Walter Mazzarri: Difference between revisions

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After a 14-year playing career with Italian clubs including [[AC Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]] and [[Empoli FC|Empoli]], Mazzarri coached several smaller Italian sides and in 2007 took up a managerial position with [[UC Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]. 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 [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]], where he implemented a [[Formation (association football)#3.E2.80.934.E2.80.933|3–4–3 formation]] with which he later became associated. With the attacking trio of [[Ezequiel Lavezzi]], [[Edinson Cavani]] and [[Marek Hamšík]], nicknamed ''I tre tenori'' ("The three tenors"), he helped the team qualify for the [[UEFA Champions League]] for the first time in the club's history in 2011, and won the [[Coppa Italia]] the following season, the club's first trophy in over 20 years. 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 [[Inter Milan|Inter]] but was sacked halfway through his second season with the club. He later managed [[Torino FC|Torino]] in Serie A, and had one year in charge of [[Watford F.C.|Watford]] in England's [[Premier League]] in [[2016–17 Premier League|2016–17]]. In 2023, after a gap year from his last management for [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]], he returned to [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]] but was sacked in February 2024 after three months.He recently signed a 2-year contract with the popular Iranian club Persepolis.

Napoli won the [[2012 Coppa Italia Final]] over undefeated [[2011–12 Serie A|league champions]] Juventus on 20 May; this was Juventus's only loss of the season, and Napoli's first title in over 20 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/may/21/napoli-del-piero-coppa-italia-juventus|title=Napoli ruin Del Piero's final farewell with Coppa Italia win over Juventus|work=The Guardian|author1=Paolo Bandini|date=21 May 2012|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> On 11 August that year, the club suffered a controversial 4–2 extra-time defeat to Juventus in the [[2012 Supercoppa Italiana]], which saw two Napoli players sent off as well as Mazzarri.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/351707?campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=5739 |title=Juventus 4-2 Napoli|date=14 August 2012|work=ESPN|access-date=23 August 2012 }}</ref> He left the ''Azzurri'' on 19 May 2013, after leading them to a 2nd-place finish and a spot in the Champions League at the end of the [[2012–13 Serie A]] season; this was the club's best league finish in over 20 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mazzarri quits as Napoli coach |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/news/story/_/id/1454379/mazzarri-quits-napoli-coach-end-season |access-date=22 March 2020 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN FC |date=19 May 2013}}</ref>

 

Mazzarri was officially appointed as the [[Inter Milan|Inter]] manager on 24 May 2013,<ref>{{Cite news | title = FC Internazionale club statement | url = http://www.inter.it/en/news/42915 | date = 24 May 2013 | access-date = 25 May 2013}}</ref> after [[Andrea Stramaccioni]] was dismissed for a poor performance in the 2012–13 season. On 2 July 2014, he signed a one-year extension to tie him to the team until 30 June 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Inter firm up Mazzarri commitment |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0217-0e8b30035e0c-d5397ad38c8b-1000--inter-firm-up-mazzarri-commitment/ |access-date=22 March 2020 |publisher=UEFA |date=2 July 2014}}</ref>

 

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