Sandro Puppo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsandro ˈpuppo]; 28 January 1918 – 16 October 1986) was an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

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Sandro Puppo

Puppo with Venezia in 1941
Personal information
Date of birth	(1918-01-28)28 January 1918
Place of birth	Piacenza, Italy
Date of death	16 October 1986(1986-10-16) (aged 68)
Place of death	Piacenza, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1934–1937	Piacenza	73	(7)
1937–1939	Ambrosiana	8	(0)
1939–1945	Venezia	126	(5)
1945–1946	Piacenza	22	(0)
1946–1947	Venezia	37	(0)
1947–1949	Roma	15	(0)
1949–1950	Thiene
Managerial career
1952–1954	Turkey
1953–1954	Beşiktaş JK
1954–1955	FC Barcelona
1955–1957	Juventus
1960–1961	Beşiktaş JK
1960–1962	Turkey
1963–1964	Turkey
1965	Turkey
1965–1966	Turkey
Medal record  Italy Men's Football 1936 Berlin Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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During his playing days, Puppo played for Italian clubs Piacenza, Ambrosiana,^[1][2] Venezia and A.S. Roma in the 1930s and 1940s.^[3] He won a Serie A title with Ambrosiana in 1937–38 (without playing, however), and two Coppa Italia titles with Ambrosiana and Venezia in 1938–39 and 1940–41 respectively.^[4]

At international level, Puppo was a member of the Italy national football team that won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympic football tournament.^[5]

Later Puppo became a coach and managed the Turkey national football team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup (becoming the first Italian coach ever to do so, 71 years before Vincenzo Montella), and went on to manage teams such as Barcelona, Juventus and Beşiktaş.^[4]