Francesco Calì
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Francesco Calì is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
) was a Swiss
Switzerland
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and later Italian
Italy
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professional football player and coach.
Born in Italy, he moved to Switzerland at the young age and played several games for the Switzerland national football team
Switzerland national football team
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. Later he moved back to Italy. He was selected as team captain for Italy national football team
Italy national football team
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's first ever game, on 15 May 1910 against France
France national football team
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.
After his retirement he became a coach. Under his management, Juventus F.C.
Juventus F.C.
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won Coppa Città di Torino, which was an important trophy at the time in 1902. After that, on several occasions he was a member of the technical commission managing the Italy national football team
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
, in total he managed the national team for 13 games with 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses.