:Rodolfo Orlandini

{{short description|Argentine footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rodolfo Orlandini

| image = Rodolfo Orlandini.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|1|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|12|24|1905|1|1|df=y}}

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| currentclub =

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| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

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| years1 = ?–1929

| years2 = 1930

| years3 = 1930–1936

| years4 = 1936–1938

| clubs1 = Sportivo Buenos Aires

| clubs2 = Estudiantil Porteño

| clubs3 = Genoa

| clubs4 = OGC Nice

| caps1 =

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| caps3 = 81

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| goals3 = 7

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| nationalyears1 = 1927–1930

| nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalcaps1 = 10

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1945

| manageryears2 = 1949–1951

| manageryears3 = 1957

| manageryears4 = 1957

| manageryears5 = 1960

| manageryears6 = 1961

| manageryears7 = 1963

| managerclubs1 = Ecuador

| managerclubs2 = El Salvador

| managerclubs3 = Unión Magdalena

| managerclubs4 = Colombia

| managerclubs5 = Deportivo Morón

| managerclubs6 = Temperley

| managerclubs7 = San Telmo

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ARG}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Copa América}}

{{Medal|W|1929 Argentina|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}}

{{Medal|Runnerup|1930 Uruguay|Team}}

{{MedalComp | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver| 1928 Amsterdam | Team}}

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Rodolfo Orlando Orlandini (1 January 1905 – 24 December 1990) was an Argentine football (soccer) midfielder who played for the Argentina national team between 1927 and 1930.

Club career

Orlandini played club football in Argentina for Sportivo Buenos Aires and Estudiantil Porteño before moving to Italy in 1930 to play for Genoa C.F.C. In 1936 he moved to France where he played for Nice.

International career

Orlandini played in the 1928 Olympic football tournament where Argentina came second to Uruguay.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23950 |title=Rodolfo Orlandini |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 September 2021}} In 1929 he played in the Copa América which was won by Argentina. He also participated in the first ever World Cup in 1930, where Argentina again finished second behind Uruguay.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player Orlandini went on to become a manager, he coached the Colombia national team during the qualifiers for the 1958 World Cup.[http://www.futbolred.com/default.asp?idc=1&link=campeonato&item=info Futbol Red article] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315215738/http://www.futbolred.com/default.asp?idc=1&link=campeonato&item=info |date=15 March 2008}} {{in lang|es}}

Honours

Genoa CFC

Argentina

References

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