Massimo Battara

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Massimo Battara
Massimo Battara in 2011
Personal information
Full name Massimo Battara
Date of birth (1963-05-03) 3 May 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Genoa, Italy
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Saudi Arabia (Goalkeeping Coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1982
Bologna
1982–1983 Viadanese
1983–1984
Sampdoria
0 (0)
1984–1985
Sambenedettese
1985–1996
Puteolana Internapoli
1986–1989
Casertana
1989–1991
Salernitana
1991–1992
US Lecce
29 (0)
1992–1993
SPAL
29 (0)
1994–1995
Sassuolo
Managerial career
1998–2000 Ittihad Jeddah FC (Goalkeeping Coach)
2001
Napoli
(Goalkeeping Coach)
2001–2002 Fiorentina (Goalkeeping Coach)
2004–2008 Internazionale (Goalkeeping Coach)
2008–2009 Benevento (Goalkeeping Coach)
2009–2013 Manchester City (Goalkeeping Coach)
2014–2015 Schalke 04 (Goalkeeping Coach)
2015–2016 FC Pune City (Goalkeeping Coach)
2016 Aston Villa (Goalkeeping Coach)
2017–2018 Zenit St. Petersburg (Goalkeeping Coach)
2018–2023 Italy (Goalkeeping Coach)
2023– Saudi Arabia (Goalkeeping Coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Massimo Battara (born 3 May 1963) is an Italian football coach and a former player, who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as a goalkeeping coach with the Saudi Arabia national football team. He has worked with Roberto Di Matteo both at Aston Villa and at FC Schalke 04. Between 2009 until his resignation in May 2013, he was the goalkeeping coach at Manchester City.[2]

Career

Battara has also worked at Inter Milan and with ex Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini, and joined City in December 2009 as part of Mancini's new coaching team.

He worked under

Aston Villa
in 2016.

Honours

Manchester City
  • 2010–11
    (as goalkeeping coach)

References

  1. ^ "Massimo Battara Profile". schalke04.de. 10 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. ^ Massimo Battara

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