Cristian Stellini (born 27 April 1975) is an Italian football coach and former player. He is assistant manager at Tottenham Hotspur, having been appointed with head coach Antonio Conte in November 2021.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cristian Stellini | ||
Date of birth | (1975-04-27) 27 April 1975 (age 47) | ||
Place of birth | Cuggiono, Italy | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–1992 | Novara | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1994 | Novara | 30 | (0) |
1994–1996 | Spal | 53 | (1) |
1996–2000 | Ternana | 110 | (3) |
2000–2003 | Como | 100 | (4) |
2003 | Juventus | 2 | (0) |
2004–2007 | Genoa | 95 | (5) |
Total | 392 | (13) | |
Teams managed | |||
2010–2011 | Siena (assistant) | ||
2011–2012 | Juventus (assistant) | ||
2015–2017 | Genoa Primavera | ||
2017 | Alessandria | ||
2019–2021 | Inter Milan (assistant) | ||
2021– | Tottenham Hotspur (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2010 |
Stellini played for Novara (Serie C2), Spal (Serie C1) before joined Ternana of Serie C2 in October 1996. He won promotion twice for the team to Serie B in summer 1998. In summer 2000, he joined Como of Serie C1, he won promotions again, reaching Serie A in 2002. he made his Serie A debut on 14 September 2002 against Empoli F.C.
In summer 2003, he joined Juventus but suffered from leg injury.[1] After played just twice, he moved to Genoa.[2] For Genoa, after the scandal made the promotion to Serie A became relegated to Serie C1, he stayed with the club and also played 4 times in the promotion playoffs.
In June 2011 he passed the category 2 coaching exam.[3] Early before, he was hired as a member of Antonio Conte's coaching team at Juventus.[4] In 2012, Stellini was suspended for two and a half years by the FIGC following allegations of match fixing. He subsequently resigned from his posting of technical assistant at Juventus.[5]
He successively worked as youth coach of Genoa from 2015 to 2017. In June 2017, he was named new head coach of Lega Pro club Alessandria, signing a two-year contract.[6] He was dismissed on 20 November 2017 due to poor results.[7]
Stellini joined Conte's managerial staff at Inter ahead of the 2019–20 season. Stellini won the Scudetto with Inter during the 2020–21 season, managing the team to three victories when Conte was suspended for yellow card accumulation.[8]
Cristian once again linked up with Conte at Tottenham Hotspur, resuming his role as Assistant Manager. In the final game of the 2022–23 Champions League Group Stage, Stellini led the team to a victory at Marseille, earning Spurs a spot in the knockout stage and winning the group in the process. [9]
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