Roberto Muzzi

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Roberto Muzzi
Torino
in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-09-21) 21 September 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)
Striker
Team information
Current team
 Cagliari (club manager)
Youth career
Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993
Roma
 55 (6)
1994
Pisa
 23 (8)
1994
Roma
 2 (0)
1995–1999 Cagliari 144 (48)
1999–2003 Udinese 102 (38)
2003–2005
Lazio
 39 (4)
2005–2007
Torino
 61 (11)
2007–2008 Padova 23 (4)
Total 449 (129)
International career
1989 Italy U18 5 (3)
1990–1994 Italy U21 19 (4)
1992 Olympic Italy 5 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020
Empoli
2022 Cagliari (caretaker)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 1992 Europe
Winner 1994 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Muzzi (Italian pronunciation:

striker: He works as a "club manager" for Cagliari
.

During his career, he played for several Italian clubs including

S.S. Lazio. He was also part of the Italy U-21 team from 1990 to 1994, playing 19 matches and scoring 4 goals under manager Cesare Maldini, and winning the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in 1992 and 1994; he also took part at the 1992 Summer Olympics, although he never received a call-up for the senior Italy side.[1] He was known in particular for his electrifying speed as a forward.[2]

Playing career

Muzzi started his career with

Sampdoria.[2]

Muzzi was loaned to Serie B club Pisa in November 1993, where he scored 8 goals in 23 games. He then returned to Roma only to be sold in November 1994 to Cagliari, where he then spent four seasons, playing a total 144 games with 31 Serie A goals and 17 in Serie B.[2]

Muzzi joined

Torino, and was one of the protagonists in the granata's return to the top flight. His second season with Torino, now in Serie A, saw Muzzi scoring only 3 goals.[2]

In September 2006, at the age of 35, and after having turned down a youth coach role at Torino, he agreed a two-year contract with

Serie C1's Padova. In October 2008 he announced his retirement from active football.[2]

Coaching and managerial career

After retirement, he joined

AS Roma
as a youth coach in 2009, serving on a number of different positions within the club until 2015.

He subsequently joined

Genoa
.

On 14 November 2019 he took over as head coach of Serie B club

Empoli, signing a deal with the Tuscan club till the end of the 2019–20 Serie B season.[3] He was however dismissed on 26 January 2020, following a string of disappointing results during his short tenure at the club.[4]

In July 2020 he accepted an offer to become the new technical director of

Arezzo.[6] On 5 February 2022, Muzzi was dismissed from his role.[7]

In July 2022, Muzzi agreed to return to Cagliari as a "club manager", with the duty of assisting director of football Stefano Capozucca and dealing with organizational and management matters within the first team squad.[8] On 20 December 2022, following the dismissal of Fabio Liverani, Muzzi was appointed interim head coach.[9] Following the appointment of Claudio Ranieri as new head coach, Muzzi filled in for a single game, a 2–0 win against Cosenza, although he could not serve from the dugout and had to be replaced by Fabio Pisacane due to him being sick.[10][11]

Honours

Roma[2]

Udinese[2]

  • 2000

Lazio[2]

Italy U21[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Convocazioni e presenze in campo: Roberto Muzzi" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Roberto Muzzi". Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  3. ^ "UFFICIALE: Empoli, Roberto Muzzi è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Empoli, altro cambio in panchina: via Muzzi, arriva Marino". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Roberto Muzzi: "A Frascati per un grande progetto. La Lupa fa sul serio"". Il Mamilio (in Italian). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Muzzi responsabile dei giovani: "E' un ruolo che mi piace molto"". La Nazione (in Italian). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Caos Arezzo, chi va e chi viene mentre i tifosi della Curva Sud annunciano la linea dura: il punto". Corriere di Arezzo (in Italian). 5 February 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Calcio: Roberto Muzzi ritorna al Cagliari come club manager". ANSA.it (in Italian). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Comunicato della Società" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Cagliari-Cosenza: Muzzi ko, in panchina va Pisacane" (in Italian). Centotrentuno.com. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Calcio: il Cagliari ritrova il sorriso, 2-0 al Cosenza" (in Italian). ANSA.it. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

External links

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