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{{Short description|Italian footballer (1905–1975)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mario Sperone
| image =Mario Sperone2.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = Sperone with [[Torino F.C.|Torino]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1905|07|01}}<ref>[http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Sperone.html Enciclopedia Del Calcio]</ref>
| birth_place = [[Priocca]], Italy
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1975|12|18|1905|7|1}}
| death_place = [[Turin]], [[Italy]]
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =   
| youthclubs1 = [[Torino F.C.|Torino]]
| years1 = 1923–1932 | clubs1 = [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] | caps1 = 143 | goals1 = 1
| nationalyears1 =   1927
| nationalteam1 =   [[Italy national football team|Italy]]
| nationalcaps1 =    2 
| nationalgoals1 =   0 
| managerclubs1 = [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] 
| manageryears1 = 1938
| managerclubs2 =  [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 1938–1939
| managerclubs3 =  [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 1940–1942
| managerclubs4 =  [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]]
| manageryears4 = 1945–1946
| managerclubs5 =  [[A.S.D. Junior Biellese Libertas|Biellese]]
| manageryears5 = 1946–1947
| managerclubs6 =  [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] 
| manageryears6 = 1947–1948
| managerclubs7 =  [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] 
| manageryears7 = 1948–1951
| managerclubs8 =  [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] 
| manageryears8 = 1951–1952
| managerclubs9 =  [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
| manageryears9 = 1951–1952
| managerclubs10 =  [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] 
| manageryears10 = 1953–1954
| managerclubs11 = [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]] 
| manageryears11 = 1955
| managerclubs12 =  [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]]
| manageryears12 = 1956
}}
'''Mario Sperone''' ({{IPA|it|ˈmaːrjo speˈroːne}}; 1 July 1905 – 18 December 1975) was an Italian [[Association football|football]] [[coach (sport)|manager]] and former player who played as a [[midfielder]].

==Club career==

A [[midfielder]], Sperone played his entire playing career with [[Torino F.C.|Torino]], the team in which he collected 138 appearances (one in [[Coppa Italia]]) in nine consecutive seasons. He began his career in the first team on 10 February 1924 in a home game against [[U.S.D. Novese|Novese]] (5–0); winning the title in [[1926–27 Divisione Nazionale|1926–27]] (later revoked) and in [[1927–28 Divisione Nazionale|1927–28]]. The last match he played was a loss away to [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] on 29 May 1932, a 6–1.

==International career==

On 17 April 1927, he debuted his international career with the Italy national team in a friendly match in [[Turin]] won 3–1 against Portugal.

==Managerial career==

With Torino he also took up coaching, succeeding [[Gyula Feldmann]] in 1938. The following season, he was the second-in-command to [[Ernest Erbstein]], in [[Serie A 1940–41|1940–41]] to [[Tony Cargnelli]] and in [[Serie A 1941–42|1941–42]] to [[András Kuttik]]. In the postwar he managed [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]], winning the championship of Series BC Alta Italy 1945–46; in 1947–48 he won the league title at the helm of the ''[[Grande Torino]]'', with a 16-point lead and 125 goals scored in 40 games played.

As an established manager, he led among others Lazio, Milan, and Palermo, concluding his career on the bench of Alessandria in 1956–57, when he resigned with seven matches in the league left to play and was replaced by [[Luciano Robotti]]. He later worked for Torino as a scout.

==Honours==

===Player===

; Torino
* [[Italian Football Championship]]: [[Italian Football Championship 1927-28|1927–28]]

===Manager===

; Torino
* [[Serie A]]: [[Serie A 1947-48|1947–48]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Serie A winning managers}}
{{U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912 managers}}
{{Torino FC managers}}
{{S.S. Lazio managers}}
{{A.C. Milan managers}}
{{U.S. Città di Palermo managers}}

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[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1975 deaths]]
[[Category:Italian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Torino FC players]]
[[Category:Italian football managers]]
[[Category:Torino FC managers]]
[[Category:SS Lazio managers]]
[[Category:AC Milan managers]]
[[Category:Palermo FC managers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Italy men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from the Province of Cuneo]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]


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