Aldo Agroppi

Aldo Agroppi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaldo aˈɡrɔppi]; 14 April 1944 – 2 January 2025) was an Italian professional coach and a footballer, who played as a midfielder.

Agroppi played for 12 seasons (249 games, 17 goals) in Serie A with clubs Torino Calcio and Perugia Calcio. An important player for Torino, he made over 200 appearances for the club, winning two Coppa Italia titles.

Agroppi made his international debut for the Italy national team on 17 June 1972 in a game against Romania.

As a coach, Agroppi managed several Italian clubs throughout his career: Pescara, Pisa, Perugia, Padova, Fiorentina, Como, and Ascoli. He coached Fiorentina on two occasions: he firstly coached the team during the 1985–86 season, leading the club to a fourth-place finish in Serie A, although he was subsequently banned from football for four months for his involvement in the Totonero 1986 match-fixing scandal during his spells with Perugia; he later returned to manage the team in the 1992–93 season, but with less success, as the club were relegated to Serie B at the end of the season.

Agroppi died from pneumonia in Piombino, on 2 January 2025, at the age of 80.