Paolo Benetti (born 28 April 1965) is an Italian football manager who is assistant manager of Watford.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1965-04-28) 28 April 1965 (age 57) | ||
Place of birth | Cormano, Italy | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Milan | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
0000–1983 | Milan | 1 | (0) |
1983–1984 | Fano | 12 | (0) |
1984–1987 | Catanzaro | 71 | (3) |
1987–1995 | Ascoli | 176 | (10) |
1995–1996 | Siena | 32 | (5) |
1996 | Venezia | 11 | (1) |
1997–1998 | Triestina | 38 | (3) |
1998–1999 | Carpi | 14 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2012–2014 | Monaco (assistant) | ||
2014 | Greece (technical coach) | ||
2015–2017 | Leicester (assistant) | ||
2017–2018 | Nantes (assistant) | ||
2018–2019 | Fulham (assistant) | ||
2019 | Roma (assistant) | ||
2019–2021 | Sampdoria (assistant) | ||
2021– | Watford (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Benetti started his career with Italian Serie A side Milan, where he made 1 league appearance and scored 0 goals.[1] In 1983, he signed for Fano in the Italian third division.[1] In 1987, Benetti signed for Italian Serie A club Ascoli, where he suffered relegation to the Italian second division and received interest from Napoli in the Italian Serie A, but manager Claudio Ranieri refused to sign him because they were brothers-in-law.[2] In 1995, Benetti signed for Italian third division team Siena.[1] In 1996, he signed for Venezia in the Italian second division.[1] In 1997, he signed for Italian third division outfit Triestina.[3]
In 2012, Benetti was appointed assistant manager of French Ligue 1 side Monaco.[4] In 2014, he was appointed technical coach of Greece.[5] In 2015, he was appointed assistant manager of Leicester in the English Premier League, helping them win their only top flight title.[6] In 2017, Benetti was appointed assistant manager of French club Nantes.
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