Italian football manager and former player (born 1954)
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Alberto Malesani
Malesani with Bologna in 2010
Personal information
Full name
Alberto Malesani
Date of birth
(1954-06-05) 5 June 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth
Verona, Italy
Height
1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)
Midfielder
Youth career
Audace S. Michele
1970
Vicenza
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
Audace S. Michele
Managerial career
1987–1990
Chievo (junior)
1990–1991
Chievo (youth)
1991–1993
Chievo (assistant)
1993–1997
Chievo
1997–1998
Fiorentina
1998–2001
Parma
2001–2003
Verona
2003–2004
Modena
2005–2006
Panathinaikos
2007
Udinese
2007–2008
Empoli
2009–2010
Siena
2010–2011
Bologna
2011
Genoa
2012
Genoa
2013
Palermo
2014
Sassuolo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Alberto Malesani (Italian pronunciation:[alˈbɛrtomaleˈzaːni]; born 5 June 1954) is an Italian football manager and former player. As a manager, he is mostly remembered for his successful spell with Parma during the late 1990s, with whom they won the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Cup, and the Supercoppa Italiana.
AlbertoMalesani (Italian pronunciation: [alˈbɛrto maleˈzaːni]; born 5 June 1954) is an Italian football manager and former player. As a manager, he is...
managerial duties on 23 November following a home defeat to Atalanta, with AlbertoMalesani being appointed at his place, and Baroni being re-appointed back at...
Cup qualification, and replace him with AlbertoMalesani. However, the club's fortunes did not change and Malesani was sacked after a 2–0 defeat to Sampdoria...
Giovanni Sartori to director of football and named AlbertoMalesani as the new head coach. Under Malesani, the team astonishingly won the Serie C1 and was...
played two seasons under the guidance of Attilio Perotti, and then AlbertoMalesani. Gilardino was also involved in a car accident which ruled him out...
left Fiorentina for Valencia in Spain, with Cecchi Gori appointing AlbertoMalesani as his replacement. Fiorentina played well but struggled against smaller...
bottom place and so manager Di Francesco was relieved of his duties and AlbertoMalesani was brought in. The managerial change did not have the desired effects...
consequently made its debut in the UEFA Champions League the following year. AlbertoMalesani was installed as coach in 1998 and the club completed a rare cup double...
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Adrian Mutu, Mauro Camoranesi, Alberto Gilardino, Martin Laursen, Massimo Oddo, Marco Cassetti and coach AlbertoMalesani failed to capitalise on an excellent...
Marco Giampaolo– Jul 2008 – Oct 2009 Marco Baroni– Oct 2009 – Nov 2009 AlbertoMalesani– Nov 2009 – May 2010 Antonio Conte– May 2010 – May 2011 Giuseppe Sannino–...
February 2013, Gasperini was rehired as the Palermo manager, replacing AlbertoMalesani after three games in charge. On 11 March 2013, Gasperini was again...
Colomba 21 Oct 2009 – 29 Aug 2010 Paolo Magnani (interim) 29–31 Aug 2010 AlbertoMalesani 1 Sep 2010 – 26 May 2011 Pierpaolo Bisoli 26 May 2011 – 4 Oct 2011...
of the table. He also briefly returned to Parma in 2001, replacing AlbertoMalesani, but resigned after only 3 matches (2 draws, 1 victory) for stress...
Panathinaikos as goalkeeping coach where he worked alongside Italian AlbertoMalesani, then Swedish Head Coach Hans Backe and afterwards Spaniard Víctor...
Serie A. The 1996–97 season saw Udinese qualify for the UEFA Cup, with Alberto Zaccheroni as manager. The following season, they managed a third-place...
of a back–three defensive line, including Gian Piero Gasperini and AlbertoMalesani, as well as influencing his former assistant José Mourinho, and his...
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