Nedo Sonetti

Nedo Sonetti

Personal information
Date of birth	(1941-02-25) 25 February 1941
Place of birth	Piombino, Italy
Position(s)	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Spezia
	Reggina
Managerial career
1974–1975	Viareggio
1975–1976	Casertana
1976–1979	Spezia
1979–1980	Cosenza
1980–1983	Sambenedettese
1983–1987	Atalanta
1987–1989	Udinese
1989–1990	Avellino
1990–1991	Ascoli
1991–1992	Bologna
1992–1993	Lecce
1993–1994	Monza
1994–1996	Torino
1996–1997	Cremonese
1997–1999	Lecce
1999–2000	Brescia
2000–2001	Salernitana
2001–2002	Cagliari
2002–2003	Palermo
2003–2004	Ancona
2004–2005	Catania
2005–2006	Cagliari
2006–2007	Ascoli
2007	Cagliari
2008–2009	Brescia
2010	Vicenza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nedo Sonetti (born 25 February 1941) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a centre-back.

Biography

Sonetti was born in Piombino, southern Tuscany and lives now in Gorle.

Playing career

As a defender, Sonetti played in Serie B and Serie C for Spezia Calcio 1906 and Reggina.

Managing career

As a manager, Sonetti has had a long career at the helm of several Serie A and Serie B teams in the whole country. Among the several teams he led, he had his major successes with Atalanta B.C., which he led from Serie B to a ninth place in Serie A, coaching the team for four seasons.

He is often considered a "replacement" coach, as he was often appointed in his career to replace fired managers from Serie A teams fighting to avoid relegation, or Serie B teams which managed to promote.

More recently, Sonetti joined Cagliari in November 2005, replacing Davide Ballardini, becoming the fourth coach appointed by the Sardinian team in a couple of months. He succeeded in maintaining his job until the end of the tournament, and in leading the rossoblù to maintain a place in the next Serie A; he left Cagliari at the end of the season. On 14 November 2006, Sonetti was appointed to replace Attilio Tesser at the helm of then last-placed relegation-battling Serie A Ascoli. He did not manage to save his side from falling to Serie B, and ended his experience in Ascoli at the end of the season with a second-last place. In November 2007 he returned at Cagliari for his third time, as he was appointed to replace Marco Giampaolo at the helm of the Sardinians. He resigned from his post on 19 December, but was confirmed by the club the next day after Marco Giampaolo rejected to return at the helm of the club. However, Sonetti was sacked only a few days later, after a 5–1 loss to Fiorentina, leaving the team last-placed in the league table, being replaced by Davide Ballardini. From 25 September 2008, he has been called back to Brescia replacing Serse Cosmi. On 19 May 2009 he was sacked himself, following a 2–1 loss to promotion rivals Grosseto that left Brescia in fourth placed, but with only a two-point lead to 7th-placed Triestina.

On 28 March 2010, 69-year-old Sonetti returned to management, replacing Rolando Maran as head coach of Serie B relegation battlers Vicenza. His stint as Vicenza head coach, as he was sacked on 15 April after only three games in charge, ended with respectively two draws and a loss.