Walter Novellino

Walter Novellino

Personal information
Full name	Walter Alfredo Novellino
Date of birth	(1953-06-04) 4 June 1953
Place of birth	Montemarano, Italy
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Modena
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	AC 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
1995–1996	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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Alfredo Novellino (born 4 June 1953), commonly known as Walter Novellino, is an Italian football manager of Modena and former player.

Club career

Novellino was born at Montemarano, province of Avellino. He started his professional career with Torino, then obtaining his major successes with Perugia and AC Milan, and being nicknamed Monzon (after an Argentine boxer) due to both his physical resemblance to him and his determination on the pitch. Novellino announced his retirement in 1987.

International career

He won one cap for the Italy national football team in 1978.

Managerial career

He made his debut in management in 1992 with Perugia of Serie C1, but this was short-lived. Next season, he moved to Gualdo whom he led in two years to win first Serie C2 and then to a spot in the Serie C1 promotion play-off finals which they eventually lost to Avellino. He then went onto Serie B sides Perugia, Ravenna and then in Venezia whom he led to Serie A for the first time in the club history.

In 2000, he led Napoli to a Serie A promotion, and repeated the feat the following season with Piacenza. In 2002, he joined Sampdoria, immediately leading the team to a Serie A promotion, the fourth time he'd helped a team achieve this goal. In his first Serie A season with Sampdoria, they achieved a 5th place and a UEFA Cup qualification, but lost the battle with Udinese for the last UEFA Champions League place. He left Sampdoria in 2007 to join Torino, where he was fired on 16 April 2008 following disappointing results that left the team in the relegation zone; he was replaced by Gianni De Biasi who ultimately managed to save the granata from relegation.

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. 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.

In July 2009 he was appointed new head coach of Reggina, with the aim to lead the Calabrians promptly back to the top flight. However, he managed to achieve only nine points in ten games, being ultimately dismissed on 24 October following a 0–2 loss to his former club Torino.

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, until 21 December 2011 when he rescinds the contract by mutual agreement with the company.

Managerial statistics

All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches (including friendlies) are included.

As of 2 May 2015

Team	Nat	Year	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Perugia		1995–1996	38	16	13	9	42.11
Ravenna		1996–1997	38	14	13	11	36.84
Unione Venezia		1997–1999	72	28	22	22	38.89
Napoli		1999–2000	38	17	12	9	44.74
Piacenza		2000–2002	74	32	19	23	43.24
Sampdoria		2002–2007	215	81	69	65	37.67
Torino		2007–2008	36	8	16	12	22.22
Torino		2008–2009	16	3	6	7	18.75
Reggina Calcio		2009	12	4	3	5	33.33
Livorno		2011	38	12	11	15	31.58
Modena		2013–2015	86	30	31	25	34.88
Career Total			211	73	65	73	34.60