 Zenga coaching Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Walter Zenga[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 April 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1971 | Macallesi 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1978 | Inter Milan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1994 | Inter Milan | 328 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | → Salernitana (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | → Savona (loan) | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1982 | → Sambenedettese (loan) | 67 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Sampdoria | 41 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Padova | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | New England Revolution[2] | 47 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 530 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Italy U21 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1992 | Italy | 58 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | New England Revolution | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Brera | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Naţional București | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | FCSB | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Red Star Belgrade | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Gaziantepspor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Al-Ain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Dinamo București | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Catania | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Palermo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Al-Nassr | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Al-Nasr | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Al Jazira | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Sampdoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Al-Shaab | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Crotone | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Venezia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Cagliari | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Persita Tangerang (Technical Director) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Zenga Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvalter ˈdzeŋɡa, - ˈdzɛŋ-]; born 28 April 1960) is an Italian football manager. He was a long-time goalkeeper for Inter Milan and the Italy national team.
During his playing career, Zenga was part of the Italian squad that finished fourth at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and was the starting goalkeeper for the Italian team that finished third in the 1990 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Italy, keeping a World Cup record unbeaten streak.[3] A three-time winner of the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper Award, Zenga is regarded by pundits as one of the best goalkeepers of all time,[4] and in 2013 was voted the eighth best goalkeeper of the past quarter-century by IFFHS.[5] In 2000, he also placed 20th in the World Keeper of the Century Elections by the same organisation.[6]
After retiring as a player, Zenga briefly became an actor in an Italian soap opera and also a pundit on Italian TV. Since 1998 he has worked as a head coach and managed clubs in the United States, Italy, Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and England.
- ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 192" [Official Press Release No. 192] (PDF). Lega Serie A. 20 March 2018. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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- ^ "Iffhs, Buffon miglior n.1 ultimi 25 anni". Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 17 January 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Karel Stokkermans (30 January 2000). "IFFHS' Century Elections: World – Keeper of the Century". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 August 2015.