Walter Novellino
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Walter Alfredo Novellino | ||
Date of birth | 4 June 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Montemarano, Italy | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Torino | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1971 | Torino | 0 | (0) |
1971–1972 |
Legnano | 37 | (1) |
1972–1973 | Torino | 1 | (0) |
1973–1974 |
Cremonese | 30 | (2) |
1974–1975 |
Empoli | 36 | (5) |
1975–1978 | Perugia | 81 | (11) |
1978–1982 | Milan | 120 | (10) |
1982–1984 |
Ascoli | 59 | (12) |
1984–1986 | Perugia | 51 | (1) |
1986–1987 | Catania | 16 | (0) |
Total | 431 | (42) | |
International career | |||
1978 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1992–1993 | Perugia | ||
1993–1995 |
Gualdo | ||
1995 | Perugia | ||
1996–1997 |
Ravenna | ||
1997–1999 |
Venezia | ||
1999–2000 | Napoli | ||
2000–2002 |
Piacenza | ||
2002–2007 |
Sampdoria | ||
2007–2008 | Torino | ||
2008–2009 | Torino | ||
2009 |
Reggina | ||
2011 | Livorno | ||
2013–2015 | Modena | ||
2016 |
Palermo | ||
2016–2018 |
Avellino | ||
2019 | Catania | ||
2021 |
Juve Stabia | ||
2022 |
Juve Stabia | ||
2023 |
Juve Stabia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Walter Alfredo Novellino (born 4 June 1953; Italian pronunciation: [ˈvalter novelˈliːno]), is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Novellino was born at
International career
Novellino won one cap for the Italy national football team in 1978.
Style of play
Novellino was a talented yet tenacious and hard-working midfielder known for excellent technical ability, offensive capabilities, fighting spirit, and dribbling skills. Although he was usually played as an attacking midfielder, he was also capable of playing as a winger, as a second striker, or as a forward.[1][2][3]
Managerial career
Novellino debuted in management in 1992 with Perugia of
In 2000, he led
On 8 December, only a few months after his dismissal, he was called back to Torino following the sacking of De Biasi, taking over the team in 18th place and 12 only points achieved in 15 games.[4] He was fired once again on 24 March 2009, after a sequence of negative results that left Torino in deep relegation zone, being replaced by Giancarlo Camolese.[5]
In July 2009 he was appointed new head coach of
On 14 February 2011, he was unveiled as new head coach of Serie B club Livorno, replacing Giuseppe Pillon at the helm of the Amaranto,[7] until 21 December 2011 when he rescinds the contract by mutual agreement with the company.[8]
On 10 March 2016, he was appointed
On 29 November 2016, he was called in by struggling Serie B side
On 1 July 2021, he was hired by Serie C's
On 20 March 2023, Novellino returned to Juve Stabia, accepting to become the third manager of the season for the Gialloblu.[15] After a lacklustre end of season, on 10 June 2023 Juve Stabia announced to have parted company with Novellino.[16]
Style of management
Novellino favours a
Managerial statistics
- As of 5 May 2019
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Perugia | 3 December 1992 | 23 June 1993 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 45.45 | |
Gualdo
|
23 June 1993 | 1 July 1995 | 87 | 42 | 29 | 16 | 120 | 55 | +65 | 48.28 | |
Perugia | 1 July 1995 | 26 September 1995 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 25.00 | |
Ravenna
|
2 June 1996 | 18 June 1997 | 40 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 37.50 | |
Unione Venezia
|
18 June 1997 | 15 June 1999 | 80 | 31 | 26 | 23 | 99 | 85 | +14 | 38.75 | |
Napoli | 15 June 1999 | 13 June 2000 | 48 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 45.83 | |
Piacenza | 13 June 2000 | 4 June 2002 | 83 | 36 | 23 | 24 | 113 | 81 | +32 | 43.37 | |
Sampdoria
|
4 June 2002 | 31 May 2007 | 220 | 85 | 70 | 65 | 271 | 233 | +38 | 38.64 | |
Torino | 6 June 2007 | 15 April 2008 | 36 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 22.22 | |
Torino | 8 December 2008 | 24 March 2009 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 18.75 | |
Reggina Calcio
|
11 June 2009 | 24 October 2009 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 33.33 | |
Livorno | 14 February 2011 | 21 December 2011 | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 31.58 | |
Modena | 20 March 2013 | 28 February 2015 | 86 | 29 | 33 | 24 | 108 | 83 | +25 | 33.72 | |
Palermo
|
10 March 2016 | 12 April 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0.00 | |
Avellino
|
28 November 2016 | 4 April 2018 | 61 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 75 | 87 | −12 | 29.51 | |
Catania | 27 February 2019 | 6 May 2019 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 40.00 | |
Career total | 851 | 321 | 279 | 251 | 1,050 | 885 | +165 | 37.72 |
Honours
Player
- Milan
- Serie A (1): 1978–79
- Serie B (1): 1980–81
- Mitropa Cup (1): 1981–82
- Perugia
- Coppa Piano Karl Rappan (1): 1978
Manager
- Gualdo
- Serie C2(1): 1993–94 (girone B)
Individual
- A.C. Milan Hall of Fame[1]
References
- ^ a b c "A.C. Milan Hall of Fame: Walter Novellino". A.C. Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Walter Alfredo NOVELLINO (I)" (in Italian). magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Sabatini di fronte a Novellino: "A Perugia era lui il mio idolo"" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "De Biasi esonerato dal suo incarico" (in Italian). Torino FC. 8 December 2008. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ^ "CAMOLESE È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL TORO" (in Italian). Torino FC. 24 March 2009. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ "Novellino sollevato dall'incarico" (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009. [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Novellino nuovo allenatore dell´A.S. Livorno Calcio" (in Italian). AS Livorno Calcio. 14 February 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
- ^ "Risoluzione consensuale contratto mister Novellino" (in Italian). Livorno Calcio. 21 December 2011. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Official: Palermo appoint Novellino – Football Italia".
- ^ "Novellino: 'Palermo have sacked me' | Football Italia". Archived from the original on 12 April 2016.
- U.S. Avellino 1912. 3 April 2018.
- ^ Sacco, Alessandro (1 July 2021). "UFFICIALE – Walter Novellino nuovo allenatore della Juve Stabia". Il Napoli (in Italian).
- ^ "Calcio: Juve Stabia esonera Walter Novellino". ANSA (in Italian). 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Juve Stabia, dopo l'esonero di Sottili torna in panchina Novellino". TuttoMercatoWeb (in Italian). 28 February 2022.
- S.S. Juve Stabia(in Italian). 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Juve Stabia, ufficiale: termina il rapporto contrattuale con Novellino e il ds Di Bari". La Casa di C (in Italian). 10 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "INTERVISTA SUL CALCIO" (in Italian). walternovellino.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2017.