Eugenio Bersellini

{{Short description|Italian footballer (1936–2017)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Eugenio Bersellini

| image = Eugenio Bersellini 1973.jpg

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|6|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Borgo Val di Taro, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|9|17|1936|6|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Prato, Italy

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1954–1955

| clubs1 = Fidenza

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1955–1960

| clubs2 = Brescia

| caps2 = 99

| goals2 = 20

| years3 = 1960–1962

| clubs3 = Monza{{Cite web |date=17 September 2017 |title=Anche Monza in lutto per Bersellini, allenatore dello scudetto Inter 1980 |url=https://www.ilcittadinomb.it/stories/Sport/anche-monza-in-lutto-per-bersellini-allenatore-dello-scudetto-inter-1980_1254874_11/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918154614/https://www.ilcittadinomb.it/stories/Sport/anche-monza-in-lutto-per-bersellini-allenatore-dello-scudetto-inter-1980_1254874_11/ |archive-date=18 September 2017 |access-date=23 February 2021 |website=il Cittadino |language=it}}

| caps3 = 60

| goals3 = 8

| years4 = 1962–1963

| clubs4 = Pro Patria

| caps4 = 17

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1963–1966

| clubs5 = Monza

| caps5 = 70

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 1966–1968

| clubs6 = Lecce{{Cite web |date=17 September 2017 |title=Morto Berselini, è stato giocatore e allenatore del Lecce |url=http://www.salentolive24.com/2017/09/17/morto-berselini-e-stato-giocatore-e-allenatore-del-lecce/amp=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223121503/http://www.salentolive24.com/2017/09/17/morto-berselini-e-stato-giocatore-e-allenatore-del-lecce/amp=1 |archive-date=23 February 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |website=Salentolive24 |language=it-IT}}

| caps6 = 37

| goals6 = 4

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| manageryears1 = 1969–1971

| managerclubs1 = Lecce

| manageryears2 = 1971–1973

| managerclubs2 = Como

| manageryears3 = 1973–1975

| managerclubs3 = Cesena

| manageryears4 = 1975–1977

| managerclubs4 = Sampdoria

| manageryears5 = 1977–1982

| managerclubs5 = Inter Milan

| manageryears6 = 1982–1984

| managerclubs6 = Torino

| manageryears7 = 1984–1986

| managerclubs7 = Sampdoria

| manageryears8 = 1986–1987

| managerclubs8 = Fiorentina

| manageryears9 = 1987–1988

| managerclubs9 = Avellino

| manageryears10 = 1988–1990

| managerclubs10 = Ascoli

| manageryears11 = 1990–1991

| managerclubs11 = Como

| manageryears12 = 1991–1992

| managerclubs12 = Modena

| manageryears13 = 1992–1993

| managerclubs13 = Bologna

| manageryears14 = 1994

| managerclubs14 = Pisa

| manageryears15 = 1995–1996

| managerclubs15 = Saronno

| manageryears16 = 1999

| managerclubs16 = Libya

| manageryears17 = 2001

| managerclubs17 = Al Ahli Tripoli

| manageryears18 = 2002

| managerclubs18 = Al-Ittihad Tripoli

| manageryears19 = 2006

| managerclubs19 = Lavagnese{{Cite news |last=Sisti |first=Enrico |date=6 March 2017 |title=La rinascita della Lavagnese nel nome di Bersellini affettuoso sergente di ferro |language=it |work=la Repubblica |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2017/03/06/la-rinascita-della-lavagnese-nel-nome-di-bersellini-ferro37.html |access-date=23 February 2021}}

| caption = Bersellini in 1973

}}

Eugenio Bersellini (10 June 1936 – 17 September 2017) was an Italian football player and manager.{{Cite news |last=Binda |first=Nicola |date=4 April 2006 |title=Il ritorno del sergente di ferro |language=Italian |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/commento/calcio/2006/04_Aprile/09/Binda.shtml |access-date=22 January 2021}}{{Cite web |date=17 September 2017 |title=Former Inter boss Bersellini dies |url=https://www.football-italia.net/110008/former-inter-boss-bersellini-dies |access-date=22 January 2021 |website=Football Italia}}

He was nicknamed Il sergente di ferro ("The iron sergeant") because of the very hard training sessions he used to impose on his players.

He coached the Inter Milan side that won the 1979–80 Serie A title and the Sampdoria that won their first ever piece of silverware, the 1984–85 Coppa Italia.{{Cite web |date=17 September 2017 |title=Addio a Eugenio Bersellini, guidò l'Inter allo scudetto del 1980 |url=https://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/2017/09/17/news/morto_eugenio_bersellini-175728319/ |access-date=23 February 2021 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}}