Paolo Benetti

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Paolo Benetti
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-04-28) 28 April 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Cormano, Italy
Position(s) Defender
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– Cagliari (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paolo Benetti (born 28 April 1965) is an Italian football manager and former player who is assistant manager of Serie A club Cagliari.

Playing career[edit]

Benetti 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[edit]

In 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]

  1. ^ a b c d Paolo Benetti at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  2. ^ ""per favore, non comprate quel giocatore: e' mio cognato"". archiviostorico.corriere.it (Archived). Archived from the original on 20 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Triestina 1997-98". oocities.org.
  4. ^ "Benetti et Ranieri, deux anciens " beaufs " aux rênes de Monaco". lemonde.fr.
  5. ^ "Ranieri, la nuova sfida: ct in Grecia" – via PressReader.
  6. ^ "Dal rossoalabardato in C2 al titolo inglese a Leicester". ilpiccolo.gelocal.it.