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{{short description|Uruguayan footballer and coach (1910-1994)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name= Raffaele Sansone
| image= 
| fullname = 
| birth_date  = 20 September 1910
| birth_place = [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]
| death_date  = 11 September 1994
| death_place = [[Bologna]], [[Italy]]
| currentclub  = 
| clubnumber =
| height =
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| years1 = 1931 | years2 = 1931–44 | years3 = 1933–34 | years4 = 1934–44 | years5 = 1945–46
| clubs1 = [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]] | clubs2 = [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] | clubs3 = [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]] | clubs4 = [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] | clubs5 =[[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]
| caps1 = ? | goals1 = ? | caps2 = 52 | goals2 = 9 | caps3 = ? | goals3 = ? | caps4 = 239 | goals4 = 32 | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1932
| nationalteam1 = [[Italy national football team|Italy]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
|manageryears1 = 1945–46
| managerclubs1 = [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]
|manageryears2 = 1951
| managerclubs2 = [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]]
|manageryears3 = 1952–53
| managerclubs3 = [[A.S. Bari|Bari]]
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|{{fb|Italy|1861}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central European International Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1931-32 Central European International Cup]]|}}
}}

'''Raffaele Sansone''' ({{IPA|it|raffaˈɛːle sanˈsoːne}}; 20 September 1910 &ndash; 11 September 1994) was an [[Italians|Italo]]-Uruguayan [[Association football|football]] player and coach from [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]], who played as a [[midfielder]].

==Club career==
After beginning his career in Uruguay with [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]], Sansone spent over a decade playing club football for Italian club [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]], winning the [[Serie A]] title four times, and the [[Mitropa Cup]] twice. After that he moved to [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] where he played one game before retiring; he then became a manager.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Sansone.html| title=Sansone Profile | work= Enciclopedia Del Calcio| access-date=2 October 2016}}</ref>

==International career==
Sansone was also called up by the [[Italy national football team]] as an ''[[oriundo]]''; he was allowed to play for Italy due to his parents being from Salerno.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sappino |first=Marco |title=Dizionario biografico enciclopedico di un secolo del calcio italiano, Volume 2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i3ITAQAAIAAJ |location= Milano |publisher=Baldini & Castoldi |year=2000 |isbn= 88-8089-862-0 |access-date=1 June 2015 }}</ref> He turned out for the ''azzurri'' a total of three times, two of these times as starter in the silver medal [[1931–32 Central European International Cup]] campaign.

==Honours==

===Club===
;Bologna
*[[Mitropa Cup]]: [[1932 Mitropa Cup|1932]], [[1934 Mitropa Cup|1934]]
*[[Serie A]]: [[1935–36 Serie A|1935–36]], [[1936–37 Serie A|1936–37]], [[1938–39 Serie A|1938–39]], [[1940–41 Serie A|1940–41]]

===International===
;[[Italy national football team|Italy]]
*[[Central European International Cup]]: Runner-up: [[1931–32 Central European International Cup|1931–32]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bologna F.C. 1909 managers}}
{{S.S.C. Napoli managers}}
{{A.S. Bari managers}}

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[[Category:Italian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Uruguayan men's footballers]]
[[Category:Uruguayan emigrants to Italy]]
[[Category:Italy men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Serie A players]]
[[Category:Peñarol players]]
[[Category:SSC Napoli players]]
[[Category:Bologna FC 1909 players]]
[[Category:SSC Napoli managers]]
[[Category:Italian football managers]]
[[Category:Uruguayan football managers]]
[[Category:Uruguayan sportspeople of Italian descent]]
[[Category:1910 births]]
[[Category:1994 deaths]]
[[Category:People of Campanian descent]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]
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[[Category:Footballers from Montevideo]]