 April 1981 | 19 July 1981 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 055.56 |
| Total | 346 | 179 | 106 | 61 | 051.73 | ||
Media related to Dino Sani at Wikimedia Commons| World Cup-winners status | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Mário Zagallo |
Oldest Living Player 5 January 2024 – present |
Incumbent |
Brazil squads
| |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
Managerial positions
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
