Valter Alessandro Salvioni (born 8 October 1953), best known as Sandro Salvioni, is an Italian football manager, and a former player, last in charge as head coach of Lugano.

Sandro Salvioni
Personal information
Full name Valter Alessandro Salvioni[1]
Date of birth (1953-10-08) 8 October 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Gorlago, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Leffe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1973 Leffe ? (?)
1973–1975 Seregno 42 (2)
1975–1976 Novara 39 (2)
1976–1979 Foggia 63 (4)
1979–1984 Brescia 150 (10)
1984–1985 Derthona 28 (0)
1985–1986 Parma 25 (0)
1986–1987 Parma 32 (2)
1987–1989 Parma 61 (1)
1989–1990 Seregno ? (?)
Managerial career
1989–1991 Seregno
1991–1992 Crema
1992–1993 Vastese
2000–2002 Nice
2002–2003 Cosenza
2003–2004 Verona
2006 Lumezzane
2007 Calcio Caravaggese
2009–2010 Ancona
2010–2011 Triestina
2012 AlbinoLeffe
2013 Lugano
2016 Monza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Playing career

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Salvioni mostly played into lower ranks of Italian football, excluding a two-year stint with then-Serie A club Foggia and a lone season with Brescia.

Coaching career

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Salvioni started his coaching career in 1989 with Serie D club Seregno which he later to join Crema in 1991. In 1993, he made his debut as professional coach with Vastese in the Serie C2 league. From 1994 to 2000 he then served as youth coach of Parma; in June 2000 he was then appointed by Franco Sensi to take over as head coach of French Ligue 2 club Nice, who was acquired by the Roma chairman as a satellite club for the giallorossi. In his second and final season in charge, he guided the French outfit to promotion into the top flight. In 2002, he agreed a return to Italy in order to become new head coach of Serie B club Cosenza, with little success; this was followed by another unsuccessful Serie B period with Verona. After two short spells with minor league teams Lumezzane and Calcio Caravaggese, he took over from Francesco Monaco as head coach of Ancona in May 2009, guiding the small club to escape relegation in the 2008–09 season and a mid-table placement in the following 2009–10 season. However, Salvioni found himself again without a job in July 2010 due to Ancona's exclusion from Italian football.

In December 2010 he became the new head coach of Triestina,[2] as of the start of winter break, the team finished as the bottom with 17 points.

On 28 January 2012, he was appointed new head coach of Serie B club AlbinoLeffe, in an attempt to save the small club from relegation.[3] He was removed from his position on 7 April 2012 due to poor results.[4] He then briefly served as head coach of Monza between January and March 2016.

References

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  1. ^ "Valter Alessandro Salvioni". zimbio. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Esonerato Ivo Iaconi, incarico a Valter Alessandro Salvioni". US Triestina Calcio (in Italian). 23 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Comunicato stampa U.C. AlbinoLeffe" (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Comunicato stampa U.C. AlbinoLeffe" (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 7 April 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.