Michele Serena

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Personal information
Michele Serena
Full name	Michele Serena
Date of birth	March 10, 1970 (1970-03-10) (age 38)
Place of birth	Venice, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Manager (former defender)
Club information
Current club	Venezia
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1987 1987-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1995 1995-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2003	Mestre Venezia Juventus Monza Verona Sampdoria Fiorentina Atlético Madrid Parma Inter	1 (0) 44 (0) 4 (0) 24 (2) 26 (3) 92 (1) 69 (3) 35 (3) 15 (0) 25 (0)
National team
1990 1998	Italy U-21 Italy	1 (0) 1 (0)
Teams managed
2007-2008 2008-	Venezia (youth team) Venezia
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Michele Serena (born 10 March 1970 in Venice) is an Italian former football defender.

[edit] Career

Serena started his playing career with Mestre of Serie C2, then become Venezia following a merger. He was signed by Juventus in 1989, and made four league appearances with the bianconeri. He then played for Monza and Verona before signing for Sampdoria, where he played for three years. In 1995 he was signed by Fiorentina, and in 1998 by La Liga club Atlético Madrid, where he made 35 appearances with 3 goals and gained a spot in the national team, making his one and only appearance with the azzurri on September 5, 1998 in a 2-0 away win to Wales. He then returned in Italy to play for Parma but moved to Inter soon after during the winter transfer market. With the nerazzurri jersey, he made only 15 appearances in three seasons, mainly because of the several injuries he experienced during his years at Inter and forced him to retire.

In 2007 he became the Venezia youth team coach, also getting involved in obtaining a coaching licence.^[1] On March 11, 2008 he was unveiled as new Venezia head coach, replacing Salvo D'Adderio.^[2]