1. Edoardo Reja was born on 10 October 1945 and is an Italian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Slovenian club Gorica.
15 Facts About Edoardo Reja
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Edoardo Reja won four promotions from Serie B, including as champions with Brescia and Vicenza, as well as Cagliari and Napoli.
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Edoardo Reja began his career with the SPAL youth squad, coached by Paolo Mazza, playing in midfield alongside lifelong friend Fabio Capello, and other notable players such as Louis Pasetti and Adriano Zanier.
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In 1965, Edoardo Reja joined Capello in Serie A, in the SPAL first team, earning an appearance with the Italian U-23 squad.
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Edoardo Reja played for two more teams, US Citta di Palermo and Alessandria in a long career that lasted until 1975, playing a total of 124 Serie A matches.
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Edoardo Reja started his coaching career in 1979 serving as boss of Serie D team Molinella.
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Edoardo Reja successively gained good successes in the same league with Cosenza, Lecce and Brescia, where he won the championship.
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However, Edoardo Reja opted to give up the opportunity to coach Brescia in Serie A, preferring to accept an offer from Torino, another Serie B team, where he then missed promotion defeated in the promotion playoffs to Perugia after a penalty shootout.
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In January 2005, Edoardo Reja was appointed as the manager of Napoli, again after Ventura's dismissal.
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Edoardo Reja was unveiled as the new Lazio head coach the following day, replacing Davide Ballardini.
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Edoardo Reja was appointed trainer of Atalanta on 4 March 2015 with the team three points above the relegation zone after the dismissal of Stefano Colantuono.
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On 2 March 2023, just a few months after the end of his contract with the Albania national team, Edoardo Reja returned into management as the new head coach of Slovenian PrvaLiga bottom-placed club ND Gorica.
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Edoardo Reja was born in the village of Lucinico, now a suburb of Gorizia, near the border between Italy and Slovenia.
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Edoardo Reja's father was a Slovenian from the village of Vipolze in Brda, Slovenia, while his mother was Friulian.
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Edoardo Reja has been married to his wife Livia since 1969; he met his wife while rooming with Capello in Ferrara, at the time playing for SPAL.