Massimiliano Maddaloni (born 22 June 1966) is an Italian manager and former

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who played predominantly as a

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, most recently in charge as the head coach of

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club

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Playing career

, Maddaloni's playing career was short-lived and mostly spent in the

league.

Coaching career

Maddaloni started his coaching career in the early 2000s with

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. He successively coached a number of Tuscan teams before accepting a job as a youth coach at

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in 2008. He was successively appointed head coach of

club

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for the 2011–12 season but resigned shortly thereafter on 10 October 2011. He successively moved to

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working as an assistant to a number of Italian managers, including

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and

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, until 2020. On 19 March 2019 he received the "Tommaso Maestrelli" career award. On 25 October 2021, Maddaloni returned to Italy as the new head coach of

club

, replacing

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, with

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as his assistant. They were both sacked just less than two months later, on 15 December, due to negative results.

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Massimiliano Maddaloni
on Soccerway 1966 births Living people Footballers from Rome Italian footballers Association football midfielders Serie A players Serie C players S.S.C. Napoli players Italian football managers Serie C managers A.C.N. Siena 1904 managers Expatriate football managers in China Italian expatriate football managers Italian expatriate sportspeople in China {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub