Walter Bressan (born 26 January 1981) is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a

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Playing career

After starting his career as part of the

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youth system, Bressan subsequently moved to the lower leagues, playing at

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level for

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, Grosseto,

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and

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. In 2014 he moved to then-

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club

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as a backup goalkeeper, making his

debut in the club's final

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league game, a 0–5 loss to

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. He retired in 2017 after two seasons at Chievo with no first team appearances.

Coaching career

In 2017 Bressan joined Chievo as a goalkeeping coach under

Rolando Maran Rolando Maran (born 14 July 1963) is an Italian Association football, football coach (sport), manager who was most recently the head coach of Pisa S.C., Pisa. His playing career as a Defender (association football), defender was spent mostly wit ...

. He left Chievo in 2018 to join

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

's youth system coaching staff, being subsequently promoted to first team duties the following year. In 2020 he followed Maran at

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. In July 2021 he returned to Cagliari as a goalkeeping coach under first team manager Leonardo Semplici, being confirmed also as part of the coaching staff of successors

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and

Alessandro Agostini Alessandro Agostini (born 23 July 1979) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a left-back. He is the current Under-19 coach of Genoa. Playing career Agostini joined Cagliari in January 2004. He renewed his contract in ...

. He was successively confirmed on his role also for the 2022–23 season, under new head coach

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bressan, Walter 1981 births Living people Italian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Italy men's youth international footballers Serie A players Serie B players Atalanta BC players Spezia Calcio players Treviso FBC 1993 players AC Pavia 1911 SSD players SS Arezzo players US Grosseto 1912 players US Sassuolo Calcio players AC Cesena players SSD Varese Calcio players AC ChievoVerona players People from Oderzo Footballers from the Province of Treviso