Renzo Ulivieri

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Renzo Ulivieri
Personal information
Full name Renzo Ulivieri
Date of birth February 2, 1941 (1941-02-02) (age 67)
Place of birth    San Miniato, Italy
Playing position Manager
Club information
Current club Reggina
Youth clubs
Fiorentina
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1965-1966 Cuoiopelli    
Teams managed
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
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

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

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

[edit] 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.[1] 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.[2]

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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Reggina call on Ulivieri. Football Italia (2007-11-01). Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
  2. ^ Soccer-Struggling Reggina sack Ulivieri. Reuters (2008-03-03). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
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