Enzo Bearzot
Italian footballer and manager
Died when: 83 years 86 days (998 months)Star Sign: Libra
Enzo Bearzot Grande Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: ['?ntso bear'ts?t, -'dz?t]; 26 September 1927 – 21 December 2010) was an Italian professional football player and manager.
A defender and midfielder, he led the Italy national team to victory in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.Nicknamed Vecio (standard Italian vecchio, 'old man'), Bearzot coached the Italy national team the most (104 times, between September 1975 to June 1986).
He was noted for his phlegmatic personality and pipe smoking.A year after his death, an award was named in honour of the 1982 World Cup winning coach, the "Enzo Bearzot Award", for the best Italian coach of the year.
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