Corrado Verdelli (born 30 September 1963, in

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) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.

Playing career

Verdelli started his senior career with amateur club Oltrepò. In 1986, he was signed by

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, but then sent on loan to

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in 1987; in his season with Monza, he provided a key contribution to the club's historical promotion to

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, and was subsequently awarded with a place in the main Internazionale roster for the 1988–89 season. During that season, Verdelli played mostly as a backup, appearing twenty times in the

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-led team that won the

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title with just two defeats. In 1990, he left Internazionale for

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, where he played for seven consecutive seasons, became a mainstay and one of the most recognizable footballers of the ''Grigiorossi'' team that played in the top flight for four years. He retired in 1998 after a lone season with minor league team

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Coaching career

In 1999 Verdelli started a coaching career as head of

until 2001. He was successively appointed youth coach of

, winning a

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and a

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. In 2003, he was named assistant to

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, and served as

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for a spare week after the Argentine's dismissal. In 2004 Verdelli was appointed head coach of

club

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, but was replaced by

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a few weeks later. He then served as head coach also at

and

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, still with little luck. He successively worked as head coach of amateurs Pontisola in the 2009–2010 Serie D season, leading the club to third place. His return to professional coaching happened in the following season, as he was appointed boss of bottom-placed

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club

in November 2010; Verdelli however failed to drive the club out of the relegation zone and found himself again in last place a few weeks before the end of the season, being consequently removed from his coaching duties on 30 March 2011.

Honours

Player

;Inter *

champion: 1988–89. *

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winner:

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