Renzo Ulivieri

Infobox Football biography
playername = Renzo Ulivieri


fullname = Renzo Ulivieri
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1941|2|2
cityofbirth = San Miniato
countryofbirth = Italy
currentclub = Reggina
position = Manager
youthyears =
youthclubs = Fiorentina
years = 1965-1966
clubs = Cuoiopelli
caps(goals) =
manageryears = 1966-1967 1967-1968 1968-1971 1971-1972 1972-1976 1976-1978
1978-1979 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1984 1984-1986 1989-1991 1991-1994
1994-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2001 2002-2003 2004-2005 2005, 2006-2007
2007-2008
managerclubs = Cuoiopelli San Miniato Prato ("youth team") Fucecchio Empoli Fiorentina ("youth team") Ternana Vicenza Perugia Sampdoria Cagliari Modena Vicenza Bologna Napoli Cagliari Parma Torino Padova Bologna
Reggina

Renzo Ulivieri (born February 2, 1941 in San Miniato, Pisa) is an Italian football (soccer) manager.

Career

After a very short playing career as midfielder for the Fiorentina youth team and Serie C team Cuoiopelli, Ulivieri became coach for Cuoiopelli in 1966, after the team were relegated to Serie D. He then coached several other amateur teams in Tuscany, such as San Miniato, Fucecchio, and the Prato youth squad.

In 1972, he joined Serie C side Empoli, where he served as head coach for three seasons. He then spent two years as Fiorentina youth coach before Ulivieri signing for Ternana of Serie B in 1978. He made his Serie A debut in 1980 for Perugia. Since then, Ulivieri served as head coach for numerous clubs all around the country. His best results were a double consecutive promotion from Serie C1 to Serie A with Bologna, a Torneo di Viareggio with Fiorentina in 1978, and a promotion to Serie A with Sampdoria in 1981–82. He returned to coach Bologna in 2005, but was fired soon after following a series of poor results. He was however recalled on March 2006, after his replacement Andrea Mandorlini did not manage to improve results. Ulivieri coached Bologna also in 2006–2007, but was fired on April 14, 2007 after a 3-0 away loss to Genoa, and following weeks of disputes with club chairman Alfredo Cazzola.

On November 2007 he was appointed at the helm of relegation-battling Serie A side Reggina to replace Massimo Ficcadenti.cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/nov1m.html|publisher=Football Italia|date=2007-11-01|accessdate=2007-11-01|title=Reggina call on Ulivieri] On March 3, 2008, Ulivieri was sacked by Reggina after a string of results where they picked up only four points from seven league games.cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldFootballNews/idUKB42071820080303|publisher=Reuters|date=2008-03-03|accessdate=2008-03-03|title=Soccer-Struggling Reggina sack Ulivieri]

Ulivieri is among the most experienced head coaches in Italy, and is also head of the Italian Head Coaches' Association. He is well known for his left-wing political stance (he is a former Democrats of the Left and Italian Communist Party, member), very uncommon in the Italian football world.

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