Renzo Ulivieri

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Renzo Ulivieri
Personal information
Date of birth (1941-02-02) 2 February 1941 (age 83)
Place of birth San Miniato, Italy
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1966
Cuoiopelli
Managerial career
1966–1967
Cuoiopelli
1967–1968 San Miniato
1968–1971
Prato
(youth team)
1971–1972 Fucecchio
1972–1976
Empoli
1976–1978 Fiorentina (youth team)
1978–1979 Ternana
1979–1980
Vicenza
1980–1981
Perugia
1981–1984
Sampdoria
1984–1986 Cagliari
1989–1991
Modena
1991–1994
Vicenza
1994–1998
Bologna
1998–1999
Napoli
1999–2000 Cagliari
2001
Parma
2002–2003
Torino
2004–2005 Padova
2005
Bologna
2006–2007
Bologna
2007–2008
Reggina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Renzo Ulivieri (born 2 February 1941) is an Italian football manager. He is the current chairman of the Associazione Italiana Allenatori Calcio (Italian Football Managers' Association).

Career

After a very short playing career as a

Prato
youth squad.

In 1972, he joined Serie C side

Genoa, and following weeks of disputes with club chairman Alfredo Cazzola
.

In November 2007 he was appointed at the helm of relegation-battling Serie A side

Reggina to replace Massimo Ficcadenti.[1] On 3 March 2008, Ulivieri was sacked by Reggina after a string of results where they picked up only four points from seven league games.[2]

Personal life

Ulivieri is also well known for his left-wing political stance (he is a former Democrats of the Left and Italian Communist Party member). In a 2013 interview with the Italian edition of Vanity Fair, he discussed his left-wing political views, and also spoke out against homophobia in football.[3]

Honours

Manager

Modena

  • Serie C1
    : 1989–90

Bologna

References

  1. ^ "Reggina call on Ulivieri". Football Italia. 1 November 2007. Archived from the original on 3 November 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2007.
  2. ^ "Soccer-Struggling Reggina sack Ulivieri". Reuters. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  3. ^ Gabriella Greison (29 January 2013). ""Gay nel calcio: è l'ora di cambiare"" (in Italian). Vanity Fair. Retrieved 23 November 2016.