Davide Ballardini
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Davide Ballardini | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Ravenna, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.80 | ||
| Playing position | Manager | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Cesena | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2005 | Sambenedettese | ||
| 2005 | Cagliari | ||
| 2006 | Pescara | ||
| 2007–2008 | Cagliari | ||
| 2008–2009 | Palermo | ||
| 2009–2010 | Lazio | ||
| 2010–2011 | Genoa | ||
| 2011–2012 | Cagliari | ||
| 2013 | Genoa | ||
| 2014 | Bologna | ||
| 2015–2016 | Palermo | ||
| 2016 | Palermo | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Davide Ballardini (born 6 January 1964) is an Italian football manager, last in charge of Palermo. He formerly played professionally for Cesena as a midfielder.
A former midfielder, Ballardini spent seven years as a player with Cesena, under youth team coach Arrigo Sacchi and first team coach Osvaldo Bagnoli, which are often cited by him as his personal mentors.
Ballardini started his coaching career serving as youth team coach for Bologna, and successively Cesena and A.C. Milan. He then worked as Parma under-19 youth team coach from 2002 to 2004. He was then appointed by Sambenedettese as new head coach for the 2004–05 season, ended with an impressive fourth place and the consequent participation in the promotion playoffs, then lost to Napoli in the semi-final. He was subsequently chosen by Massimo Cellino as new Cagliari boss for their 2005–06 Serie A campaign, being however sacked only a few weeks later, on 11 November, and replaced by Nedo Sonetti.
Ballardini started the 2006–07 season at the helm of Serie B side Pescara, where he however lasted only until October, following a very unimpressive beginning in the league. He was surprisingly announced as new boss of last-placed Serie A team Cagliari on 27 December 2007, succeeding Sonetti, who ironically replaced him during his first period at the helm of the Sardinian side. Under his tenure as head coach, Cagliari dramatically improved their results, winning 32 points in 21 weeks, thus rising up the table and managing to escape relegation in advance of a week. However, Ballardini failed to find an agreement with Cagliari chairman Massimo Cellino for a contract extension, and they ultimately decided to part company on 28 May.
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