Alfredo Aglietti (born 16 September 1970) is an Italian

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manager and a former player, who played as a striker, currently in charge of club

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Playing career

Aglietti started his career at amateur club

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, before a stint at

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saw him land in

Reggina Reggina 1914 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Reggina, is an Italian football club based in Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo. They are n ...

by 1994, playing in

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at the time. having had a sublime goal scoring record at lower level, Aglietti quickly adapted to his new surroundings, and following a promotion and a successful season in

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as the follow-up, Aglietti caught the eyes of the prestigious

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club

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, where he was involved in taking the club to the

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final of 1997, and becoming the club top scorer in the league season, netting eight league goals. Following Napoli's purchases of

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and

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, Aglietti was sold to

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, where he spent three seasons, scoring 18 league goals for the club in 73 appearances. He then played for their local rivals

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, before going to

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, where he finished his professional career.

Coaching career

Some appearances for amateur clubs later, he then switched to become a youth coach at several clubs, before taking charge at

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in 2010. On 2 October 2011, he was sacked and replaced by

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. On 12 February 2012 he was recalled by the same team as head coach, until the end of the season. On 18 November 2012 he was named new coach of

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. He successively served as head coach of

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(Serie B) in 2015–16, and

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(Serie B) during the 2016–17 season. In November 2017, he made a comeback in charge of Virtus Entella. He was sacked from Virtus Entella on 7 May 2018, with the team in the relegation zone with two games to go. On 2 May 2019 he was named to replace Fabio Grosso at the helm of Serie B club

, with the goal to help the club getting into the promotion playoffs. Under his short tenure, he managed to guide the club to fifth place in the regular season, and then to the promotion playoff finals, where Verona defeated

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to achieve promotion to Serie A after only a single season in the second division. Despite his successes, however, Aglietti was not confirmed for another season, and

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was named as his replacement in charge of the club a few days later. On 1 March 2020, he was signed by

club

. After guiding Chievo to the

2020–21 Serie B The 2020–21 Serie B (known as the Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) was the 89th season of the Serie B since its establishment in 1929. It started on 25 September 2020 and ended on 10 May 2021. On 5 November 2020, Serie B announced it would ...

promotion playoffs, he left the ''Gialloblu'' to accept an offer from Serie B club

, effective from 1 July 2021. On 13 December 2021, he was fired by Reggina following 5 consecutive losses. On 21 December 2022, Aglietti was appointed new head coach of Serie B club

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Alfredo Aglietti
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