Walter Sabatini was born on 2 May 1955 and is an Italian former football player turned director of football, who last worked as sporting director at Serie A club Salernitana.
14 Facts About Walter Sabatini
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Walter Sabatini successively returned at Perugia, where he was prevented from playing because of a muscular injury that did not allow him to play any games for two years, including a season with no appearances at Palermo.
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Since then, after two years of inactivity, Walter Sabatini found himself out of the limelight, and spent the following years playing in the lower ranks of Italian professional football before retiring in 1984.
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In 2004, Walter Sabatini left Perugia to become director of football of Lazio.
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Walter Sabatini worked for four years at Lazio, and was instrumental in signing players such as Aleksandar Kolarov, Valon Behrami, Fernando Muslera, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Modibo Diakite, Stefan Radu, Libor Kozak and Luis Pedro Cavanda.
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In 2008, after his contract with Lazio expired, Walter Sabatini went on to fill the same position at Palermo, penning a two-year contract with the rosanero club.
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Walter Sabatini agreed a one-year extension to his contract in May 2010.
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Walter Sabatini has succeeding in signing Erik Lamela and Marquinhos, as well as their sales to Tottenham Hotspur and Paris Saint-Germain respectively for a significant profit in 2013.
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Walter Sabatini then utilized the funds to purchase players Kevin Strootman, Gervinho, Morgan De Sanctis, Radja Nainggolan and Mehdi Benatia.
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Walter Sabatini was hitherto normally known for signing short-term deals, but for the first time he agreed upon a three-year extension with Roma in 2014.
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On 10 May 2017, Walter Sabatini was officially announced by Suning as technical co-ordinator for both of their clubs: Inter and Jiangsu Suning.
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On 28 March 2018, Walter Sabatini resigned as technical co-ordinator at Inter and Jiangsu Suning.
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Walter Sabatini is well known in Italy for his smoking habit.
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On 10 September 2018 Walter Sabatini was rushed in the Intensive Care Unit at the Hospital of Rome, after having intense difficulty breathing and suffering a collapsed lung.