Fernando Veneranda

Infobox Football biography
playername = Fernando Veneranda


fullname = Fernando Veneranda
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1941|5|23
cityofbirth = Porto San Giorgio
countryofbirth = Italy
dateofdeath = death date and age|2007|3|1|1941|5|23
cityofdeath = Porto San Giorgio
countryofdeath = Italy
currentclub =
position = Manager (former striker)
youthyears = ?-1960
youthclubs = Sangiorgese
years = 1960-1963 1963-1965 1965-1966 1966-1967 1967-1968
1968-1969 1970-1971
clubs = Fiorentina Prato Brescia Potenza [it icon [http://www.11leoni.com/veneranda.htm] ] Palermo Genoa Matera
caps(goals) = 0 (0) ? (?) ? (1) 33 (6) 15 (2) [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/region-italy-sicily-b.html Sicilian Clubs in Serie B ] ] 2 (1) ? (?)
nationalyears =
nationalteams =
manageryears = 1971-? 1976-1979 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982 1982-1984 1984-1985 1985-1986
1986-1987 1988-1989 1990-1991 1991-1992
managerclubs = Matera Palermo Verona Palermo Foggia Avellino Cagliari Palermo Taranto Taranto Triestina Messina

Fernando Veneranda (May 23, 1942 – March 1, 2007 in Porto San Giorgio) was an Italian football (soccer) player and manager.

Playing career

Veneranda, a forward, started his professional career for Fiorentina, where he played from 1960 to 1963. He never played a single Serie A match, but appeared in a Cup Winners' Cup match, as well as in the Coppa Italia and Mitropa Cup. He owns the record of being the Fiorentina players with the highest number of appearances without having ever played a league match. [it icon [http://www.violanews.com/index.asp?idn=30625] ] He then played for a number of Serie A, B and C clubs. Veneranda ended his playing career in 1970 for Matera, and soon became manager of the same club.

Managing career

After his time at Matera, Veneranda moved to Palermo, a former playing club of his, at the end of the 1976/1977 season. He is best remembered among Palermo fans for having led the Serie B club to its second Coppa Italia final in history, then lost 2-1 to giants Juventus. Despite this, Veneranda coached only a single Serie A team in his whole career, Avellino; he was called to coach the "biancoverdi" in October 1982 and obtained a good ninth place for the small club; he was fired after the tenth matchday of the next season. Veneranda retired from football in 1992, after he relegated to Serie C1 with Messina.

Veneranda died on March 1, 2007, aged 65, in his native city of Porto San Giorgio [it icon [http://www.irpinianews.it/Sport/news/?news=16238] ] .

References

Persondata
NAME= Veneranda, Fernando
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Veneranda, Fernando
SHORT DESCRIPTION=footballer and manager
DATE OF BIRTH= 1941-5-23
PLACE OF BIRTH= Porto San Giorgio , Italy
DATE OF DEATH= 2007-3-1
PLACE OF DEATH= Porto San Giorgio , Italy