Andrea Sottil

Andrea Sottil
Personal information
Date of birth4 January 1974
Place of birthVenaria Reale, Italy
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
1991–1992Torino
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1992–1994Torino13(0)
1994–1996Fiorentina33(1)
1996–1999Atalanta91(2)
1999–2003Udinese87(6)
2003–2004Reggina24(1)
2004–2005Genoa33(1)
2005–2008Catania66(1)
2008–2009Rimini37(1)
2009–2010Alessandria26(0)
National team‡
1990–1992Italy U1817(1)
1994Italy U211(0)
Teams managed
2011–2012Siracusa
2012–2013Gubbio
2013–2014Cuneo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 December 2013

Andrea Sottil (born 4 January 1974) is an Italian former footballer turned coach.

Player

Sottil started his career with Torino and made his Serie A debut on 6 December 1992, in a 1–1 draw to Foggia. In 1994 he left Torino to join Fiorentina, then moving to Atalanta later in 1996. In 1999 he moved to Udinese, where he also had the opportunity to play at continental level in the UEFA Cup.

Sottil was signed by Reggina in co-ownership deal in summer 2003, along with team-mate Gonzalo Martínez. In summer 2005, he was signed by Catania, which he was the regular starter in the first two season, but only played 7 games in 2007–08 Serie A.

In August 2008, he was signed by Rimini.[1] In July 2009 he left for Alessandria.[2] for[3] He retired at the end of the 2010–11 season, totaling over 200 games at Serie A level throughout his career.

Coach

Soon after retirement, Sottil passed the category 2 (UEFA A) coaching exam in June 2011.[4] Later in the summer he was appointed new head coach of Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Siracusa, with the goal of leading the ambitious Sicilians into the battle to promotion in the Serie B league.[5]

In 2012 he was the coach of Gubbio in Lega Pro Prima Divisione. In 2013 he is the coach of A.C. Cuneo in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.[6] He was fired on 7 January 2014.[7] Ezio Rossi replaced Sottil on the next day.[8]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Colpo di mercato: preso SOTTIL !" (in Italian). Rimini Calcio FC. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "UFFICIALE: tris per l'Alessandria: c'è anche Andrea Sottil" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "E' ufficiale l'ingaggio di Andea Sottil". Alessandria Calcio (in Italian). 22 July 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Baggio's new life As a professional coach". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Andrea Sottil è il nuovo allenatore del Siracusa" [OFFICIAL: Andrea Sottil new Siracusa head coach] (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Andrea Sottil è il nuovo allenatore del Cuneo" (in Italian). AC Cuneo 1905. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Esonerato il tecnico Andrea Sottil" (in Italian). AC Cuneo 1905. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Il ritorno di Ezio Rossi" (in Italian). AC Cuneo 1905. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

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