- Luigi Delneri
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Luigi Delneri 
Personal information Full name Luigi Delneri Date of birth August 23, 1950 Place of birth Aquileia, Italy Playing position Midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1967–1968 Aquileia 1968–1972 SPAL 66 (0) 1972–1974 Foggia 51 (5) 1974–1975 Novara 33 (1) 1975–1978 Foggia 92 (6) 1978–1980 Udinese 59 (7) 1980–1981 Sampdoria 33 (1) 1981–1982 Vicenza 31 (4) 1982–1983 Siena 24 (1) 1983–1984 Pro Gorizia 32 (8) 1984–1985 Opitergina Teams managed 1985–1986 Opitergina 1986–1989 Pro Gorizia 1989–1990 Partinicaudace 1990–1991 Teramo 1991–1992 Ravenna 1992–1994 Novara 1994–1996 Nocerina 1996–1998 Ternana 1998 Empoli 1998–1999 Ternana 2000–2004 Chievo Verona 2004 Porto 2004–2005 Roma 2005–2006 Palermo 2006–2007 Chievo Verona 2007–2009 Atalanta 2009–2010 Sampdoria 2010–2011 Juventus * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Luigi "Gigi" Delneri, often incorrectly written as Del Neri[1] (born August 23, 1950) is an Italian football manager and former player, whose last job was managing Juventus.
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Career
Player
Born at Aquileia, province of Udine, Delneri made his professional debut as player at the age of 16 for Spal, Ferrara's football team, for which he had worked as storer. After playing for Foggia and Novara, he moved to Udinese, with whom he gained promotion to Serie A, Italy's top division. He was later traded to Sampdoria, and then to Lanerossi Vicenza, Siena, Pro Gorizia and Opitergina, an amateur team from Oderzo, where he ended his playing career at 34.
Coach
After his retirement as a player, Delneri stayed at Oderzo, appointed by chairman Ettore Setten (now owner of Treviso) as head coach. In 1986 he signed for Serie D team Pro Gorizia. He then coached Partinicaudace, a minor Sicilian Serie D team, in 1989, Teramo, Ravenna, Novara and Nocerina of Serie C2; with this last team he won the league and promotion to Serie C1. He then moved to Ternana of Serie C2, guiding it to Serie B after two consecutive promotions.
In 1998, after his second consecutive promotion, he was signed by Empoli of Serie A, but was fired before starting the championship, and was then recalled by his former team Ternana at the Serie B level.
In 2000 he signed with Chievo Verona of Serie B, a team representing a small quarter of Verona. It was the beginning of the so-called "Chievo miracle", in which the team was promoted for the very first time to Serie A and then even qualified for the UEFA Cup in its first season at the highest level of Italian football, after leading Serie A at the end of the winter break.
In the summer of 2004, Delneri was signed by Champions' League holders FC Porto, but, as with Empoli, was fired before making his debut. He maintained that he wanted to return to Italy for personal reasons. Signed in October 2004 by AS Roma, replacing Rudi Völler, he in turn left this position in March 2005 after a dismaying series of defeats, which were regarded as only partially the fault of Delneri.
In mid-2005 he accepted the offer of US Palermo to coach the Sicilian team, which had also qualified for the UEFA Cup. After a good beginning, including a surprising 3–2 win against Inter Milan and qualification to the UEFA Cup group stages, the team started producing poor results, slowly losing position in the Serie A table. After a 3–1 defeat at home against Siena, Delneri was fired on January 28, 2006.
On 16 October 2006, Delneri returned to coach Chievo Verona, replacing Giuseppe Pillon. Despite a good start, he did not manage to save his side from relegation, losing a spot in the following season's Serie A with a 2–0 loss to Catania on the final match day. Following the relegation, Delneri announced he was going to leave Chievo. He was announced as new Atalanta boss in June 2007. Delneri spent two successful seasons with Atalanta in which he led the team to 9th and 11th place, which can be seen as a great success since the team fell to 18th place and were demoted to Serie B after his departure. After two seasons in Bergamo,he left to take over at Sampdoria on June 1, 2009, a team that had a disappointing season in which they finihsed 13th. He guided Sampdoria to a surprising fourth place in which they beat Italian teams F.C. Internazionale Milano, AC Milan, Juventus F.C., and AS Roma, and as a result of the fourth-place finish, Sampdoria received a spot to the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. Delneri left the blucerchiati the day after his team secured fourth place.[2]
On 19 May 2010, Delneri was appointed as coach of Juventus after he quit as coach of Sampdoria on 17 May 2010.[3] On the day of his appointment, Delneri stated,“I want to build a team with a definite identity, that doesn’t change depending on which team it is playing,” Delneri said. “We want to return to the level that Juventus has always played throughout its century and recreate a winning mentality. I’ve won some hard challenges and it isn’t easy, but it has allowed me to be considered by a big club,” Delneri said. “I know full well that we need a lot of quality to achieve our aims. But we need continuity and if we achieve that we might be able to reach our goals earlier.[4] After a slow start to the new season, the Turin side kept their first clean sheet since October in a 4–0[clarification needed] over Udinese.[5] He guided Juventus to 3rd place in the league before the winter break, however since the new year Juventus have lost 7 of their 11 games. AC Milan beat Juventus 1-0 in Turin on 5 March; this was the third straight defeat for Juventus, which has led to fans[who?] calling for his resignation.
At the end of the season Delneri was sacked [1].
Managerial career
Team Nat From To Record G W D L Win % Chievo 
1 July 2001 1 July 2004 114 44 36 34 38.6 Roma 1 July 2004 13 March 2005 37 12 9 16 32.43 Sampdoria 1 June 2009 17 May 2010 38 19 10 9 50 Juventus 19 May 2010 23 May 2011 38 15 14 9 39.47 - As of 18 January 2009[6]
References
- ^ corriere.it, ed (19-01-2003). "Per favore, chiamatelo Gino Delneri". http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2003/gennaio/19/Lippi_ora_che_Juve_cominci_co_0_0301193180.shtml.
- ^ "COMUNICATO U.C. SAMPDORIA: MISTER DELNERI LASCIA" (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 2010-05-17. http://www.sampdoria.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6433&Itemid=73. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
- ^ "Juventus confirm Delneri appointment". ESPNsoccernet (ESPN). 2010-05-19. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=788864&cc=5739. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
- ^ . http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ap-juventus-delneri.
- ^ Pratesi, Riccardo (2010-09-19). "Tutta un'altra Juventus, Gioco e 4 gol all'Udinese" (in Italian). Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Udinese/19-09-2010/tutta-altra-juve-711184572187.shtml.
- ^ "Luigi Delneri's managerial career". Racing Post. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=1721. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
External links
Luigi Delneri managerial positions Serie A Coach of the Year Serie A managers Allegri · Arrigoni · Ballardini · Colantuono · Colomba · Conte · Di Carlo · Di Francesco · Guidolin · Luis Enrique · Malesani · Mangia · Mazzarri · Montella · Pioli · Ranieri · Reja · Rossi · Sannino · Tesser
A.C. ChievoVerona – Ciccolo (1973–74) · Ciccolo (1974–78) · De Angelis (1978–79) · Barbi (1979–80) · De Angelis (1980) · Baruffi (1980–84) · Zanotti (1984–85) · De Angelis (1985–87) · Busatta (1987–88) · Bui (1988–91) · De Angelis (1991–93) · Malesani (1993–97) · Baldini (1997–98) · Caso (1998) · Balestro & Miani (1998–2000) · Delneri (2000–04) · Beretta (2004–05) · D'Angelo (2005) · Pillon (2005–06) · Delneri (2006–07) · Iachini (2007–08) · Di Carlo (2008–10) · Pioli (2010–11) · Di Carlo (2011–) F.C. Porto – managers Gadda () · Cassagne () · Tezler (1923–27) · Cal () · Szabó (1928–35) · Magyar (1935–36) · Gutkas (1936–37) · Siska (1937–42) · Hertzka (1942–45) · Szabó (1945–47) · Nunes (1947–48) · Vaschetto (1947–48) · Scopelli (1948–49) · Silva (1949–50) · Pinga (1949–50) · Reboredo (1949–50) · Vogel (1950–51) · Gencsi (1950–51) · Vaschetto (1951–52) · Pasarín (1951–52) · Taioli (1952–53) · Vaz (1952–53) · de Oliveira (1952–53) · Vaz (1954–55) · Yustrich (1955–56) · Costa (1956–57) · Bumbel (1957–58) · Guttmann (1958–59) · Daučík (1959–60) · Orth (1960–62) · Kálmár (1962–63) · Glória (1963–65) · Costa (1965–66) · Pedroto (1966–69) · Schwartz (1969–70) · Docherty (1970–71) · Amaral (1971–72) · Riera (1972–73) · Guttmann (1973–74) · Moreira (1974–75) · Stanković (1975–76) · Pedroto (1976–80) · Stessl (1980–82) · Pedroto (1982–84) · Jorge (1984–87) · Ivić (1987–88) · Jorge (1988–91) · Silva (1991–93) · Ivić (1993–94) · Robson (1994–96) · Oliveira (1996–98) · Santos (1998–01) · Machado (2001–02) · Mourinho (2002–2004) · Delneri (2004) · Fernández (2004–05) · Couceiro (2005) · Adriaanse (2005–06) · Ferreira (2006–10) · Villas-Boas (2010–11) · Pereira (2011–)
A.S. Roma – managers Garbutt (1927–29) · Baccani (1929–30) · Burgess (1930–32) · Barr (1932–3) · Kovács (1933–34) · Barbesino (1934–38) · Ara (1938–39) · Schaffer (1939–42) · Kertész (1942–43) · Masetti (1943–45) · Degni (1945–47) · Senkey (1947–48) · Brunella (1948–49) · Bernardini (1949–50) · Baloncieri (1950) · Serantoni (1950) · Masetti (1950–1951) · Viani (1951–1953) · Varglien (1953–54) · Carver (1954–56) · Sárosi (1956) · Masetti (1956–57) · Stock (1957–58) · Nordahl (1958–59) · Sárosi (1959–60) · Foni (1960–61) · Carniglia (1961–63) · Krieziu (1963) · Foni (1963–64) · Miró (1964–65) · Lorenzo (1965–66) · Pugliese (1966–68) · Herrera (1968–70) · Tessari (1970) · Herrera (1971–72) · Trebiciani (1972–73) · Liedholm (1973–77) · Giagnoni (1977–78) · Valcareggi (1978–79) · Liedholm (1979–84) · Eriksson (1984–86) · Sormani (1986–87) · Liedholm (1987–89) · Spinosi (1989) · Liedholm (1989) · Radice (1989–90) · O. Bianchi (1990–92) · Boškov (1992–93) · Mazzone (1993–96) · C. Bianchi (1996–97) · Liedholm & Sella (1997) · Zeman (1997–1999) · Capello (1999–2004) · Prandelli (2004) · Völler (2004) · Delneri (2004–05) · Conti (2005) · Spalletti (2005–09) · Ranieri (2009–11) · Montella (2011) · Luis Enrique (2011–)
U.S. Città di Palermo – managers Cargnelli (1930–31) · Feldmann (1931–34) · Csapkay (1935–35) · Lelovich (1935–36) · Benincasa (1936) · Csapkay (1936–37) · Hajós (1937–38) · Halmos (1938–39) · Negri (1939–40) · Krappan (1941–42) · Nigiotti (1942–43) · Faotto (1945–47) · Rosetta (1947–48) · Varglien (1948–49) · Viani (1949–51) · Galli (1951–52) · Masetti (1952) · Bonizzoni (1952–53) · Bánás (1953) · Varglien (1953) · Hiden (1953–54) · Baloncieri (1954–55) · Sperone (1955) · Rigotti (1955–56) · Puricelli (1956–57) · Kossovel (1957–58) · Rava (1958) · Rigotti (1958) · Vycpálek (1958–60) · Baldi (1960–61) · Remondini (1961–62) · Baldi (1962–63) · Montez (1963) · Székely (1963–65) · Facchini (1965–66) · Achilli (1966–67) · Di Bella (1967–71) · De Grandi (1971–72) · Pinardi (1972–73) · Biagini (1973) · Viciani (1973–75) · De Grandi (1975) · De Bellis (1975–77) · Grassotti (1977) · Veneranda (1977–79) · Cadè (1979–80) · Veneranda (1980–81) · Urbani (1981) · Di Bella (1981) · Renna (1981–83) · Del Noce (1983) · Giagnoni (1983–84) · Landoni (1984) · Rosati (1984–85) · Angelillo (1985–86) · Veneranda (1986) · Caramanno (1987–88) · Rumignani (1988–89) · Liguori (1989–90) · Ferrari (1990–92) · Di Marzio (1992) · Orazi (1992–93) · Nicolini (1993–94) · Salvemini (1994–95) · Vitali (1995) · Arcoleo (1995–97) · Vitali (1997) · Rumignani (1997–98) · Arcoleo (1998) · Morgia (1998–2000) · Sonzogni (2000–01) · Sella (2001) · Mutti (2001–02) · Pruzzo (2002) · Glerean (2002) · Arrigoni (2002–03) · Sonetti (2003) · Baldini (2003–04) · Guidolin (2004–05) · Delneri (2005–06) · Papadopulo (2006) · Guidolin (2006–07) · Gobbo–Pergolizzi (2007) · Guidolin (2007) · Colantuono (2007) · Guidolin (2007–08) · Colantuono (2008) · Ballardini (2008–09) · Zenga (2009) · Rossi (2009–11) · Cosmi (2011) · Rossi (2011) · Pioli (2011) · Mangia (2011–)
Atalanta B.C. – managers (c) caretakerCevenini (1929–30) · Viola (1930–33) · Payer (1933) · Mattea (1933–35) · Payer (1935–36) · Barbieri (1936–38) · Kertész (1938–39) · Fiorentini (1939–41) · Nehadoma (1941–46) · Meazza (1946) · Monti (1946) · Fiorentini (1946–49) · Carcano (1949) · Varglien (1949–51) · Neville (1951–52) · Ceresoli (1952) · Ferrero (1952–54) · Simonetti (1954) · Bonizzoni (1954–57) · Rigotti (1957–58) · Bonomi (1958) · Adamek (1958–59) · Valcareggi (1959–62) · Tabanelli (1962–63) · Quario (1963–64) · Ceresoli (1964) · Valcareggi (1964–65) · Puricelli (1965–66) · Angeleri (1966–67) · Tabanelli (1967–68) · Angeleri (1968–69) · Moro (1969) · Ceresoli (1969) · Viciani (1969–70) · Gei (1970) · Rota (1970) · Corsini (1970–74) · Herrera (1974–75) · Piccioli (1975) · Cadè (1975–76) · Leoncini (1976) · Rota (1976–80) · Bolchi (1980–81) · Corsini (1981) · Bianchi (1981–83) · Sonetti (1983–87) · Mondonico (1987–90) · Frosio (1990–91) · Giorgi (1991–92) · Lippi (1992–93) · Guidolin (1993) · Prandelli (1993–94) · Mondonico (1994–98) · Mutti (1998–99) · Vavassori (1999–2003) · Finardi (2003) · Mandorlini (2003–04) · Rossi (2004–05) · Colantuono (2005–07) · Delneri (2007–09) · Gregucci (2009) · Conte (2009–10) · Bonacinac (2010) · Mutti (2010) · Colantuono (2010–)
U.C. Sampdoria – managers Galluzzi (1946–47) · Baloncieri (1947–50) · Galluzzi (1950) · Foni (1950–51) · Foni (1951–52) · Poggi (1952) · Fiorentini (1952–53) · Tabanelli (1953–55) · Czeizler (1955–56) · Rava (1956–57) · Amoretti (1957) · Dodgin, Sr. (1957–58) · Baloncieri (1958) · Monzeglio (1958–61) · Lerici (1961–63) · Ocwirk (1963–65) · Baldini (1965–66) · Bernardini (1966–71) · Herrera (1971–73) · Vincenzi (1973–74) · Corsini (1974–75) · Bersellini (1975–77) · Canali (1977–78) · Giorgis (1978–79) · Toneatto (1979–80) · Riccomini (1980–81) · Ulivieri (1981–84) · Bersellini (1984–86) · Boškov (1986–92) · Eriksson (1992–97) · Luis Menotti (1997) · Boškov (1997–98) · Spalletti (1998) · Platt (1998–99) · Spalletti (1999) · Ventura (1999–2000) · Cagni (2000–01) · Bellotto (2001–02) · Novellino (2002–07) · Mazzarri (2007–09) · Delneri (2009–10) · Di Carlo (2010–11) · Cavasin (2011) · Atzori (2011) · Iachini (2011–)
Juventus F.C. – managers Károly (1923–26) · Viola (1926–28) · Aitken (1928–30) · Carcano (1930–35) · Bigatto (1935) · Rosetta (1935–39) · Caligaris (1939–41) · Munerati (1941) · Ferrari (1941–42) · Monti (1942) · Borel (1942–46) · Cesarini (1946–48) · Chalmers (1948–49) · Carver (1949–51) · Bertolini (1951) · Sárosi (1951–53) · Olivieri (1953–55) · Puppo (1955–57) · Broćić (1957–59) · Depetrini (1959) · Cesarini (1959–61) · Parola (1961) · Gren (1961) · Parola (1961–62) · Amaral (1962–64) · Monzeglio (1964) · Herrera (1964–69) · Carniglia (1969–70) · Rabitti (1970) · Picchi (1970–71) · Vycpálek (1971–74) · Parola (1974–76) · Trapattoni (1976–86) · Marchesi (1986–88) · Zoff (1988–90) · Maifredi (1990–91) · Trapattoni (1991–94) · Lippi (1994–99) · Ancelotti (1999–2001) · Lippi (2001–04) · Capello (2004–06) · Deschamps (2006–07) · Corradini (2007) · Ranieri (2007–09) · Ferrara (2009–10) · Zaccheroni (2010) · Delneri (2010–11) · Conte (2011–)
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