Andrea Sottil (born 4 January 1974) is an Italian football coach and former

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, who played as a defender, currently in charge of

Udinese Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a fo ...

Player career

Sottil started his career with

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and made his Serie A debut on 6 December 1992, in a 1–1 draw to

Foggia Foggia (, , ; nap, label= Foggiano, Fògge ) is a city and former ''comune'' of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known ...

. In 1994, he left Torino to join

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, then moving to

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later in 1996. In 1999, he moved to

, where he also had the opportunity to play at continental level in the

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. Sottil was signed by

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 ...

in co-ownership deal in summer 2003, along with teammate Gonzalo Martínez. In summer 2005, he was signed by

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, which he was the regular starter in the first two-season, but only played 7 games in

2007–08 Serie A The 2007–08 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 106th season of top-tier Italian football, the 76th in a round-robin tournament. It started on 25 August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008. Internazionale successfully ...

. In August 2008, he was signed by

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. In July 2009 he left for

Alessandria Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, about east of Turin. Alessandria ...

. He retired at the end of the 2010–11 season, having managed over 200 games in Serie A throughout his career.

Coach

Soon after retirement, Sottil passed the category 2 (UEFA A) coaching exam in June 2011. Later in the summer he was appointed new head coach of

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club

U.S. Siracusa U.S. Siracusa S.r.l., commonly referred to as simply Siracusa, was an Football in Italy, Italian association football club located in Syracuse, Sicily. The club withdrew from professional football in 2012. An illegitimate phoenix club, was pro ...

, with the goal of leading the ambitious Sicilians into the battle to promotion in the Serie B league. In 2012, he was the coach of

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. In 2013, he is the coach of A.C. Cuneo in

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. He was fired on 7 January 2014.

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replaced Sottil on the next day. In 2015 Sottil returned to Siracusa for A.S.D. Città di Siracusa. The club was promoted to Lega Pro as

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. He left the club in the summer 2017. He was re-hired by

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on 8 April 2018 after getting fired earlier in the same season. On 5 July 2018, he was appointed new coach of

. He was fired from Catania on 2 July 2019. On 7 July 2020, he took his first

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managerial role, being named Nicola Legrottaglie's successor at the helm of

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in a last-ditch attempt to save the club from relegation. He guided Pescara to safety after defeating

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on penalties in a two-legged playoff, but was not confirmed for the next season. On 23 December 2020, he took over as the new head coach of relegation-threatened

side

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, becoming the third manager of the season for the ''Bianconeri''. After guiding Ascoli for two seasons, and reaching the promotion playoffs in his final one in charge of the club, on 6 June 2022 Sottil left the ''Picchio'' by mutual consent. The following day, he was announced as the new head coach of

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club

Personal life

His son

Riccardo Sottil Riccardo Sottil (born 3 June 1999) is an Italian professional association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger (association football), winger for ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina. Club career Fiorentina Sottil joined ACF ...

made his

debut for

in the 2018–19 season.

Managerial statistics

Honours

;Fiorentina *

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: 1995–96 ;Udinese *

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;Individual *

Coach of the Month: September 2022

References

External links

*http://aic.football.it/scheda/353/sottil-andrea.htm *http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2008_nw/giocatori/1025.shtml *http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_a_2007/giocatori/sottil_and.shtml
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