Bruno Pesaola

{{Short description|Italian Argentine footballer and manager (1925-2015)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bruno Pesaola

| image = AC Fiorentina - Bruno Pesaola.jpg

| caption = Pesaola as Fiorentina manager between 1960s and 1970s

| height = {{height|meter=1.65}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|7|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2015|5|29|1925|7|28}}

| death_place=Naples, Italy

| position = Left Winger

| youthyears1 = 1939–1944

| youthclubs1 = River Plate

| years1 = 1945–1946 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = Dock Sud

| years2 = 1947–1950 | caps2 = 90 | goals2 = 20 | clubs2 = Roma

| years3 = 1950–1952 | caps3 = 64 | goals3 = 15 | clubs3 = Novara

| years4 = 1952–1960 | caps4 = 240 | goals4 = 27 | clubs4 = Napoli

| years5 = 1960–1961 | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 5 | clubs5 = Genoa

| years6 = 1961–1962 | caps6 = | goals6 = | clubs6 = Scafatese

| nationalyears1 = 1953 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalteam1 = Italy B

| nationalyears2 = 1957 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalteam2 = Italy

| manageryears1 = 1962–1968 | managerclubs1 = Napoli

| manageryears2 = 1968–1971 | managerclubs2 = Fiorentina

| manageryears3 = 1972–1976 | managerclubs3 = Bologna

| manageryears4 = 1976–1977 | managerclubs4 = Napoli

| manageryears5 = 1977–1979 | managerclubs5 = Bologna

| manageryears6 = 1979–1980 | managerclubs6 = Panathinaikos

| manageryears7 = 1980–1981 | managerclubs7 = Siracusa

| manageryears8 = 1982–1983 | managerclubs8 = Napoli

| manageryears9 = 1983–1985 | managerclubs9 = Puteolana

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Bruno Pesaola ({{IPA|it|ˈbruːno peˈzaːola}}; 28 July 1925 – 29 May 2015) was a professional Italian Argentine football player and manager, who played as a winger. He is most famous for his time with Italian clubs Fiorentina and S.S.C. Napoli, as both a player and a manager.{{cite web|url=http://23on.com/farewell-to-bruno-pesaola-naples-mourns-his-petisso/|title=Farewell to Bruno Pesaola. Naples mourns his Petisso|website=23on.com|date=May 29, 2015|access-date=May 29, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530023635/http://23on.com/farewell-to-bruno-pesaola-naples-mourns-his-petisso/|archive-date=May 30, 2015}}

He was nicknamed Petiso (little man).