Paolo Benetti (born 28 April 1965) is an Italian football manager and former player who is assistant coach of Serie A club Roma.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 April 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Cormano, Italy | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Roma (assistant) | ||
Youth career | |||
Milan | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1983 | Milan | 1 | (0) |
1983–1984 | Fano | 12 | (0) |
1984–1987 | Catanzaro | 71 | (3) |
1987–1995 | Ascoli | 176 | (10) |
1995–1996 | Siena | 32 | (5) |
1996 | Venezia | 11 | (1) |
1997–1998 | Triestina | 38 | (3) |
1998–1999 | Carpi | 14 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2006 | Lazio (young team) | ||
2007–2009 | Juventus (technical coach) | ||
2009–2011 | Roma (technical coach) | ||
2011–2012 | Inter Milan (technical coach) | ||
2012–2014 | Monaco (assistant) | ||
2014 | Greece (technical coach) | ||
2015–2017 | Leicester City (assistant) | ||
2017–2018 | Nantes (assistant) | ||
2018–2019 | Fulham (assistant) | ||
2019 | Roma (assistant) | ||
2019–2021 | Sampdoria (assistant) | ||
2021–2022 | Watford (assistant) | ||
2023–2024 | Cagliari (assistant) | ||
2024– | Roma (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Playing career
editBenetti started his career with Serie A side Milan, where he made 1 league appearance and scored 0 goals.[1] In 1983, he signed for Fano in the Italian third division.[1] In 1987, Benetti signed for Serie A club Ascoli, where he suffered relegation to the Italian second division and received interest from Napoli in the Serie A, but manager Claudio Ranieri refused to sign him because they were brothers-in-law.[2] In 1995, Benetti signed for Italian third division team Siena.[1] In 1996, he signed for Venezia in the Italian second division.[1] In 1997, he signed for Italian third division outfit Triestina.[3]
Managerial career
editIn 2012, Benetti was appointed assistant manager of French Ligue 1 side Monaco.[4] In 2014, he was appointed technical coach of Greece.[5] In 2015, he was appointed assistant manager of Leicester City in the English Premier League, helping them win their only top flight title.[6] In 2017, Benetti was appointed assistant manager of French club Nantes.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Paolo Benetti at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- ^ ""per favore, non comprate quel giocatore: e' mio cognato"". archiviostorico.corriere.it (Archived). Archived from the original on 20 November 2015.
- ^ "Triestina 1997-98". oocities.org.
- ^ "Benetti et Ranieri, deux anciens " beaufs " aux rênes de Monaco". lemonde.fr.
- ^ "Ranieri, la nuova sfida: ct in Grecia" – via PressReader.
- ^ "Dal rossoalabardato in C2 al titolo inglese a Leicester". ilpiccolo.gelocal.it.