Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 22 November 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Lozzo Atestino, Italy | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Parma (chairman) | ||
Youth career | |||
Milan | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–1969 | Milan | 11 | (0) |
1966–1967 | → Roma (loan) | 28 | (1) |
1969–1971 | Vicenza | 59 | (2) |
1971–1973 | Fiorentina | 50 | (6) |
1973–1975 | Inter | 26 | (1) |
1975–1976 | Milan | 23 | (0) |
1976–1979 | Foggia | 85 | (2) |
1979–1980 | Monza | 14 | (0) |
1980–1981 | Adriese | 23 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
1988–1989 | Reggina | ||
1989–1996 | Parma | ||
1996–1997 | Perugia | ||
1997–1998 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
2000–2001 | Beşiktaş | ||
2002 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
2004 | Spartak Moscow | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Nevio Scala (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnɛvjo ˈskala]; born 22 November 1947) is an Italian football sporting director, coach and former player, who currently serves as the president of Italian club Parma. Throughout his footballing career, he played as a midfielder for several Italian clubs, and won several titles during his time with A.C. Milan. As a manager, he is mostly known for his role as head coach of Parma during the club's golden age of the 1990s, which saw him lead the team from Serie B to several European triumphs.
Born in Lozzo Atestino, Province of Padua, Veneto, Scala enjoyed a successful career as a midfielder for several Italian top-flight teams — Roma, Milan, Vicenza and Internazionale — and subsequently played for lower-ranked clubs Foggia, Monza and Adriese in the final years of his career. As a player, with A.C. Milan, he won 1 Italian Championship (1967–68), 1 European Champions Cup (1968–69), and 1 European Cup Winners' Cup (1967–68).