Walter Novellino
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Alfredo Novellino | ||
| Date of birth | 4 June 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Montemarano, Italy | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Torino | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1971 | Torino | 0 | (0) |
| 1971–1972 | Legnano | 37 | (1) |
| 1972–1973 | Torino | 1 | (0) |
| 1973–1974 | Cremonese | 30 | (2) |
| 1974–1975 | Empoli | 36 | (5) |
| 1975–1978 | Perugia | 81 | (11) |
| 1978–1982 | Milan | 120 | (10) |
| 1982–1984 | Ascoli | 59 | (12) |
| 1984–1986 | Perugia | 51 | (1) |
| 1986–1987 | Catania | 16 | (0) |
| Total | 431 | (42) | |
| National team | |||
| 1978 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1992–1993 | Perugia | ||
| 1993–1995 | Gualdo | ||
| 1995–1996 | Perugia | ||
| 1996–1997 | Ravenna | ||
| 1997–1999 | Venezia | ||
| 1999–2000 | Napoli | ||
| 2000–2002 | Piacenza | ||
| 2002–2007 | Sampdoria | ||
| 2007–2008 | Torino | ||
| 2008–2009 | Torino | ||
| 2009 | Reggina | ||
| 2011 | Livorno | ||
| 2013–2015 | Modena | ||
| 2016 | Palermo | ||
| 2016– | Avellino | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Walter Alfredo Novellino (born 4 June 1953), commonly known as Walter Novellino, is an Italian football manager in charge of Avellino and former player, who played as a midfielder.
Novellino was born at Montemarano, province of Avellino. He started his professional career with Torino, then obtaining his major successes with Perugia and A.C. Milan, and being nicknamed Monzon (after an Argentine boxer) due to both his physical resemblance to him and his determination on the pitch. Novellino announced his retirement in 1987.
Novellino won one cap for the Italy national football team in 1978.
Novellino made his debut in management in 1992 with Perugia of Serie C1, but this was short-lived. Next season, he moved to Gualdo whom he led in two years to win first Serie C2 and then to a spot in the Serie C1 promotion play-off finals which they eventually lost to Avellino. He then went on to Serie B sides Perugia, Ravenna and then in Venezia whom he led to Serie A for the first time in the club history.
In 2000, he led Napoli to a Serie A promotion, and repeated the feat the following season with Piacenza. In 2002, he joined Sampdoria, immediately leading the team to a Serie A promotion, the fourth time he'd helped a team achieve this goal. In his first Serie A season with Sampdoria, they achieved a 5th place and a UEFA Cup qualification, but lost the battle with Udinese for the last UEFA Champions League place. He left Sampdoria in 2007 to join Torino, where he was fired on 16 April 2008 following disappointing results that left the team in the relegation zone; he was replaced by Gianni De Biasi who ultimately managed to save the granata from relegation.
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