Alfredo Foni was an Italian

Italy

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 footballer

Football (soccer)

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 in the 1930s and later on a coach. He was born in Udine

Udine

Udine is a city and comune in northeastern Italy, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps , less than 40 km from the Slovenian border. Its population was 99,439 in 2009, and that of its urban area was 175,000.- History :Udine is the historical...

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Along with teammate Pietro Rava

Pietro Rava

Pietro Rava was an Italian football defender and coach. He won the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1938 FIFA World Cup with the Italian national team....

 at Juventus, they were the best defensive partnership in the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

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 and 1938 FIFA World Cup

1938 FIFA World Cup

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. He played for Udinese

Udinese Calcio

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, Lazio

S.S. Lazio

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, Padova

Calcio Padova

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 and Juventus

Juventus F.C.

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He coached in Italy and Switzerland. He won two consecutive scudettoes with FC Internazionale in 1953 and 1954. He later coached Switzerland

Switzerland national football team

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 in the 1966 FIFA World Cup

1966 FIFA World Cup

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Foni died in Lugano

Lugano

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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