Massimo Beghetto (born 19 November 1968) is the Italian former professional

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who played as a defender. He briefly coached of

Vicenza Calcio L.R. Vicenza, commonly referred to as Vicenza, is an Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. Founded in 1902 as Associazione del Calcio in Vicenza, they became Lanerossi Vicenza in 1953, then Vicenza Calcio from 1990 to 2018, a year whi ...

and Bassano.

Playing career

Beghetto was born in

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. A defender, he played for

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Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona, which competes in the second ...

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, Dundee,

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, Bassano. Whilst at Vicenza he won the

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Coaching career

In the season 2010–11 he has been assistant coach to Rolando Maran at

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club

, after having served as head coach of

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during the club's 2009–10 campaign. Since 4 March to 29 April 2012, when he was sacked, has been the coach of

, in place of the sacked

Luigi Cagni Luigi "Gigi" Cagni (born 14 June 1950 in Brescia) is an Italian former football player, who played as a defender. He most recently served head coach of Brescia in the Serie B league in the final weeks of the 2016–17 Serie B season. Playing ...

, after that in the same season has coached the youth team.

Personal life

His father,

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is a former Olympic champion, and both his brother

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and his son Andrea are professional footballers.

Honours

Player

Vicenza *

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: 1996–97

References

1968 births Living people Italian footballers Association football defenders Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Scottish Premier League players Calcio Montebelluna players Venezia F.C. players Bologna F.C. 1909 players A.C. ChievoVerona players A.C. Perugia Calcio players L.R. Vicenza players Dundee F.C. players Sliema Wanderers F.C. players Bassano Virtus 55 S.T. players Italian football managers Bassano Virtus 55 S.T. managers L.R. Vicenza managers Italian expatriate footballers Italian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate footballers in Scotland Italian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Expatriate footballers in Malta {{Italy-footy-defender-1960s-stub