Alberto Malesani
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alberto Malesani | ||
| Date of birth | 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. | |||
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.
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.
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