Guido Manfré
- Dag Jenkins
- Jun 28
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 9
Guido Manfré was born in Rome on October 27, 1920.
He came through the Lazio youth academy.
In 1939 he was sent out to Catania on loan. The Etnei were in Serie B and were relegated. Manfré played 21 league games and 2 in Coppa Italia. His managers were first Mario Sernagiotto and then Hungarian György Orth.
In 1940 he was involved in the war and made prisoner in Greece. He was then liberated and in 1941-42 on his return to Italy joined Macerata on loan in Serie C. The Biancorossi finished 9th.
In 1942-43 he played a season with Chieti in Serie C under Enzo Riparbelli. The Neroverdi finished 2nd. Manfré played 16 league games.
In 1943-44 he returned to Lazio and stayed three years. At this point in time the developments in the war had interrupted football at national level. Lazio however continued to play at local level in the Roman War League. This was a league made up of 12 local clubs including Roma. The manager was Dino Canestri and Lazio finished 1st, winning 14 and drawing 4. Manfré played 13 league games plus 4 in an additional tournament between the top four teams (that were all mixed apart from Lazio).
In 1944-45 Lazio finished 2nd behind Roma in the War League. Manfré played 14 league games. Lazio won one derby 2-0 against Roma but lost the other 0-1. He also played 6 in the Coppa Città di Roma (with 1 goal) and 2 in another regional tournament.
The 1945-46 season was divided into a northern league and a centre-south one. Lazio finished 7th. The Biancocelesti had three different managers; Canestri (1-10), player-manager Salvador Gualtieri (11-16) and Tony Cargnelli (17-20). Again, Lazio won one derby and lost the other. Manfré played less, only 3 league games and another 2 in a post-league tournament for the teams that did not qualify for the national finals (only top 4 in each group).
In 1946 Manfré left Lazio and joined Siracusa in group C of Serie B. The Aretusei finished 12th, first under Englebert König and then player Guido Mazzetti. Manfré played 23 league games.
The last years of his career were spent at Notinese (Serie C in 1947-48 and relegated), Benevento (Serie C 1948-50, 2nd and 6th) and finally Tivoli near Rome (4th tier 1950-51, 9th).
At 30 Manfré retired.
He continued playing at amateur level however, turning out for A.C.I. Calcio.
Lazio Career
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