Attilio Tesser

Infobox Football biography
playername = Attilio Tesser


nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1958|6|10|df=y
cityofbirth = Montebelluna
countryofbirth = Italy
currentclub =
position = Manager
youthyears =
youthclubs = Montebelluna
years = ?-1978 1978-1980 1980-1985 1985-1986 1986-1989 1989-?
clubs = Treviso Napoli Udinese Perugia Catania Trento
caps(goals) = ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) 85 (4) ? (?)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Italy U-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
manageryears = 1992-1994 1994-1996 1996-2001 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005 2006 2007-2008
managerclubs = Sevegliano Udinese ("youth team") Venezia ("youth team") Südtirol-Alto Adige Triestina Cagliari Ascoli Mantova

Attilio Tesser (born June 10, 1958 in Montebelluna) is an Italian football (soccer) manager.

Playing career

Tesser, a defender, started his playing career with Treviso. He moved to Napoli in 1978, where he played two seasons. He then played for Udinese from 1980 to 1985, and then for some lower league teams, including Perugia and Catania. He was also capped for the Italian U-21 side.

Managing career

After his retirement, Tesser began a coaching career in 1992 for Serie D side Sevegliano, and successively became a coach at the youth level for Udinese and Venezia. His first professional coaching job came in 2001, for Serie C2 side F.C. Südtirol-Alto Adige. In 2003, he replaced Ezio Rossi at the helm of U.S. Triestina Calcio of Serie B. After a very good season, followed by a poorer one, Tesser moved to Cagliari Calcio of Serie A in 2006, but was fired just after the first league match by team chairman Massimo Cellino. On July 2006, he was named coach of Ascoli, replacing Marco Giampaolo. However, after a serie of struggling results ended in a 1-0 home defeat to Empoli F.C. in the 11th matchday, Tesser was fired and replaced by Nedo Sonetti.

Tesser started the 2007-08 season at the helm of Serie B side Mantova, with the aim to fight for a promotion spot; however, results did not confirm the initial goals, and he was sacked on February 24, 2008, leaving Mantova in seventh place, seven points far from the fourth playoff spot.cite news |url=http://www.acmantova.it/news_estesa.asp?idnews=2570|title=ESONERATO ATTILIO TESSER|language=Italian|publisher=AC Mantova|accessdate=2008-02-24|date=2008-02-24]

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*cite web|url=http://www.udinese.it/index.php?n=13048&l=it|language=Italian|title=Tesser, eroe dell'Udinese nel 1985, "nemico" domenica|published=Udinese Calcio|accessdate=2006-10-31