The Russian Premier League runner-up Moscow Spartacus officially announced the appointment of 49-year-old Italian coach Vanori as the new coach of the team, replacing the portuguese coach Victoria, who has just been dismissed. Vanoli has 135 Serie A games as a player, won the title honor with Parma and Fiorentina, coached the Italian national youth team for many years after retiring, and then assisted Conte as a teaching assistant, moving to Chelsea and Inter.
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Vanori got a 1-and-a-half-year contract, if the two sides have the intention to continue to cooperate, the contract can be renewed for one year after the expiration of the contract, he replaced the Portuguese coach Victoria, who had just negotiated to terminate the contract two days ago, and Spartak Moscow, who won the league runner-up last season, only scored 23 points after the first 18 rounds of this season, as many as 15 points behind Zenit St. Petersburg at the top of the table, and 7 points from the European war zone, so Victoria's departure is expected.
This is the first time in Vanoli's coaching career as a professional club manager, starting in 2010, he has successively served as the head coach of the Italian national youth team under 16, under 17, under 18 and under 19; from 2016 to 2017 as the technical coach of the Italian national team, assisting the veteran coach Ventura; since 2017, he has joined Conte's coaching team, first as an assistant coach, assisting Conte in coaching Chelsea, and then as a technical coach, assisting Conte in coaching Inter until Conte left the Nerazzurri.
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Vanori played as a left-back and had 135 Serie A experiences, representing Verona, Parma, Fiorentina and Bologna in Serie A, in the 1998-99 season, he helped Parma win the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup, of which he started as a left wing-back in the final of the UEFA Cup, scoring Palma's second goal with his head hammer, and the two top scorers Crespo and Chiesa also scored goals to help Parma beat Marseille 3-0 to win the title; in the 2000-01 season, He helped Fiorentina win the Coppa Italia and scored in the first leg of the final.
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Played for Parma
Vanouri's coaching team includes 4 members: assistant coach Donadale, goalkeeper coach Zucher, physical coach Asenc and video analyst Bianchi, the first two of which are former Serie A players, Donadale from Milan youth training has nearly 300 Serie A experience, coached the Fiorentina youth team after retiring, and also assisted Plantelli and Agni as a technical coach to coach the Purple Lily.
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Spartak Moscow is the seventh Russian Premier League team to change coaches this season, after Rostov, Ural, Tula Arsenal, Lokomotiv Moscow and Khimki have changed coaches, and among the new managers, there are also former players like Shalimov (who has played for many Serie A teams such as Inter). Vanori is the third Italian coach in the history of Spartacus Moscow, the other two being Scala and Carrera.
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