Giulio Corsini (28 September 1933 – 31 December 2009È morto Giulio Corsini, Una bandiera dell'Atalanta
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player and coach.

Career

Corsini played for 15 seasons (327 games, 3 goals) in the

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for

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 ...

A.S. Roma ' (''Rome Sport Association''), commonly referred to as Roma (), is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its existence, except for ...

and

A.C. Mantova Mantova 1911 Società a Responsabilità Limitata (Mantova 1911 s.r.l.), commonly referred to as Mantova, is an Italian football club based in Mantua ( it, Mantova), Lombardy. Mantova had played consecutively in the Italian Serie B from the 2005 ...

. After finishing his career as a player, he led Atalanta to the promotion to

in his first season as head coach. After they were relegated, he was fired before he could bring them back. When he took reign of

U.C. Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, S ...

next, Sampdoria was supposed to play on the second level

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. However, due to a scandal and penalties on other teams, Sampdoria kept their Serie A spot. With the roster already assembled for Serie B, Sampdoria had to fight hard to avoid relegation. After the season, he was hired by

S.S. Lazio Società Sportiva Lazio (; ; ''Lazio Sport Club''), commonly referred to as Lazio, is an Italian professional sports club based in Rome, most known for its football activity. The society, founded in 1900, plays in the Serie A and have spent ...

, but was fired after eight games in the next season in which Lazio gained five points and were second from the bottom. Next he was hired by A.C. Cesena, who qualified for the

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for the first time in their history. Cesena was knocked out of the cup in the first round and he was fired again. He did not work in the Serie A after that.

Honours

Roma *

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: 1960–61 *

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: 1963–64

References

1933 births 2009 deaths Italian footballers Association football defenders Serie A players Serie B players Atalanta B.C. players A.S. Roma players Mantova 1911 players Italian football managers Serie A managers Atalanta B.C. managers U.C. Sampdoria managers S.S. Lazio managers A.C. Cesena managers S.S.C. Bari managers {{Italy-footy-defender-1930s-stub