Bengala
association football coach
- May 24, 1906
- May 22, 1980
- 73 years
About Bengala
Bengala was an association football coach. Born in 1906, Bengala died in 1980 at the age of 73.
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Full Biography
|Ítalo Fratezzi (24 May 1906 – 22 May 1980), better known as Bengala, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.
Career
With a player career dedicated entirely to Cruzeiro EC, he arrived at the club at the time of Palestra Itália in 1925, and with the club he won the state championship four times, in addition to being top scorer in 1932. He played in 247 matches and scored 168 goals. He was also a volleyball and basketball athlete for the club, and coach on five occasions, being state champion in 1940 and 1944. The only club besides Cruzeiro in which he worked was Botafogo, from 1944 to 1946. Bengala was inducted into the Cruzeiro EC Hall of Fame in 2012.
Honours
Player
- Cruzeiro
- Campeonato Mineiro: 1928, 1929, 1930
- Campeonato AMET: 1926
- Individual
- 1932 Campeonato Mineiro top scorer: 12 goals
Manager
- Cruzeiro
- Campeonato Mineiro: 1940, 1944
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