Italo Allodi

Italo Allodi (April 13 1928 – June 3 1999) was a notorious Italian association football manager who was implicated, but never found guilty, in many attempts to fix matches. cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,290694,00.html | title=Obituary - Italo Allodi | publisher=Guardian | author= Brian Glanville | date=1999-06-08 | accessdate=2006-07-30 ]

He was bonr in Asiago, Italy.

Notable events in which he was accused of match fixing include:

*Bribing, or attempting to bribe, the referees in the 1964, 1965 and 1966 European Cup
*Bribing the Swiss referee Gottfried Dienst during the final of the 1968 European Championship, leading the referee to ignore a foul by the Italians on the Yugoslavian team. Italy drew the match 1-1, and won the replay 2-0 [cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,12576,1634868,00.html | title=Obituary - Ferruccio Valcareggi | publisher=Guardian | author= Brian Glanville | date=2005-11-05 | accessdate=2006-07-30 ]

Allodi was born the son of a railwayman. He served in an official position for various Italian football clubs, including Mantua, Inter Milan, Juventus, Fiorentina and Napoli. Allodi had a wife, Franca, as well as a son, Cristiano . Allodi was also responsible for recruiting Luciano Moggi as his protege [cite news | url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1830656,00.html | title=Observer Sport Monthly - Paradiso to inferno | publisher=Guardian | author=Jason Burke | date=2006-07-30 | accessdate=2006-07-30 ] .

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