Emiliano Mondonico
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 March 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Rivolta d'Adda, Italy | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rivoltana | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1968 | Cremonese | 46 | (19) |
| 1968–1970 | Torino | 14 | (2) |
| 1970–1971 | Monza | 23 | (7) |
| 1971–1972 | Atalanta | 2 | (0) |
| 1972–1979 | Cremonese | 178 | (69) |
| Total | 263 | (97) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1981–1986 | Cremonese | ||
| 1986–1987 | Como | ||
| 1987–1990 | Atalanta | ||
| 1990–1994 | Torino | ||
| 1994–1998 | Atalanta | ||
| 1998–2000 | Torino | ||
| 2000–2001 | Napoli | ||
| 2001–2003 | Cosenza | ||
| 2003–2004 | Fiorentina | ||
| 2006–2007 | AlbinoLeffe | ||
| 2007–2009 | Cremonese | ||
| 2009–2011 | AlbinoLeffe | ||
| 2012 | Novara | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Emiliano Mondonico (born 9 March 1947) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a winger.
Mondonico grew up playing in the youth ranks of Rivoltana, an amateur team of his region; in 1966 he was signed by Cremonese, with whom he played one season in Serie D and one in Serie C. In 1968–69 he debuted in Serie A with Torino. After two seasons, he dropped to the second division to play with Monza (23 appearances and 7 goals) before he returned to the top flight in 1971–72 with Atalanta.
He ended his career after returning to Cremonese, with whom he played for seven seasons in Serie B and Serie C.
After two years as youth coach with Cremonese, he became the team's head coach in 1981, guiding the club to a top flight promotion in 1984.
Another promotion followed in 1988 with Atalanta, another team he had previously represented as a player, which he then successfully guided to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1988–89.
In 1990 he joined Torino, immediately guiding them to a Mitropa Cup title and fifth-place finish in the league during his first season with team, followed by a historic UEFA Cup final during the 1991–92 season, which was lost to AFC Ajax in a controversial game that became famous for Mondonico clearly lifting up a chair into the air in a sign of protest against the referee. In 1993, he led Torino to victory in the Coppa Italia, in which they defeated Roma on the away goals rule after the two teams were tied at 5–5 on aggregate in the two-legged final.
In the first leg, Torino won 3–0 at home, thanks to an own goal by Silvano Benedetti, and a goal apiece by defenders Sandro Cois and Daniele Fortunato. In the second leg, Roma won 5–2 thanks to a hat-trick from Giuseppe Giannini, and goals from Ruggiero Rizzitelli and Siniša Mihajlović. However, two goals by Andrea Silenzi were enough to give Torino their fifth Coppa Italia title.
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