Aldo Campatelli
- Dag Jenkins
- Nov 23
- 3 min read
Aldo Campatelli was born in Milan, on April 7, 1919.
He made his Serie A debut for Inter at only 17. He started off as a forward but then moved back to midfield.
He stayed at Inter for fourteen seasons (1936-50) establishing himself as one of the best midfielders of his generation. He played 297 league games and scored 39 goals. With the Nerazzurri he won the Scudetto twice (1938, 1940) and a Coppa Italia (1939). His managers in these triumphs were Armando Castellazzi (‘38) and future Lazio Tony Cargnelli (1939, ‘40). One of his teammates was the great Giuseppe Meazza.
In 1950 he finally left Inter and played three seasons for Bologna. He played 46 games in Serie A and scored 7 goals. The Rossoblu finished 6th, 16th and 5th His managers included Edmund Crawford, Raffaele Sansone, Giuseppe Galluzzi, Gyula Lelovics and Gipo Viani. In his last season Campatelli only played 5 league games and he then retired at 34.
He won 7 caps for Italy and took part in the 1950 World Cup.
After retiring he became a coach. In 1954-55 he was with Vicenza in Serie B and won promotion by winning the league.
In 1955-56 he was back at Inter but was replaced after 12 games by former teammate Giuseppe Meazza. Inter then finished 3rd.
In 1956-57 he returned to Bologna. The Felsinei finished 6th.
The following season he was technical director from the 12th fixture onwards at Zenit Modena in Serie B. The Canaries finished 7th.
In 1958-59 he worked for Inter again as a consultant.
In 1959-60 he started the season as Inter coach again but was replaced after 23 games by Camillo Achilli with Inter in 4th position, which would also be their final placement.
From 1962 to 1965 he was Rapallo Ruentes coach. The Ligurians were in Serie D and in three years won promotion, were relegated and then won promotion again to Serie C.
In 1965-66 Campatelli was in charge at L.R Vicenza in Serie A. The Biancorossi had a positive season and finished 6th. The highlight was defeating Milan 1-0 at home. The squad included future Lazio manager Luìs Vinicio (1976-78), who was top Serie A scorer with 25 goals, and former Lazio forward Mario Maraschi (1961-64)
Campatelli's next club were Rapallo Ruentes in 1967 only for some months as he took over during the season and finished 8th in Serie C.
His last club were Genoa. In December 1967 he took over from Livio Fognaro and finished 17th and then stayed up after an endless series of playoffs (7 games…) with 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
He stayed at Genoa the following season but only until November 4. He was then recalled on December 23 but replaced again on January 20. Genoa eventually finished 6th. Those months with the Grifone were his last as a coach.
Campatelli is a legend at Inter. For 14 seasons he was a pillar of their midfield winning two league titles. He was not a physical midfielder but a slim and elegant player who could play with both feet and had an excellent shot.
He was less successful as a coach but won one promotion to Serie A and two to C plus decent campaigns in A with Bologna and Vicenza. He was not so fortunate with his Inter.
Campatelli died on June 3 1984, in Milan, at 65 years of age.
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