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Walter Mazzarri

Walter Mazzarri
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Mazzarri in 2012
Personal information
Full name Walter Mazzarri
Date of birth (1961-10-01) 1 October 1961 (age 55)
Place of birth San Vincenzo, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Watford (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1982 Pescara 26 (4)
1982 Cagliari 4 (0)
1982–1983 Reggiana 12 (1)
1983 Fiorentina 0 (0)
1983–1988 Empoli 91 (4)
1988–1989 Licata 8 (0)
1989–1990 Modena 21 (0)
1990–1991 Nola 30 (3)
1991–1992 Viareggio 11 (0)
1992–1994 Acireale 32 (1)
1994–1995 Torres 9 (0)
Total 244 (13)
Teams managed
2001–2002 Acireale
2002–2003 Pistoiese
2003–2004 Livorno
2004–2007 Reggina
2007–2009 Sampdoria
2009–2013 Napoli
2013–2014 Internazionale
2016– Watford
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Walter Mazzarri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvalter madˈdzarri]; born 1 October 1961) is an Italian former footballer and the current head coach of English side Watford as of 2016.

After coaching several smaller Italian sides, Mazzarri took up a managerial position with Sampdoria in 2007; with the help of the attacking partnership of Antonio Cassano and Giampaolo Pazzini, he led the team to qualify for the UEFA Cup in his first season, and subsequently reached the Coppa Italia final the next year. In 2009, he joined Napoli, where he implemented a 3–4–3 formation with which he later became associated. With the offensive trio of Ezequiel Lavezzi, Edinson Cavani and Marek Hamšík, he helped the team qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the club's history in 2011; he subsequently won the Coppa Italia the following season, the club's first trophy in over 20 years, and the first since the time of club legend Diego Maradona, and led the team to the second round of the Champions League, only to be eliminated by eventual champions Chelsea. In his final season with the team, he managed a second-place finish in Serie A, the club's best league finish in over 20 years. In 2013, he moved to Internazionale, but was later sacked half-way through his second season with the club.


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