From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ottavio Bianchi
Ottavio Bianchi
Ottavio Bianchi Ottavio Bianchi (born 6 October 1943) is an Italian former
File:Bianchi Ottavio.jpg football player and coach.
Personal information
Date of birth 6 October 1943 (1943-10-06)
Biography
Bianchi was born in Brescia. During his playing days, he
Place of birth Brescia, Italy
has won two caps for Italy, and played for a number
Playing position Midfielder of teams, including Brescia, Napoli, Atalanta, Milan and
Youth career
Cagliari.
He is best remembered for being the coach of Napoli
Brescia from 1985 to 1989, a team consisting of great players such
Senior career* as Diego Maradona and Careca, which won its first of two
Serie A titles in the 1986-87 season.[1] He also led the
Years Team Apps† (Gls)† team to the Coppa Italia title in 1987, and the UEFA Cup
1960–1966 Brescia 97 (18) title in 1989.
Other teams he has coached include Como, Atalanta,
1966–1971 Napoli 109 (14)
Roma, Inter and Fiorentina.
1971–1973 Atalanta 55 (6)
1973–1974 Milan 14 (2) Playing career
1974–1975 Cagliari 20 (1) He played for Brescia youth system, and then made his
debut with his boyhood team in the Serie A in 1965. In
1975–1977 SPAL 35 (0)
1966, Bianchi was transferred to Napoli, the club with
Total 330 (41) whom he played for five consecutive championships. In
National team addition to these, Bianchi had stints with Atalanta, Milan
and Cagliari and finished his playing career with SPAL.
1966 Italy 2 (0) Bianchi has also made two appearances for the Na-
Teams managed tional football team, where he made his debut on 1
November 1966, in a friendly match against the USSR in
1976–1977 SPAL
Milan where the hosts won 1-0.
1978–1979 Siena
1979–1980 Mantova Coaching career
1980–1981 Triestina He began his coaching career at lower division clubs such
as Siena, Mantova, Triestina and Atalanta, where he won
1981–1983 Atalanta
the Serie C1 championship in 1981-82 with the latter.
1983–1984 Avellino Following the good results during his stint with Ata-
lanta, Avellino approached Bianchi to guide them for the
1984–1985 Como
1983-84 season where they finish the season with an 11th
1985–1989 Napoli place in the Serie A, and then the following season
1990–1992 Roma Bianchi moved to newly promoted Como where he man-
aged to reach a mid-table position. The following season,
1992–1993 Napoli Bianchi joined Maradona’s Napoli, who won his first
1994–1995 Inter Scudetto in 1986/87. With Bianchi on the bench the
Napoli won the Coppa Italia in 1987, and the UEFA Cup in
2002 Fiorentina
1989.
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the After four successful season with Napoli, Bianchi
domestic league only. moved to Roma, where he won again the Coppa Italia in
† Appearances (Goals). 1991, and managed to reach the UEFA Cup final, where
the club finish as runners up to Inter.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ottavio Bianchi
Preceded by UEFA Cup Winning Coach Succeeded by
Erich Ribbeck 1988-1989 Dino Zoff
After the adventure with the giallorossi, where in Roma
November 1992, Bianchi replaced Claudio Ranieri to take • Coppa Italia (1): 1990-91
over the helm of Napoli, managing to transform a
relegation-threatened zone team for a team challenging
for UEFA Cup place. The next year Bianchi was appointed
See also
as a technical director, guiding Marcello Lippi after the • List of UEFA Cup winning managers
team lost several important players such as Gianfranco
Zola, Careca and Giovanni Galli due to financial difficul-
ties.
References
The following season he was a coach again, this time [1] Di Maggio, Roberto (2009-05-21). "Italy - Coaches of
at Inter. The first season was a successful one with the Championship Teams". RSSSF.
victory over their rivals in the Derby della Madonnina be- http://www.rsssf.com/players/ital-coach-
ing the highlight of the season. But a year later, despite champs.html.
the arrival of Javier Zanetti and Roberto Carlos, the team [2] "Fiorentina choose Bianchi". UEFA. 2002-01-14.
struggled to maintain the good forms where he was given http://en.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/
the sack by Massimo Moratti after the team lost to his ex- newsid=14896.html.
club Napoli at Stadio San Paolo. Template:U.S. Avellino managers Template:A.C. Mantova
Seven years later, Bianchi was called to save relega- managers
tion troubled Fiorentina in 2002[2] without success both
as a coach and as chairman of club, succeeding outgoing Persondata
Ugo Poggi until the end of the season. Name Bianchi, Ottavio
Alternative names
Honours Short description
• Serie C1 (1): 1981-82 Date of birth 6 October 1943
Napoli
Place of birth Brescia, Italy
• Serie A (1): 1986-87
• Coppa Italia (1): 1986-87 Date of death
• UEFA Cup (1): 1988-89 Place of death
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Categories:
• 1943 births
• Living people
• People from Brescia
• Italian footballers
• Italy international footballers
• Brescia Calcio players
• S.S.C. Napoli players
• Atalanta B.C. players
• A.C. Milan players
• Cagliari Calcio players
• Serie A footballers
• Italian football managers
• Como Calcio 1907 managers
• Atalanta B.C. managers
• S.S.C. Napoli managers
• A.S. Roma managers
• F.C. Internazionale Milano managers
• ACF Fiorentina managers
• Serie A managers
• UEFA Cup winning managers
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