Massimo Rastelli (born 27 December 1968) is an Italian

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manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current head coach of club

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Career

Playing

A second striker/winger, Rastelli started his career with

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club Solofra, and played professionally for the first time in 1988 with

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. After a long stint with Lucchese (seven consecutive

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season), he made his

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debut in 1997 with

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, playing four years for the Emilians. In 2001, he joined then-

club

Napoli Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, failing to win promotion to the top flight with the fallen giants. He then signed for

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in 2002, in what it was his final Serie A season as a player. He retired in 2009 after a season with Juve Stabia.

Coaching

He was coach of Juve Stabia in the 2009–10 season, winning promotion to the

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on his first attempt. He then signed for

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the following season. In the 2011–12 season he was the head coach of

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. In the 2012–13 season he was the head coach of

. The club won promotion to Serie B. On 12 June 2015 Rastelli was hired by newly relegated club

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for their

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season. He led Cagliari to win the Serie B title, and was consequently confirmed also for the

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campaign. He was sacked on 17 October 2017. On 5 November 2018, Rastelli returned into management as the new head coach of Serie B club

Cremonese Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' (Po Valley). It is the capital of the ...

. On 8 October 2019, he was fired by Cremonese with the team in 12th position in the table. On 8 January 2020, he was reinstated as head coach of Cremonese. He was dismissed as Cremonese boss for a second time on 4 March 2020, with the club languishing in the relegation zone. On 16 March 2021, he was hired by

club

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until the end of the 2020–21 season, with an option to extend the contract for another season. He left the club at the end of the season. On 31 August 2021 he was named new head coach of

club

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. He was however dismissed himself on 16 October 2021, with Pordenone lying at the bottom of the league table, as he failed to turn the club's fortunes. On 20 October 2022, Rastelli returned to

, signing a two-year contract with the Serie C club, with a further two-year extension in case of promotion to Serie B.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

; Sorrento *

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: 2006–07 * Supercoppa di Lega Serie C2: 2007

Manager

; Avellino *

: 2012–13 *

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: 2013 ; Cagliari *

: 2015–16 ; Juve Stabia *

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: 2009–10

References

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