Paolo Tramezzani (born 30 July 1970) is an Italian football

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and former

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, who played as a defender. He was most recently the manager of

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Playing career

Tramezzani was born at

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. At the age of nine he joined

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, where he rose through the ranks. In order to gain experience he first spent a season on loan at Prato in Serie C1, followed by a season in Serie B with Cosenza in co-ownership deal, and then another season on loan in Serie B with Lucchese. Inter included him in the squad for the 1992/93-season, and handed him his debut on 28 October 1992 in a cup match against Foggia. He spent two seasons as a squad member at Inter, but did not manage to become a regular in his preferred position at left-back. He played a total of 34 games in all competitions for Inter. He spent the two following seasons on loan at

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and

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in Serie B, before being released to join fellow Serie A-side Piacenza in 1995. Having spent two seasons in Serie A playing regularly with Piacenza, he was signed for £1.5 million by

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in the summer of 1998, managed at the time by

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. Although scoring on his debut in a friendly against

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, his time at Spurs was short-lived. He was transferred to Pistoese in Italy for £400,000. He later returned to Piacenza, and spent a short spell at

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, before ending his career with five seasons in Serie C1 with Pro Patria.

Managerial career

From 2011 to 2016, Tramezzani was assistant coach of the Albania national team, under manager

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. On 21 December 2016, he was presented as head coach of

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. In June 2017, Tramezzani was appointed head coach of

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before being sacked in October. In October 2018, Tramezzani was appointed as the new manager of

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. He guided them to their seventh league title after a 3–0 home victory over Apollon Limassol, and also reached the final of the

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, where they lost 0–2 to

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. Tramezzani was sacked on 8 August 2019 following a 1–2 loss against Qarabağ in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. On 10 December 2019, he was hired by

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club Livorno, in last place in the league table at the time. He was dismissed by Livorno on 3 February 2020 after the team only achieved 2 draws and 5 losses in 7 games under Tramezzani's helm. In June 2020, he returned to FC Sion for a second spell as manager of the club. On 18 January 2021, he was appointed by Hajduk Split as head coach. He finished the

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in fourth place, taking Hajduk to the

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, before leaving the club on 27 May by mutual consent. On 18 June 2021, Tramezzani was appointed as the manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Faisaly. He successively signed for Swiss Super League club

, being later replaced by

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on 21 November 2022. Following a five game win drought and a humiliating 2–7 defeat at home to

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on 12 November 2022, he was terminated on 20 November 2022.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Inter Milan *

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: 1993–94

Manager

APOEL *

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: 2018–19

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* 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Reggio Emilia Italian footballers Inter Milan players A.C. Prato players Cosenza Calcio 1914 players A.C. Cesena players S.S.D. Lucchese 1905 players Venezia F.C. players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players U.S. Pistoiese 1921 players Atalanta B.C. players Premier League players Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players UEFA Cup winning players Serie A players Serie B players Italian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Italian expatriate sportspeople in England FC Sion managers APOEL FC managers Association football defenders Italian football managers U.S. Livorno 1915 managers Serie B managers Expatriate football managers in Croatia HNK Hajduk Split managers Italian expatriate football managers Italian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Saudi Professional League managers Al-Faisaly FC managers Footballers from Emilia-Romagna {{Italy-footy-defender-1970s-stub