Full name Alberto Malesani 1970 Vicenza Place of birth Verona, Italy Name Alberto Malesani | Playing position Role Football manager Current team Free agent Position Midfielder | |
Date of birth (1954-06-05) 5 June 1954 (age 61) Similar People Luigi Delneri, Eusebio Di Francesco, Pasquale Marino, Giovanni Trapattoni, Luigi De Canio | ||
Alberto malesani angry press conference w english subtitles
Alberto Malesani ([alˈbɛrto maleˈzaːni]; born 5 June 1954) is an Italian association football manager and former footballer. As a manager, he is mostly remembered for his successful spell with Parma during the late 90s, where he managed to win the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Cup, and the Supercoppa Italiana.
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- Alberto malesani angry press conference w english subtitles
- Early career and breakthrough at Chievo
- Fiorentina Parma and UEFA Cup triumph
- From Verona to Udinese
- From Siena to Bologna
- Genoa
- Palermo
- Sassuolo
- Managerial statistics
- Managerial
- References
Early career and breakthrough at Chievo
Malesani career as player was mostly spent on a Veronese amateur team Audace S. Michele, where he obtained a promotion from Serie D to Serie C in 1976–77, appearing fourteen times on that season. He retired from playing football at the age of 24, and worked at Canon in Amsterdam, where he studied the Ajax Amsterdam total football training methods. His passion for coaching was so great, that on his honeymoon, he decided to go to Barcelona in order to watch Johan Cruijff's coaching sessions at Barcelona FC.
Malesani left his job at Canon in 1990 order to pursue a coaching career at Serie C1 team Chievo for the Allievi youth squad. In 1991, he is assistant of head coach Carlo De Angelis in the first team, and in 1993 he becomes head coach himself. His first season as head coach ended in a historical promotion to Serie B for then-unknown Chievo.
Fiorentina, Parma and UEFA Cup triumph
Malesani left Chievo in 1997, after three impressive Serie B seasons and a narrowly missed promotion in the Serie A league in order to become Fiorentina's boss, in what was his first stint in the Italian top flight.
A good Fiorentina season convinced Parma to appoint Malesani as new head coach in 1998, where he won a Coppa Italia, a UEFA Cup, an Italian Super Cup and obtained two fourth places before being sacked during the 2000–01 season.
From Verona to Udinese
After losing his job at Parma, Malesani then coached Verona and Modena, failing to save the clubs from relegation in both cases; successively he moved abroad to coach Greek side Panathinaikos, still with little success. During coaching Panathinaikos FC, the Greek sport press constantly criticized his tactics. After a home draw against Iraklis FC and during the post match press conference, Malesani had an outburst of temper against the fans and journalists. Notably, he angrily attacked the journalists pronouncing 21 times the word cazzo (dick, used as an expletive in Italian). He also made some unfortunate comments concerning the supporting fanbase for heavily criticizing the Vardinogiannis family (sole owners of the club at the time), although he was unaware of the long-standing rivalry of the majority of the team's fans against them, blaming them for being incompetent to lead the club successfully.
Malesani was appointed coach of Udinese on January 2007, as replacement for Giovanni Galeone. He led his side to a not particularly impressive tenth place in the Serie A 2006-07 final table, only seven points far from relegation, being not confirmed for the following season. On November 27, 2007 he was unveiled as Empoli's new head coach, replacing Luigi Cagni. He was axed on 31 March 2008 following a 2–0 home defeat to U.C. Sampdoria which left Empoli down in last place in the league table.
From Siena to Bologna
On 23 November 2009 he was appointed as the new head coach of Siena, replacing Marco Baroni. On 21 May 2010 was released by Siena.
On 1 September 2010 he signed a one-year contract for Bologna. After a successful season which saw his club finish in 16th place, six points clear of relegation, despite a three-point deduction for tax problems and running feuds over the clubs ownership, Malesani was replaced by Pierpaolo Bisoli on 26 May 2011.
Genoa
On 19 June 2011 Genoa officially announced that Malesani would be the new first team head coach. However, after Genoa was defeated 6-1 by Napoli, Malesani was fired. He returned at Genoa on 2 April 2012, taking over from Pasquale Marino who had previously replaced him only to be sacked a few months later. His second stint as Genoa boss lasted however only twenty days, as he was sacked once again on 22 April after a 1–4 home loss to Siena that left Genoa one point shy of relegation, and led to massive protests from Genoa fans during the game.
Palermo
On 5 February 2013, Malesani was appointed as the manager of Palermo.
However, after three matches in charge, on 24 February 2013 Malesani was relieved from his duties as the manager.
Sassuolo
On 29 January 2014, it was announced Malesani has agreed to take over as new manager of the top-flight team Sassuolo.