Severino Minelli

{{Short description|Swiss footballer (1909-1994)}}

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| name= Severino Minelli

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1909|9|6}}

| birth_place = Küsnacht, Switzerland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1994|9|23|1909|9|6}}

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| height = {{height|m=1.74}}

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| position = Defender

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| years1 = 1929–1930 | years2 = 1930–1943 | years3 =1943–1946

| clubs1 = Servette FC | clubs2 = Grasshopper-Club Zurich | clubs3 =FC Zürich

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| caps3 = 32| goals3 = 3{{Cite web|url=https://www.dbfcz.ch/spieler.php?spieler_id=6252|title = DBFCZ | Severino Minelli}}

| nationalyears1 = 1930–1943{{Cite news|title=Severino Minelli – International Appearances|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/minelli-intl.html|access-date = 8 January 2013}}

| nationalteam1 = Switzerland

| nationalcaps1 = 80 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1943–1946 | manageryears2 =1949–1950

| managerclubs1 = FC Zürich | managerclubs2 = Switzerland

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Severino Minelli (6 September 1909 – 23 September 1994) was a Swiss footballer who played as a defender. He participated in the 1934 FIFA World Cup and the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He played a total of 80 matches for Switzerland.

He played as a sweeper in the revolutionary formation developed by the Austrian coach Karl Rappan in Grasshopper-Club Zurich as well as in Switzerland national football team, the "verrou" ("the bolt").{{Cite book|title=Catenaccio: el arte de defender|last=Alex.|first=Couto Lago|date=2017|publisher=T&B|isbn=9788494666292|location=Madrid|oclc=1011609829}}

He coached FC Zürich{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html|title = Switzerland – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs}} and Switzerland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit-intres.html|title=Switzerland – International Matches}}