Massimo Pedrazzini

Massimo Pedrazzini

Personal information
Date of birth	February 3, 1958
Place of birth	Milano, Italy
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1969–1975	AC Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1976	AG Cantù	25	(1)
1976–1979	Varese	71	(3)
1979–1981	Ternana	65	(7)
1981–1982	Sambenedettese	25	(1)
1982–1984	Triestina	31	(3)
1983–1984	Messina	28	(9)
1984–1986	Catanzaro	38	(2)
1985–1986	→ Salernitana (loan)	25	(3)
1986–1987	Salernitana	32	(5)
1987–1989	Mantova	58	(8)
1989–1991	Fiorenzuola	42	(15)
Total		387	(45)
National team
1977	Italy U-20
Teams managed
2000–2001	Internazionale (assistant)
2002–2003	Monza
2007	Steaua Bucureşti
2007–2009	Steaua Bucureşti (caretaker)
2009	Palermo (assistant)
2015	Steaua Bucureşti
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Massimo Pedrazzini (born February 3, 1958 in Milan) is an Italian football coach and former player.

Career

Player

A former midfielder who mostly played with Serie B and Serie C1 clubs, he won a total of four promotions in his playing career, with Triestina, Catanzaro (both to Serie B), Mantova (promotion to Serie C1) and Fiorenzuola (promotion to Serie C2).

Coach

He then became a football coach, working from 1991 to 1996 within AC Milan's youth system. In 2002-03, he enjoyed his first head coaching experience at the helm of Serie C2's Monza, and later joined Walter Zenga's coaching staff, serving as his assistant with Steaua Bucureşti, Red Star Belgrade, Gaziantepspor and Al Ain FC. On September 2007 he was appointed as interim head coach following Gheorghe Hagi's resignations. He was successively dismissed on late October and replaced by Marius Lăcătuş,^[1] but accepted to stay at Steaua as assistant coach.^[2] He then served as caretaker manager for the final three games of the 2008–09 season, after Marius Lăcătuş stepped down as Steaua boss on May 2009.^[3]

On June 2009 he agreed to return working alongside Walter Zenga, becoming assistant coach of Sicilian Serie A club Palermo,^[4][5][6] which he left later in November after Zenga was dismissed.

Coaching career

Coaching career history

Club	Period	Role
AC Milan	1991–1996	Youth coach, junior groups
Internazionale	1996–1997	Youth coach, under-18/19
Pro Sesto	1997–1998	Youth coach, Berretti (under-20)
Internazionale	1998–2000	Youth coach, under-17/18/19
Internazionale	2000–2001	Assistant coach
Hellas Verona	2001–2002	Youth coach, under-17
Monza	2002–2003	Head coach (Serie C1)
Steaua Bucureşti	2004–2005	Walter Zenga's assistant coach
Red Star Belgrade	2005–2006	Walter Zenga's assistant coach
Gaziantepspor	2006	Walter Zenga's assistant coach
Al Ain FC	2007	Walter Zenga's assistant coach
Steaua Bucureşti	2007	Manager
Steaua Bucureşti	2007–2009	Assistant coach
Steaua Bucureşti	2009	Caretaker coach
Palermo	2009	Walter Zenga's assistant coach
Steaua Bucureşti	2015	Manager

Honours

Manager

Steaua Bucharest

• Romanian Supercup:Runner-up 2015

References

1. "Steaua hero Lacatus accepts coach role". UEFA.com. 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
2. "CALCIO/ STEAUA BUCAREST, LACATUS E' IL NUOVO TECNICO" (in Italian). Alice Sport. 2007-10-29. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
3. "Lăcătuş steps down again as Steaua coach". UEFA.com. 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
4. "Palermo Pedrazzini vice Zenga" (in Italian). Yahoo! Eurosport Italia. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
5. "Pedrazzini lasă Steaua pentru Palermo" (in Romanian). GSPtv.ro. 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
6. "Zenga happy naming Pedrazzini as his Palermo No2". TribalFootball.com. 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-06-17.

Sources

• "Massimo Pedrazzini - Pagina Personala" (in Romanian). Steaua Bucureşti. Archived from the original on 2007-09-12. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
• "FIORENZUOLA:Meteore, Campioni e toloni (per non dimenticare)" (in Italian). PiacenzaCalcio.Com. Retrieved 2007-09-23.