Alberto Malesani is an Italian football manager and former player.
14 Facts About Alberto Malesani
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Alberto Malesani retired from playing football at the age of 24, and worked at Canon in Amsterdam, where he studied the Ajax Amsterdam total football training methods.
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Alberto Malesani left Chievo in 1997, after three impressive Serie B seasons and a narrowly missed promotion in the Serie A league in order to become Fiorentina's boss, in what was his first stint in the Italian top flight.
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Alberto Malesani was appointed coach of Udinese in January 2007, as replacement for Giovanni Galeone.
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On 19 June 2011, Genoa officially announced that Alberto Malesani would be the new first team head coach.
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Alberto Malesani returned to Genoa on 2 April 2012, taking over from Pasquale Marino who had previously replaced him only to be sacked a few months later.
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On 5 February 2013, Alberto Malesani was appointed as the manager of Palermo.
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However, after three matches in charge, on 24 February 2013 Alberto Malesani was relieved from his duties as the manager.
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On 29 January 2014, it was announced Alberto Malesani had agreed to take over as new manager of Serie A team Sassuolo.
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Alberto Malesani's behaviour was criticized, but Malesani fought back during Monica Vanali's post-match interview, arguing about his colleagues using stock phrases, claiming his managerial wins and defending his conduct, which he had anticipated to the opponent's manager Gigi Delneri.
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In particular, Alberto Malesani claimed that small teams have no protection in Serie A and big teams take advantage of that.
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Alberto Malesani was left surprised and deeply embittered, especially because the discussion had immediately focused on off-the-pitch topics.
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Alberto Malesani then reminded that Mezzaroma had said good things about him and that he was doing everything he could for the team, underlining the upsides of the draw.
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On 1 December 2011, Alberto Malesani got very annoyed by the journalists calling him "mollo".