# Dino Sani

Dino Sani (Brazilian Portuguese:, Italian:; born 23 May 1932) is a Brazilian former footballer and coach. Sani was an experienced playmaking central midfielder with goalscoring prowess, and a "team player", who was well known for his ball skills, technique, accurate passing, creativity, and close control. Although he was not gifted with notable pace or athleticism, his positioning, keen tactical intelligence, outstanding vision, and his adeptness at long balls, in particular, made him a capable assist provider throughout his career.

## Career

The son of Italian immigrants, Gaetano Sani and Maria Gabrielli, Sani started his career at local club Palmeiras, XV de Jaú, Comercial-SP and São Paulo FC, and played in the Argentine First Division for Boca Juniors in 1961, where he played 13 games, scoring 4 goals. He then played in Italy for Serie A club A.C. Milan, with whom he won one scudetto in the 1961–62 season, followed by the 1962–63 European Cup.
As a member of the Brazil national team, Dino Sani participated at the South American Championship tournaments of 1957 in Peru and 1959 in Argentina, reaching the final on both occasions; he was also part of the squad that won the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. He made 15 appearances in total for Brazil between 1957 and 1966, scoring 1 goal.
After he left Milan in 1964, he returned to South America, and played for Corinthians before becoming a coach. He managed Internacional, Goiás, Palmeiras, Coritiba, Peñarol, Flamengo, Fluminense, Boca Juniors, Qatar and Grêmio.

## Managerial statistics

    As of match played 20 January 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure :
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | Nat | From | To | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Corinthians | | 1 January 1969 | 4 January 1971 | 89 | 39 | 27 | 23 | 131 | 83 | +48 | 043.82 |
| Internacional | | 10 January 1971 | 2 January 1974 | 175 | 99 | 54 | 22 | 264 | 108 | +156 | 056.57 |
| Goiás | | 4 January 1974 | 23 September 1974 | 41 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 029.27 |
| Corinthians | | 12 June 1975 | 13 August 1975 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 040.00 |
| Palmeiras | | 14 August 1975 | 7 May 1976 | 44 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 034.09 |
| Coritiba | | 21 July 1976 | 9 December 1976 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 044.83 |
| Peñarol | | 2 January 1977 | 30 June 1980 | 103 | 63 | 24 | 16 | 203 | 86 | +117 | 061.17 |
| Puebla | | 1 July 1980 | 29 March 1981 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 030.43 |
| Flamengo | | 8 April 1981 | 19 July 1981 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 18 | +24 | 055.56 |
| Fluminense | | 5 October 1981 | 11 May 1982 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 050.00 |
| Ponte Preta | | 25 May 1982 | 21 September 1982 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 027.78 |
| Internacional | | 22 March 1983 | 27 March 1984 | 52 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 038.46 |
| Boca Juniors | | 12 May 1984 | 25 October 1984 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 033.33 |
| Coritiba | | 5 January 1985 | 8 February 1985 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Qatar | | 1 July 1985 | 2 April 1986 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 012.50 |
| Tokyo Verdy | | 1 July 1986 | 30 June 1989 | 92 | 45 | 27 | 20 | 137 | 74 | +63 | 048.91 |
| Qatar | | 1 October 1989 | 4 January 1990 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 020.00 |
| Grêmio | | 20 March 1991 | 3 June 1991 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 030.00 |
| Ponte Preta | | 8 March 1995 | 31 March 1995 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 014.29 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | Career total | 793 | 366 | 261 | 166 | 1,145 | 667 | +478 | 046.15 |

## Honours
### Club
#### Palmeiras

* Campeonato Paulista: 1950

#### São paulo

* Campeonato Paulista: 1957

#### Milan

* Serie A (1): 1961–62
* European Cup (1): 1962–63

#### Corinthans

* Torneio Rio–São Paulo: 1966

### International
#### Brazil

* FIFA World Cup (1): 1958
* Copa América Runner-up (2): 1957, 1959

### Individual

* A.C. Milan Hall of Fame
* São Paulo FC Hall of Fame

### Manager
#### Internacional

* Campeonato Gaúcho: 1971, 1972, 1973

#### Peñarol

* Uruguayan Primera División: 1978, 1979