William Viali (born 16 November 1974) is an Italian

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

Cosenza Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...

Playing career

Viali was signed by Treviso outright in January 2006. Viali finished his career with

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 ...

in 2010.

Coaching career

Having been released in 2010 by Cremonese and having decided to retire, Viali became coach of

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

side

Fiorenzuola Fiorenzuola d'Arda (; egl, label= Piacentino, Fiurinsöla, or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Italy in the province of Piacenza, part of the Emilia-Romagna region. Its name derives from ''Florentia'' ("prosperous" in Latin). The "d'Arda" portion r ...

. After leading the club away from relegation, Viali left the club in 2011. In 2012,

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

announced Viali had become the head coach of their under-16 team. On 5 December 2017, he was hired as the head coach of

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

club

Cuneo Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in ...

. On 14 June 2018, he was appointed the new head coach for

Novara Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is ...

, which was relegated to

at the end of the previous season. On 4 June 2019, Novara announced that his contract will not be extended past its expiration on 30 June 2019. On 28 January 2020, he joined

club

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

. He left Cesena by the end of the

2021–22 Serie C The 2021–22 Serie C is the eighth season of the unified Serie C division, the third tier of the Italian football league system. Changes The league is composed by 60 teams, divided into three different groups. On 31 May 2021, the league committee ...

season. On 2 November 2022, Viali signed a contract until 30 June 2023 to become the new head coach of

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

club

to replace

Davide Dionigi Davide Dionigi (born 10 January 1974) is an Italian football coach and a former player. He was most recently the manager of Serie B club Cosenza. Career Player Dionigi started his career at hometown club Modena and played 20 games in Serie ...

, on what was also his first managerial job in the Italian second division.

Honours

;Lupa Piacenza *

Eccellenza Emilia–Romagna Eccellenza Emilia-Romagna is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is competed amongst 36 teams, in two different groups (A and B). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishe ...

(1): 2012–13

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William Viali
at Soccerway 1974 births Living people People from Vaprio d'Adda Italian footballers U.S. Fiorenzuola 1922 S.S. players Ravenna F.C. players A.C. Cesena players Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players U.S. Lecce players Venezia F.C. players A.C. Perugia Calcio players A.C. Ancona players ACF Fiorentina players Treviso F.B.C. 1993 players A.C. Monza players U.S. Cremonese players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Association football defenders Piacenza Calcio 1919 managers F.C. Südtirol managers A.C. Cuneo 1905 managers Novara F.C. managers Italian football managers Serie B managers Serie C managers Footballers from Lombardy Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Milan Cosenza Calcio managers {{Italy-footy-defender-1970s-stub