Andrea Icardi (born 14 June 1963) is an Italian professional

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coach and a former player, who played as a

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. Icardi played 6 seasons for A.C. Milan in the first half of the 1980s, when the club was yo-yoing between

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and

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. He then spent two seasons at

Atalanta B.C. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly referred to as Atalanta, is a professional football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. The club plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B in 2010–11. Atalanta was founded in 1907 by Lic ...

, two at

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and three at

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before relocating to Sydney, Australia where he played for Marconi Stallions FC. After he retired, Icardi coached teams in Italy. Since 2007, he is back in Sydney where he is director of the Milan Soccer Academy Australia.

Honours

;Milan *

Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former Austria-Hungar ...

winner: 1982.

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* 1963 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Serie A players Serie B players AC Milan players Atalanta BC players SS Lazio players Hellas Verona FC players Italian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Italian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Marconi Stallions FC players Italian football managers ASD AVC Vogherese 1919 managers ASD HSL Derthona managers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Milan {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub