1. Alberico Evani started his club career with AC Milan, where he spent the majority of his playing career, winning several trophies during his 13 seasons at the club, including, three Serie A titles and two European Cups; he later played for Sampdoria, Reggiana, and Carrarese.
Alberico Evani is the current head coach of Serie B club Sampdoria.
Alberico Evani was handed his debut at the age of 18 in 1981, going on to wear the Rossoneri shirt for the next 13 years.
Alberico Evani left Milan in 1993 to join Sampdoria, the club with which he won the Coppa Italia in 1994, staying there for four years until moving to Serie B side Reggiana in 1997, and ending his career at Carrarese in 1998, in Serie C1.
Alberico Evani had represented the Italy under-21 side, and the Italy under-23 side at the 1988 Olympics, where they reached the semi-finals, finishing in fourth place.
When Sacchi was appointed as Italy coach, Alberico Evani became regular member of the Italy national side; in total he made 15 appearances for Italy.
Alberico Evani subsequently represented his country at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, appearing in Italy's opening defeat to Ireland, and scoring a penalty kick in the shootout loss to Brazil in the final.
Alberico Evani was even used as a central midfielder in his later career, after losing some of his pace, due to his ability to start attacking plays with his passing.
Alberico Evani was an accurate set-piece taker, and possessed a powerful shot from outside the area.
Alberico Evani was removed from his coaching post in April 2010 despite being in second place with his team, citing internal problems within the team and difficult relationships with the board as the main reasons for his dismissal.
On 6 August 2013, Alberico Evani was appointed the coach of Italy U20.
On 6 February 2018, Alberico Evani was appointed the caretaker manager of Italy U21 for March friendlies against Norway and Serbia, while Luigi Di Biagio was appointed caretaker manager of the senior Italy national team until Di Biagio returned on 15 May Later that month, senior side coach Roberto Mancini named Alberico Evani an assistant coach.
On 7 April 2025, Alberico Evani was hired as the new head coach of Serie B club Sampdoria, returning to the Blucerchiati with the goal to save the team from relegation, with Mancini's former coaching staff of Attilio Lombardo, Angelo Gregucci and Paolo Bertelli alongside him.