Enrico Annoni

Enrico Annoni

Personal information
Full name	Enrico Annoni
Date of birth	(1966-07-01) 1 July 1966
Place of birth	Giussano, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Catania (assistant coach)
Youth career
	Seregno
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1983	Seregno	27	(0)
1983–1990	Como	97	(2)
1985–1987	→ Sambenedettese (loan)	60	(4)
1990–1994	Torino	103	(2)
1994–1997	Roma	59	(0)
1997–1999	Celtic	37	(0)
Total		383	(8)
National team
1987–1988	Italy U21	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Enrico Annoni (born 1 July 1966) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a centre back. He is the assistant coach at Catania.

Club career

Annoni began his career in the early 1980s as a defender with Serie D side, Seregno.^[1] In season 1983-84 he moved to Serie B side, Como and played 2 games in their successful campaign for promotion that year to Serie A.^[1] Annoni was then loaned out to Sambenedettese for two seasons before returning to Como for season 1987-88. He became a regular in the team, making 95 league appearances in 3 seasons.^[2] Annoni was now an established defender, able to play at either centre-back or full-back positions.^[1]

In 1990 Annoni joined Torino.^[2] He quickly became popular with the fans who nicknamed him 'Tarzan'.^[3][4] He picked up his first silverware in June 1991 when Torino beat Pisa in the final of the Mitropa Cup.^[5] He was then part of the Torino side that reached the UEFA Cup Final in 1992, playing in all the games leading up to the final^[6] and scoring in the first round against Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur^[7] and second round against Boavista.^[8] Annoni played in the first leg of the final against Ajax, a 2-2 draw at home,^[9] but missed the second leg through suspension. That match finished 0-0, with Ajax winning the UEFA Cup on the away goals rule.^[10]

In June 1993 Annoni picked up his first major silverware when Torino defeated Roma on away goals in the final of the Coppa Italia.^[11]

Annoni joined Roma in 1994.^[12] He was a regular in the team in his first two seasons there, but only made 12 league appearances in his third season, 1996–97.^[2]

In February 1997 Annoni moved abroad to join Scottish Premier Division side, Celtic.^[13] During his time in Scotland, he won the Scottish Premier Division title^[14] and the Scottish League Cup.^[15] He left Celtic in July 1999 to return to Italy to care for his ill father.^[16]

Annoni made a guest appearance for Celtic in May 2008 in the benefit game for former Celtic team-mate Phil O'Donnell, who died in December 2007 whilst playing for Motherwell.^[17][18]

Annoni is the subject of an anecdote whereby, in a match in the late 1990s where Celtic were performing poorly and Annoni had just been brought on as a substitute, a fan is supposed to have exclaimed "Aw naw, no Annoni oan an aw noo!" (Oh no, not Annoni on as well now!).^[19]

Managerial career

In July 2013, Annoni joined Dario Marcolin's coaching staff, becoming assistant coach at Serie B side Padova.^[20] He lasted just two months in this role, and was sacked in September along with Marcolin himself and goalkeeping coach Gaetano Petrelli.^[21]

On 3 January 2015, he followed Marcolin at Catania, becoming an assistant coach at the club.^[22]

Honours

Club

• Coppa Italia winner: 1992–93^[11]
• Scottish Premier League champion: 1997–98^[14]
• Scottish League Cup winner: 1997–98^[15]
• Mitropa Cup winner: 1991^[5]
• UEFA Cup runner-up: 1992^[9][10]

References

External links

• Career info (Annoni was actually playing for Roma in season 1994/95, NOT Torino, as confirmed by Season 1994-95 stats
• Enrico's playing profile (from CelticTalk.org))