Luciano Tessari

Luciano Tessari

Personal information
Date of birth	(1928-09-29) 29 September 1928
Place of birth	San Martino Buon Albergo, Italy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1950	Verona	26	(0)
1950–1951	Roma	23	(0)
1951–1952	Fiorentina	2	(0)
1952–1953	Roma	12	(0)
1953–1954	Palermo	22	(0)
1954–1958	Roma	24	(0)
Managerial career
1971	Roma
1973–1974	Latina
1978–1979	Pro Cisterna
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luciano Tessari (born 29 September 1928) is an Italian retired footballer and manager from San Martino Buon Albergo in the Province of Verona.

Tessari is most noted for his career at Roma where he spent a considerable number of seasons. In 1970, he came back to the club as manager on an interim basis after club president had gotten rid of Helenio Herrera.

His term of management was notable for losing the semi-final of the Cup Winners' Cup against Polish side Gornik Zabrze on a coin toss after a third deciding match ended in a draw after extra-time. Many Roma fans had celebrated victory well into the night after the second leg after mistakenly believing that away goals had counted double.