Dino Ballacci

Dino Ballacci

Personal information
Full name	Dino Ballacci
Date of birth	(1924-05-24)24 May 1924
Place of birth	Bologna, Italy
Date of death	6 August 2013(2013-08-06) (aged 89)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Bologna
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1957	Bologna	306	(8)
1957–1958	Lecco	28	(1)
1958–1959	Portogruaro	27	(0)
International career
1953–1954	Italy B	2	(0)
1954	Italy	1	(0)
Managerial career
1964–1965	Reggiana
1965–1966	Catanzaro
1966–1967	Catania
1967–1968	Prato
1969–1970	Catanzaro
1970–1973	Arezzo
1973–1974	Alessandria
1974–1976	Pistoiese
1976–1978	Arezzo
1980	Anconitana
1980–1982	Alessandria
1985–1986	Aesernia
1988	Alessandria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2010

Dino Ballacci (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdiːno balˈlattʃi]; 24 May 1924 – 6 August 2013) was an Italian football player and manager, who played as a defender.

Playing career

Club

During his football career, Ballacci became one of the most representative players of Bologna F.C. in the Fifties. He played more than 300 matches in rossoblù.^[1]

International

In 1954, Ballacci made his only senior appearance with the Italy national team in a World Cup qualifying match against Egypt, which Italy won 5–1.^[2]

Managerial career

As a coach, he led Catanzaro to a Coppa Italia final in 1966; he gained a promotion to Serie B with Alessandria (1973), a promotion in Serie C with Pistoiese (1974) and another promotion in Serie C1 again with Alessandria (1981).^[3]

He retired in 1988.

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	League Record					Cup Record					Total
				G	W	D	L	Win %	G	W	D	L	Win %	G	W	D	L	Win %
U.S. Catanzaro 1929[4][5]	Italy	1 July 1965	30 June 1966	38	10	16	12	026.32	6	4	1	1	066.67	44	14	17	13	031.82
U.S. Catanzaro 1929[4][5]	Italy	1 July 1969	30 June 1970	38	7	19	12	018.42	3	1	1	1	033.33	41	8	20	13	019.51
Total				76	17	35	24	022.37	9	5	2	2	055.56	85	22	37	26	025.88

Death

Ballacci died on 6 August 2013.

References

1. Ballacci, l'ultimo baluardo della difesa Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
2. Piksel.com. "Nazionale in cifre - FIGC - Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio". FIGC - Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 17 October 2019.
3. Valenza.it. "Valenza.it - portale della provincia di Alessandria". www.valenza.it.
4. "Catanzaro Season Summaries". webalice.it. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
5. "Club Managers". calcio-seriea.it. Retrieved 11 May 2022.