Francesco Calì

Who was Francesco Calì?

Francesco Calì was a Swiss and later Italian professional football player and coach.

Born in Italy, he moved to Switzerland at the young age and played several games for the Switzerland national football team. Later he moved back to Italy. He was selected as team captain for Italy national football team's first ever game, on 15 May 1910 against France.

After his retirement he became a coach. Under his management, Juventus F.C. won Coppa Città di Torino, which was an important trophy at the time in 1902. After that, on several occasions he was a member of the technical commission managing the Italy national football team, in total he managed the national team for 13 games with 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses.