Mario Beretta (born 30 October 1959 in

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manager and former football player. He most recently served as head coach of

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club

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Career

Playing career

Beretta had a short career as footballer, playing only in the season 1976-77 for

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and in that 1978-79 for ''Rovellasca'' in

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Coaching career

In 1982, aged 23, he became a coach for amateur team ''Abbiategrassos youth squad, and 1984 for

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's. He was also a successful School Teacher in the mid eighties for Istituto Gonzaga and Istituto Leopardi in Milan. His first team role came in 1994 for amateur side ''Corsico'', whereas his first professional appearance came the next year for Pro Patria, followed by

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and

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. After three successful seasons with

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

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, Beretta was signed by

Ternana Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A (in the 1972–73 and 1974–75 seas ...

. An exciting debut in 2002–03 was followed by a sacking the next season. In 2004–05,

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club

Chievo Verona Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona, commonly referred to as ChievoVerona or simply Chievo , is a former professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 4,500 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a ...

called him to replace

Luigi Delneri Luigi Delneri (born 23 August 1950), often incorrectly written as Del Neri, is an Italian football manager and a former player. After a playing career as a midfielder including for several Serie A clubs, he began managing in the lower leagues, a ...

. Despite a strong starting, Beretta's Chievo slowly but continuously fell down the table, and he was fired three matchdays to the end of the season, with Chievo fully involved in a tough relegation battle, to be replaced by caretaker

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. In 2005–06 he coached successfully

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, ending in tenth place, then turned out to be seventh following the

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which consequently led Parma to a

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qualifying. Then he coached

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for the 2006–07 season, but he suffered in the relegation fight until the last matchday. Siena kept its place in Serie A after a dramatic win over S.S. Lazio. Some days later he agreed to leave the club, being replaced by

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; however he was reappointed at the helm of the Tuscan side after Mandorlini was sacked on 12 November 2007 following a 2–3 home loss to

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. On 18 May 2008, after Siena's 2–2 draw against

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in the final matchday, Beretta said in his press conference that he was quitting Siena. This was confirmed by the club a few days later; he left Siena after a very impressive season ended with a record 44 points, the best result in ''Roburs time in the Italian top flight. He was successively announced on 23 June as new head coach of

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, newly promoted in the 2008–09 Serie A. He was sacked on 9 March after a 0–0 home draw against bottom-placed

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in the Week 27 of Serie A that left Lecce in second-last place. On 29 November 2009, Beretta agreed to replace Stefano Colantuono at the helm of

outfit

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and in January 2010

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have fired the coach, who was replaced by his predecessor Stefano Colantuono. In June 2010, Beretta signed a two-year contract with Greek side Paok Salonicco, with this being his first experience outside his homeland. However, on 22 July 2010, just a month after his appointment at the helm of the squad, Paok chairman

Thodoris Zagorakis Theodoros Zagorakis ( el, Θεόδωρος Ζαγοράκης ; born 27 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of Greece that won UEFA Euro 2004, and was also presid ...

decided to sack him due to poor pre-season results and rumoured complaints from some players. Mario Beretta was immediately replaced by

Pavlos Dermitzakis Pavlos Dermitzakis ( gr, Παύλος Δερμιτζάκης; born 29 June 1969) is a Greek professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Super League 2 club Panserraikos. Playing career Dermitzakis began his f ...

. On 6 December 2010 Beretta was announced as new head coach of Serie A relegation-threatened Lombardians

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, replacing

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at the helm of the ''Rondinelle''. His tenure as Brescia boss lasted less than two months, as he was dismissed on 30 January 2011 after a 0–3 home loss to relegation-battling rivals

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. Since 21 February 2012 to the end of the season he has been the coach of

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

. He successively served as head coach of financially stricken Serie B club

, narrowly missing, in the last minutes of the season, despite 8 points of penalization, on a promotion playoff spot only to oversee the club being excluded from professional football for good by the end of the season. After Siena, he agreed upon a contract with

of Serie B in July 2014, only to mutually end his deal just in October due to what the club considered poor results (7 pts in 7 matches).

References

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