Luis Carniglia
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Luis Antonio Carniglia was a football striker and manager
from Argentina
. He played for Boca Juniors in the 1930s, but is probably best known for managing Real Madrid
in the 1950s.
Luis Carniglia was buried in La Recoleta Cemetery
in Buenos Aires
.
, but this was only a stepping stone on his way to completing his childhood dream of playing for Boca Juniors
, whom he signed for in 1936. His debut, for Boca, was in a friendly played in Parana and was quite a spectacle. Carniglia had a goal within 3 minutes and a fractured left arm by the fifth minute. Boca went on to win the game 3-0. He was part of the Boca side that won the 1940 Argentine First Division
and the Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren.
1941 would be a turn for the worse in his professional career, in a game against San Lorenzo
, Carniglia broke his leg. The recovery would take three years which he spent at Chacarita Juniors
and Atlas, though he would never be the same player again. He would prolong his career by playing in the French
Ligue 1
and Ligue 2
with SC Toulon and OGC Nice
. Transitioning into the role of manager
with OGC Nice. That is not to say that his final years as a player were entirely fruitless, he would win the Ligue 1 title and a Coupe de France
in 1952, and the Coupe de France again in 1954, all with Nice.
in 1953 he played two more seasons before retiring as a player and taking over the reins as the new Nice manager, from the British
manager George Berry. He would have immediate success winning the Ligue 1
title with Nice in his first year. The following season, 1956–57, would see Nice finish 13th in Ligue 1 but Carniglia had left mid season to take over the Spain
ish giants Real Madrid
. Nice would replace him with the French
coach Jean Luciano
.
He was Real Madrid head coach from April 1957 to July 1959 with a two month stop from February 1959 due to a renal colic. Madrid, at the time, had some of the greatest footballing talent in the world with Alfredo di Stéfano
(holder of the Ballon d'Or at the time), Francisco Gento
, Raymond Kopa
and Héctor Rial
. These greats would be joined in 1957 by José Santamaría
and Ferenc Puskás
in 1958. Carniglia did not have a high opinion of Puskás when he arrived, as he had not played professionally in over a year and was considerably over weight. Carniglia would whip him into shape with Puskás losing 15 kg before his first La Liga
game against Oviedo
. Carniglia would leave Puskás out of the 1959 European cup final, which lead to his being sacked by Santiago Bernabéu
, the chairman of Real.
Carniglia's time with Real would be the most fruitful in his management career, winning the European Cup
twice, in 1958 with a 3-2 win over AC Milan and in 1959 with a 2-0 win over Reims
. He would also win the La Liga title in 1958
.
He would have short spells at ACF Fiorentina
and A.S. Bari
before joining Roma in 1961. With Roma, Carniglia would win the 1961
Fairs Cup
.
Following his mid season departure from Roma in 1963, apparently due to arguments with the club directors , he would take over at AC Milan, the team he had beaten in the 1958 European Cup Final. Ironically, Milan were the reigning European Cup holders and would compete in the Intercontinental Cup
. They would play the Brazil
ian side Santos
featuring Pelé
at the height of his prowess in the final 1963 final. Milan would win the opening game 4 - 2 in Milan
, Pelé scoring both goals for Santos. Before the second leg rumors began to circulate that the Argentinian
referee had been bribed, Milan tried to have match official changed but were barred from doing so. Santos would win the second game 4 - 2, without Pelé who was injured. With the two leg final a stalemate, a third decisive play off game would take place in Santos
just 48 hours after the second leg. The same match official was used for the playoff game. In the third minute, of the playoff, Giovanni Trapattoni
was adjudged to have fouled a player in the box and Santos had a penalty, which they duly converted. Cesare Maldini
protested and was sent off. Santos would win the fixture 1 - 0.
Following his retirement as a coach he had a spell as General Manager of Boca Juniors with Silvio Marzolini
as the coach. He was the first president of FAA (Futbolistas Argentinos Agremiados), his home country's footballers union.
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. He played for Boca Juniors in the 1930s, but is probably best known for managing Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
in the 1950s.
Luis Carniglia was buried in La Recoleta Cemetery
La Recoleta Cemetery
La Recoleta Cemetery is a famous cemetery located in the exclusive Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Perón, Raúl Alfonsín, and several presidents of Argentina.- History :...
in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
.
Playing career
Carniglia began his career in the fourth division club Club de Olivos, in 1932. He remained there for one season before joining Club Atlético TigreClub Atlético Tigre
Club Atlético Tigre is a football club from Victoria, San Fernando Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the end of the 2006-2007 season the club was promoted to the Primera Division Argentina...
, but this was only a stepping stone on his way to completing his childhood dream of playing for Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
, whom he signed for in 1936. His debut, for Boca, was in a friendly played in Parana and was quite a spectacle. Carniglia had a goal within 3 minutes and a fractured left arm by the fifth minute. Boca went on to win the game 3-0. He was part of the Boca side that won the 1940 Argentine First Division
Primera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
and the Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren.
1941 would be a turn for the worse in his professional career, in a game against San Lorenzo
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team....
, Carniglia broke his leg. The recovery would take three years which he spent at Chacarita Juniors
Chacarita Juniors
Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors is an Argentine sports club from Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido in Greater Buenos Aires, which football squad is currently playing in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.The club was founded on May 1, 1906, in...
and Atlas, though he would never be the same player again. He would prolong his career by playing in the French
France
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Ligue 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
and Ligue 2
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 , formerly known as Division 2, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division...
with SC Toulon and OGC Nice
OGC Nice
Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice Côte d'Azur is a French association football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top-tier of French football. Nice plays its home matches at the Stade Municipal du Ray located within the city. In 2013, the club is...
. Transitioning into the role of manager
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
with OGC Nice. That is not to say that his final years as a player were entirely fruitless, he would win the Ligue 1 title and a Coupe de France
Coupe de France
The Coupe Charles Simon, commonly known as the Coupe de France , is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation...
in 1952, and the Coupe de France again in 1954, all with Nice.
Managerial career
Following his return to OGC NiceOGC Nice
Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice Côte d'Azur is a French association football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top-tier of French football. Nice plays its home matches at the Stade Municipal du Ray located within the city. In 2013, the club is...
in 1953 he played two more seasons before retiring as a player and taking over the reins as the new Nice manager, from the British
British people
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manager George Berry. He would have immediate success winning the Ligue 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
title with Nice in his first year. The following season, 1956–57, would see Nice finish 13th in Ligue 1 but Carniglia had left mid season to take over the Spain
Spain
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ish giants Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
. Nice would replace him with the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
coach Jean Luciano
Jean Luciano
Jean Luciano is a French former football midfielder.He coached OGC Nice, Sporting C.P., Vitória SC, SC Toulon, AS Monaco FC and GFCO Ajaccio.-References:*...
.
He was Real Madrid head coach from April 1957 to July 1959 with a two month stop from February 1959 due to a renal colic. Madrid, at the time, had some of the greatest footballing talent in the world with Alfredo di Stéfano
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé, born into a family of Italian immigrants from Capri, is a former Argentinian footballer and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time...
(holder of the Ballon d'Or at the time), Francisco Gento
Francisco Gento
Francisco "Paco" Gento López is a former Spanish football player.-Biography:He débuted in the Primera División with Racing Santander in the 1952–53 season...
, Raymond Kopa
Raymond Kopa
Raymond Kopa , is a former French football offensive midfielder, integral to the French national team of the 1950s....
and Héctor Rial
Héctor Rial
José Héctor Rial Laguía was a football player from Argentina who played for Real Madrid between 1954 and 1961. He was part of the team that won five consecutive European Cups...
. These greats would be joined in 1957 by José Santamaría
José Santamaria
José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias is an Spanish-Uruguayan former football player and coach. He is regarded by many as one of the all-time greatest central defenders...
and Ferenc Puskás
Ferenc Puskás
Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became Olympic champion in 1952 and was a World Cup finalist in 1954...
in 1958. Carniglia did not have a high opinion of Puskás when he arrived, as he had not played professionally in over a year and was considerably over weight. Carniglia would whip him into shape with Puskás losing 15 kg before his first La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
game against Oviedo
Real Oviedo
Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, it currently plays in Segunda División B - Group 2....
. Carniglia would leave Puskás out of the 1959 European cup final, which lead to his being sacked by Santiago Bernabéu
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste was a Spanish sportsman, one of the single most important men in Real Madrid's history. He is generally considered the one to whom much of the credit can be given for transforming Real Madrid C.F. from the second most successful club in Madrid into the most successful in...
, the chairman of Real.
Carniglia's time with Real would be the most fruitful in his management career, winning the European Cup
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
twice, in 1958 with a 3-2 win over AC Milan and in 1959 with a 2-0 win over Reims
Stade Reims
Stade de Reims is a French association football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1911 under the name Société Sportive du Parc Pommery and currently play in Ligue 2, the second level of French football having achieved promotion to the league following the 2009–10 season...
. He would also win the La Liga title in 1958
La Liga 1957-58
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.
He would have short spells at ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...
and A.S. Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
before joining Roma in 1961. With Roma, Carniglia would win the 1961
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960-61
The third Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was the first to be played over a single season, namely the 1960–61 season. Birmingham City once again reached the final, but lost again over two legs, this time to Roma...
Fairs Cup
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...
.
Following his mid season departure from Roma in 1963, apparently due to arguments with the club directors , he would take over at AC Milan, the team he had beaten in the 1958 European Cup Final. Ironically, Milan were the reigning European Cup holders and would compete in the Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup (football)
The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
. They would play the Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian side Santos
Santos Futebol Clube
Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Santos, São Paulo They play in the Campeonato Paulista and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the highest professional leagues in São Paulo state and Brazil, respectively....
featuring Pelé
Pelé
However, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.), best known by his nickname Pelé , is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...
at the height of his prowess in the final 1963 final. Milan would win the opening game 4 - 2 in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Pelé scoring both goals for Santos. Before the second leg rumors began to circulate that the Argentinian
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
referee had been bribed, Milan tried to have match official changed but were barred from doing so. Santos would win the second game 4 - 2, without Pelé who was injured. With the two leg final a stalemate, a third decisive play off game would take place in Santos
Santos (São Paulo)
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just 48 hours after the second leg. The same match official was used for the playoff game. In the third minute, of the playoff, Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni , sometimes known as "Trap" or "Il Trap", is an Italian football coach and former player, considered the most successful club coach in the history of Serie A. As a player he was part of Italy's squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup....
was adjudged to have fouled a player in the box and Santos had a penalty, which they duly converted. Cesare Maldini
Cesare Maldini
Cesare Maldini is an Italian football manager and former player. He played as a centre back and spent the majority of his career with AC Milan. Maldini also represented Italy at international level in the 1962 and 1966 World Cups. His son Paolo, also a defender, previously held the record for the...
protested and was sent off. Santos would win the fixture 1 - 0.
Following his retirement as a coach he had a spell as General Manager of Boca Juniors with Silvio Marzolini
Silvio Marzolini
Silvio Marzolini is a former Argentine football player who played for Boca Juniors . He is widely regarded as being one of the best left backs of all time, playing this position for the Argentine national team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1966 FIFA World Cup...
as the coach. He was the first president of FAA (Futbolistas Argentinos Agremiados), his home country's footballers union.