Andrea Bonatti (born 6 August 1984) is an Italian professional
football
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coach.
Career
His career started in 2008 as an athletic trainer for
Lumezzane for two years.
He continued with the same role with
Crotone
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,
Grosseto and
Salernitana.
In February 2015, he received a professional coach's licence.
Afterwards, he became
Leonardo Menichini
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Career
Playing
A defender, Menichini played for several top-flight teams, including AS Roma and Cat ...
's assistant coach at Salernitana.
In 2016, he was signed by
Lazio
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to train their
under-19s after
Simone Inzaghi
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The younger brother of Filippo Inzaghi, Simone played as a striker for a host of clubs during ...
's promotion as first-team manager.
He led the ''Giovani Aquile'' to first place in the Group A of the 2016–17 Campionato Primavera, being eliminated by
Roma
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at the quarter-finals.
On 3 February 2018, he was sacked after his team had been placed at the penultimate place.
In 2019, he was appointed to train the
Juventus
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'
under-16s.
In August 2020, he was promoted to the under-19s. With them, he reached the semi-finals of
2021–22 UEFA Youth League
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Real Madrid CF (youth), Real Madrid, having won the title in 2019–20 UEFA Youth ...
, their best-ever placing in the competition. In summer 2022, he was sacked and was appointed to train
Triestina
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. He was sacked on 10 October 2022, following a negative start of the season.
On 16 June 2023, Bonatti was unveiled as the new head coach of Serie C club
Fiorenzuola
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on a two-year deal. He was sacked on 15 October 2023 due to negative results.
References
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Living people
1984 births
Italian football managers
US Triestina Calcio 1918 managers
Serie C managers
People from Brescia