Fernando Orsi

Infobox Football biography
playername = Fernando Orsi


fullname = Fernando Orsi
nickname = "Nando"
height = height|metres=1.80
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1959|9|12
cityofbirth = Rome
countryofbirth = Italy
currentclub = Livorno
position = Manager (former goalkeeper)
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1978–1979 1979–1980 1980–1982 1982–1985 1985–1989 1989–1998
clubs = AS Roma Siena Parma Lazio Arezzo Lazio
caps(goals) = 0 (0) 34 (0) 51 (0) 82 (0) 125 (0) 43 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteams =
manageryears = 2002–2004 2004–2006 2007
2008–
managerclubs = Lazio ("assistant coach") Inter Milan ("assistant coach") Livorno Livorno

Fernando Orsi (born September 12, 1959 in Rome) is an Italian football (soccer) manager and former player.

Career

Playing

Orsi, a goalkeeper, made his professional debut in 1979 for Serie C2 club Siena. He made his Serie A debut with Lazio in 1982, a team where he played from 1982 to 1985, and again, as backup keeper, from 1989 until his retirement in 1998.

Coaching

Orsi became assistant coach of Roberto Mancini at Lazio in 2002. He followed Mancini at Inter Milan two years later. He left Inter in 2006 in order to pursue a career as head coach. Initially rumoured as possible Arezzo coach in 2006–2007, he was surprisingly appointed to a Serie A job on March 21, 2007 by Livorno chairman Aldo Spinelli in order to replace Daniele Arrigoni. He made his debut with a 4-1 home win to Catania on April 1, [cite web
url=http://www.eurosport.com/football/serie-a/2006-2007/sport_sto1137460.shtml
author="Eurosport"
title=Orsi debut delights Spinelli
accessdate=2007-04-02] leading his side to a mid-table finish in the Serie A 2006-07. However, a disappointing start in the 2007-08 campaign resulted in only two points after the first seven matchdays, convincing Spinelli to sack Orsi on October 9, making him the first coach to be fired in the season.cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/oct9j.html|publisher=Football Italian|title=Livorno sack Orsi|date=2007-10-09|accessdate=2007-10-09] He was called back at the helm of the "amaranto" on April 28, 2008, after Spinelli decided to dismiss Giancarlo Camolese from the team's head coaching post.cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Squadre/Livorno/Primo_Piano/2008/04_Aprile/28/livornorsi.shtml |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|date=2008-04-28|accessdate=2008-04-28|title=Spinelli caccia Camolese. Il Livorno torna ad Orsi |language=Italian]

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