William Viali

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William Viali
Personal information
Full name William Viali
Date of birth (1974-11-16) 16 November 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Vaprio d'Adda, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Cosenza (head coach)
Youth career
1991–1993
Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994
Fiorenzuola
29 (1)
1994–1995
Ravenna
26 (1)
1995
Cesena
3 (0)
1995–1996
Monza
13 (0)
1996–1997
Ascoli
28 (2)
1997–2001
Lecce
111 (4)
2001–2002
Venezia
15 (0)
2002–2003
Palermo
0 (0)
2002–2003
Perugia
(loan)
11 (0)
2003
Ancona
(loan)
13 (1)
2004–2006 Fiorentina 53 (1)
2005–2006
Treviso
(loan)
26 (0)
2006–2007
Treviso
56 (3)
2008–2010
Cremonese
71 (5)
Managerial career
2010–2011
Fiorenzuola
2012
Parma U16
2012–2013
Lupa Piacenza
2013
Piacenza
2014
Piacenza
2015–2016
Pro Piacenza
2016–2017
Südtirol
2017–2018
Cuneo
2018–2019
Novara
2019
Novara
2020–2022 Cesena
2022–2023 Cosenza
2023 Ascoli
2024– Cosenza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Viali (born 16 November 1974) is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a defender. He is the head coach of Serie B club Cosenza.

Playing career

Viali was signed outright by Treviso in January 2006. He finished his career with Cremonese in 2010.[1]

Coaching career

Having been released in 2010 by Cremonese and having decided to retire, Viali became coach of

Parma announced Viali had become the head coach of their under-16 team.[2]

On 5 December 2017, he was hired as the head coach of

On 14 June 2018, he was appointed the new head coach for

Novara, which was relegated to Serie C at the end of the previous season.[4]

On 4 June 2019, Novara announced that his contract would not be extended past its expiration on 30 June 2019.[5]

On 28 January 2020, he joined

Cesena.[6] He left Cesena by the end of the 2021–22 Serie C
season.

On 2 November 2022, Viali signed a contract until 30 June 2023 to become the new head coach of Serie B club Cosenza to replace Davide Dionigi, on what was also his first managerial job in the Italian second division.[7] He left Cosenza by the end of the season to sign for fellow Serie B club Ascoli, but was dismissed on 13 November 2023 due to poor results, after achieving only twelve points in the first 13 league games of the season.[8]

On 11 March 2024, Viali returned to Cosenza, agreeing to a contract with the Serie B club until 30 June 2025.[9]

Honours

Lupa Piacenza
  • Eccellenza Emilia–Romagna
    (1): 2012–13

References

  1. ^ "Carriera di William Viali" (in Italian). Tutto Calciatori. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  2. ^ Page title[usurped]
  3. ^ "William Viali è il nuovo allenatore dei biancorossi" (in Italian). A.C. Cuneo 1905. 5 December 2017.
  4. Novara Calcio
    . 14 June 2018.
  5. Novara
    . 4 June 2019.
  6. Cesena
    . 28 January 2020.
  7. ^ "William Viali è il nuovo allenatore dei Lupi!" (in Italian). Cosenza Calcio. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  8. ^ "VIALI NON È PIÙ L'ALLENATORE DELL'ASCOLI CALCIO: IL COMUNICATO" (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio 1898. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Cosenza, in panchina torna Viali. E firma un contratto con i lupi fino al 2025" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.

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