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Carmelo Di Bella
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| Carmelo Di Bella | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carmelo Di Bella | |
| Date of birth | January 30, 1921 | |
| Place of birth | Catania, Italy | |
| Date of death | September 9, 1992 (aged 71) | |
| Place of death | Palermo, Italy | |
| Playing position | Manager (former left wing) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Catania | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1938-1941 1941-1949 1949-1951 1951-1952 1952-1954 |
Catania Palermo Igea Virtus Marsala Akragas |
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| Teams managed | ||
| 1950-1951 1951-1952 1952-1954 1955-1957 1957-1958 1958-1966 1966-1967 1967-1971 1971-1973 1974-1976 1976-1977 1981 |
Igea Virtus (player/manager) Marsala (player/manager) Akragas (player/manager) Termitana Catania (youth team) Catania Catanzaro Palermo Catania Reggiana Catania Palermo |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Carmelo Di Bella (January 30, 1921 - September 9, 1992) was an Italian football (soccer) player and manager.
Di Bella, a left wing, started his professional career for his native city team Catania. From 1941 he played for Juventina Palermo, then renamed to Palermo in 1946. He also played a Serie A season with the rosanero, making nine appearances and scoring a goal in 1948/1949. He retired from playing football in 1954, after two seasons as player/manager for minor team Akragas from Agrigento.
After two seasons as coach of minor team Termitana from Termini Imerese, Di Bella was appointed as Catania's youth team coach in 1957. In 1958/1959, with just twelve matches remaining, Di Bella was called to replace Blagoje Marjanović with the goal to save the club from relegation to Serie C, with the initial support of technical director Felice Borel. Di Bella ended the season with a sixteenth place which allowed Catania to avoid relegation, and he was consequently confirmed at the helm of Catania. Di Bella coached Catania till 1966, when he resigned from his office, obtaining a Serie A promotion in 1960 and leading the Sicilian club to the Italian top division until his resignations. Di Bella then signed for Catanzaro, narrowly missing promotion to Serie A. In 1967 he became head coach of Palermo, where he immediately won Serie B bringing the rosanero back to Serie A. He left Palermo in 1971 to return to Catania, where however did not repeat his previous triumphs with the rossoblù (eighth, then fifth, in Serie B). In 1974 he became coach of Reggiana of Serie B: he avoided relegation in his first season, but not in the second. In 1976/1977 he coached again Catania, but without being able to avoid relegation.
His last coaching effort, in 1981, was as Palermo boss: called to coach the rosanero since the 28th matchday, he helped the club to avoid relegation from Serie B.