.jpg) Mazzarri in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Mazzarri[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 October 1961[2] | ||
| Place of birth | San Vincenzo, Italy[2] | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1982 | Pescara | 26 | (4) |
| 1982 | Cagliari | 4 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | Reggiana | 12 | (1) |
| 1983 | Fiorentina | 0 | (0) |
| 1983–1988 | Empoli | 91 | (4) |
| 1988–1989 | Licata | 8 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Modena | 21 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Nola | 30 | (3) |
| 1991–1992 | Viareggio | 11 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Acireale | 32 | (1) |
| 1994–1995 | Torres | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 244 | (13) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Acireale | ||
| 2002–2003 | Pistoiese | ||
| 2003–2004 | Livorno | ||
| 2004–2007 | Reggina | ||
| 2007–2009 | Sampdoria | ||
| 2009–2013 | Napoli | ||
| 2013–2014 | Inter Milan | ||
| 2016–2017 | Watford | ||
| 2018–2020 | Torino | ||
| 2021–2022 | Cagliari | ||
| 2023–2024 | Napoli | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Walter Mazzarri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvalter madˈdzarri]; born 1 October 1961) is an Italian professional football manager and former player.
After a 14-year playing career with Italian clubs including Reggiana and Empoli, Mazzarri coached several smaller Italian sides and in 2007 took up a managerial position with Sampdoria. With the help of the attacking partnership of Antonio Cassano and Giampaolo Pazzini, he led the team to qualify for the UEFA Cup in his first season and subsequently reached the Coppa Italia final the next year. In 2009, he joined Napoli, where he implemented a 3–4–3 formation with which he later became associated. With the attacking trio of Ezequiel Lavezzi, Edinson Cavani and Marek Hamšík, nicknamed I tre tenori ("The three tenors"), he helped the team qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the club's history in 2011, and won the Coppa Italia the following season, the club's first trophy in over 20 years. In his final season with the team, he managed a second-place finish in Serie A, the club's best league finish in over 20 years. In 2013, he moved to Inter but was sacked halfway through his second season with the club. He later managed Torino in Serie A, and had one year in charge of Watford in England's Premier League in 2016–17. In 2023, after a gap year from his last management for Cagliari, he returned to Napoli but was sacked in February 2024 after three months.He recently signed a 2-year contract with the popular Iranian club Persepolis.
- ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 74" [Official Press Release No. 74] (PDF). Lega Serie A. 31 October 2011. p. 5. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Mazzarri: Walter Mazzarri: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 21 December 2017.