Michele Santoni
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 Santoni in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Arco, Italy | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2008–2009 | Haarlem | ||
| 2009–2014 | Ajax (video analyst) | ||
| 2014 | Livorno (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Cesena (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Lazio (youth) | ||
| 2016 | Inter (video analyst) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Almere City | ||
| 2020 | ADO Den Haag (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2024 | FC Dordrecht | ||
| 2024 | Triestina | ||
Michele Santoni (born 18 May 1980) is an Italian-Dutch football manager.
Career
[edit]In 2008, Santoni was appointed youth manager of the Dutch second division side Haarlem, where he said, "In the Netherlands, it is structure, structure, structure, structure."[1]
In 2009, he was appointed video analyst of Ajax, the most successful club in the Netherlands.
In 2014, Santoni was appointed assistant of Italian Serie A outfit Livorno, where he said, "In Italy, there is much more improvisation; it goes by feel."[1] After that, he was appointed youth manager of Lazio in the Italian Serie A, where he said, "Lazio's facilities were a disaster. We only had one artificial grass pitch and no hot water. Politics also plays a major role there, as a result of which the youth academy is not 100 percent about talent development. Then that player had to be added because his father sponsors the club, and then another player from a big agent came in just to keep that agent happy. Typically Italian", before being appointed video analyst of Inter, one of Italy's most successful teams.[1]
In 2018, Santoni was appointed manager of Almere City in the Dutch second division. After that, he was appointed assistant of Dutch side ADO Den Haag.
In 2021, he was appointed manager of FC Dordrecht in the Netherlands.[2] After three years in the Dutch second division, Santoni departed in May 2024 to become the new head coach of Italian Serie C club Triestina on a two-year contract.[3] After a negative start of the season with five defeats in the first six league games, however, Santoni was dismissed on 27 September 2024.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Arco, Trentino, Santoni is the son of an Italian father and a Dutch mother and is fluent in Italian, Dutch and English.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Van Ajax tot Internazionale: de carrière van video-analist en coach Michele Santoni". vice.com. 7 April 2017.
- ^ Bomgaars, Arco (8 June 2021). "Michele Santoni trainer FC Dordrecht; Leon Vlemmings innovatiemanager". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Michele Santoni è il nuovo allenatore della Triestina Calcio" (in Italian). ANSA. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Michele Santoni sollevato dall'incarico di guida tecnica della prima squadra" (in Italian). US Triestina Calcio 1918. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ ""Italia e Olanda, ecco il mio mix". Santoni e l'Almere City, che sfida" (in Italian). GianlucaDiMarzio.com. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
External links
[edit]- Michele Santoni at WorldFootball.net
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Italian people of Dutch descent
- Sportspeople from Trentino
- Italian football managers
- Almere City FC managers
- FC Dordrecht managers
- US Triestina Calcio 1918 managers
- Eerste Divisie managers
- Serie C managers
- Italian expatriate football managers
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands