Alberto Malesani

Alberto Malesani
Personal information
Full name Alberto Malesani
Date of birth (1954-06-05) 5 June 1954
Place of birth Verona, Italy
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Audace S. Michele
1970 Vicenza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
Audace S. Michele
Teams managed
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

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Alberto Malesani (Italian pronunciation: [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.

Career

Early career and breakthrough at Chievo

A young Malesani during his first stint as Chievo head coach

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3][4]

From Verona to Udinese

After losing his job at Parma, Malesani then coached Verona[5] 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).[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

From Siena to Bologna

On 23 November 2009 he was appointed as the new head coach of Siena, replacing Marco Baroni.[9] On 21 May 2010 was released by Siena.[10]

On 1 September 2010 he signed a one-year contract for Bologna.[11] 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.[12]

Genoa

On 19 June 2011 Genoa officially announced that Malesani would be the new first team head coach.[13] However, after Genoa was defeated 6-1 by Napoli, Malesani was fired.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16]

Palermo

On 5 February 2013, Malesani was appointed as the manager of Palermo.[17]

However, after three matches in charge, on 24 February 2013 Malesani was relieved from his duties as the manager.[18]

Sassuolo

On 29 January 2014, it was announced Malesani has agreed to take over as new manager of the top-flight team Sassuolo.[19]

Managerial statistics

As of 9 March 2014
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win % GF GA +/-
Chievo Italy 1 June 1993 30 June 1997 155 52 66 37 33.55 170140+30
Fiorentina Italy 1 July 1997 30 June 1998 40 18 15 7 45 7441+33
Parma Italy 1 July 1998 8 January 2001 123 62 33 28 50.41 211125+86
Verona Italy 4 July 2001 10 June 2003 77 23 23 31 29.87 88101−13
Modena Italy 10 June 2003 22 March 2004 30 6 10 14 20 2539−14
Panathinaikos Greece 16 February 2005 15 May 2006 53 32 9 12 60.38 7452+22
Udinese Italy 16 January 2007 30 June 2007 20 7 5 8 35 3234−2
Empoli Italy 26 November 2007 31 March 2008 20 5 4 11 25 2230−8
Siena Italy 23 November 2009 21 May 2010 26 6 7 13 23.08 2947−18
Bologna Italy 1 September 2010 26 May 2011 40 13 11 16 32.5 4256−14
Genoa Italy 19 June 2011 22 December 2011 18 8 3 7 44.44 2729−2
Genoa Italy 2 April 2012 22 April 2012 3 0 2 1 0 26−4
Palermo Italy 5 February 2013 24 February 2013 3 0 3 0 0 220
Sassuolo Italy 29 January 2014 3 March 2014 6 0 1 5 0 39−6
Total 614 232 192 190 37.79 801711+90

Honours

Managerial

Chievo (1993–1997)
Parma (1998–2001)[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (Italian) HELLASTORY.net | La Scheda di Alberto Malesani
  2. ↑ Alberto Malesani – l'antipersonaggio (la biografia)
  3. 1 2 Sumeet Paul (7 October 2015). "Malesani bids for UEFA Cup in Parma auction" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Dave Taylor (5 March 2015). "When Parma ruled Europe". Football Italia. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "E' UFFICIALE, ALBERTO MALESANI SARA' L'ALLENATORE DELL'HELLAS VERONA ANCHE NELLA STAGIONE 2002/2003" (in Italian). Hellas Verona FC. 8 February 2002. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Video of Malesani's press conference after drawing to Iraklis FC. on YouTube (Warning: Rough language)
  7. ↑ "Empoli axe Cagni". Football Italia. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
  8. ↑ "L'Empoli licenzia Malesani. In panchina torna Cagni" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  9. ↑ "Raggiunto l'accordo con Alberto Malesani" (in Italian). AC Siena. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
  10. ↑ Comunicato A.C. Siena
  11. ↑ Malesani: “Finalmente sulla panchina del Bologna”
  12. ↑ Serie A - Bologna dump Malesani for Bisoli
  13. ↑ "ALBERTO MALESANI NUOVO ALLENATORE" (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  14. ↑
  15. ↑ "COMUNICATO STAMPA". Genoa CFC. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  16. ↑ "Incubo Genoa/ Malesani nuovamente esonerato. Squadra a Gigi De Canio". Città di Genova. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  17. ↑ http://football-italia.net/30395/official-malesani-joins-palermo
  18. ↑ "ESONERATO MALESANI, RICHIAMATO GASPERINI" [MALESANI SACKED, GASPERINI RECALLED] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  19. ↑ "Malesani tasked with reviving Sassuolo fortunes". UEFA.com. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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