Andrea Sottil
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-01-04) 4 January 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Venaria Reale, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1991–1992 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 Torino 13 (0)
1994–1996 Fiorentina 33 (1)
1996–1999 Atalanta 91 (2)
1999–2003 Udinese 87 (6)
2003–2004 Reggina 24 (1)
2004–2005 Genoa 33 (1)
2005–2008 Catania 66 (1)
2008–2009 Rimini 37 (1)
2009–2010 Alessandria 26 (0)
Total 410 (13)
International career
1990–1992 Italy U19 17 (1)
1994 Italy U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Siracusa
2012–2013 Gubbio
2013–2014 Cuneo
2014–2015 Paganese
2015–2017 Siracusa
2017–2018 Livorno
2018 Livorno
2018 Livorno
2018–2019 Catania
2019 Catania
2020 Pescara
2020–2022 Ascoli
2022–2023 Udinese
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrea Sottil (born 4 January 1974)[1] is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played as a defender. He was most recently the head coach of Serie A club Udinese.

Player career

Sottil started his career with Torino and made his Serie A debut on 6 December 1992, in a 1–1 draw to Foggia. In 1994, he left Torino to join Fiorentina, then moving to Atalanta later in 1996. In 1999, he moved to Udinese, where he also had the opportunity to play at continental level in the UEFA Cup.

Sottil was signed by Reggina in co-ownership deal in summer 2003, along with teammate Gonzalo Martínez. In summer 2005, he was signed by Catania, which he was the regular starter in the first two-season, but only played 7 games in 2007–08 Serie A.

In August 2008, he was signed by Rimini.[2] In July 2009 he left for Alessandria.[3][4] He retired at the end of the 2010–11 season, having managed over 200 games in Serie A throughout his career.

Coach

Soon after retirement, Sottil passed the category 2 (UEFA A) coaching exam in June 2011.[5] Later in the summer, he was appointed new head coach of Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Siracusa, with the goal of leading the ambitious Sicilians into the battle to promotion in the Serie B league.[6]

In 2012, he was hired as the coach of Gubbio in Lega Pro Prima Divisione. In 2013, he was appointed the coach of Cuneo in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.[7] He was fired on 7 January 2014.[8] Ezio Rossi replaced Sottil on the next day.[9]

In 2015, Sottil returned to newly-promoted Siracusa, leaving the club in the summer of 2017.[10]

He was re-hired by Livorno on 8 April 2018, after getting fired earlier in the same season.[11]

On 5 July 2018, he was appointed the new coach of Catania. He was fired from Catania on 2 July 2019.[12]

On 7 July 2020, he took his first Serie B managerial role, being named Nicola Legrottaglie's successor at the helm of Pescara in a last-ditch attempt to save the club from relegation. He guided Pescara to safety after defeating Perugia on penalties in a two-legged playoff, and was eventually not confirmed for the next season.

On 23 December 2020, he took over as the new head coach of relegation-threatened Serie B side Ascoli,[13] becoming the third manager of the season for the Bianconeri.[14] After guiding Ascoli for two seasons, and reaching the promotion playoffs in his final one in charge of the club, on 6 June 2022, Sottil left the Picchio by mutual consent.[15] The following day, he was announced as the new head coach of Serie A club Udinese.[16]

After guiding Udinese to a mid-table placement in the 2022–23 Serie A campaign, Sottil was dismissed on 24 October 2023 after failing to achieve any wins in the first nine games of the season, leaving Udinese in the relegation zone.[17]

Personal life

His son Riccardo Sottil made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina in the 2018–19 season.[18]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 22 October 2023[19]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Siracusa Italy 25 June 2011 23 June 2012 39 19 10 10 51 39 +12 048.72
Gubbio Italy 23 June 2012 23 June 2013 33 12 7 14 40 47 −7 036.36
Cuneo Italy 11 July 2013 7 January 2014 24 8 11 5 34 26 +8 033.33
Paganese Italy 7 October 2014 30 June 2015 31 7 12 12 27 37 −10 022.58
Siracusa Italy 24 September 2015 13 June 2017 77 38 20 19 120 82 +38 049.35
Livorno Italy 6 July 2017 6 March 2018 29 16 7 6 49 30 +19 055.17
Livorno Italy 8 March 2018 19 March 2018 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
Livorno Italy 8 April 2018 3 July 2018 6 3 2 1 12 11 +1 050.00
Catania Italy 6 July 2018 25 February 2019 31 18 5 8 48 23 +25 058.06
Catania Italy 6 May 2019 2 July 2019 5 1 4 0 9 6 +3 020.00
Pescara Italy 7 July 2020 28 August 2020 8 2 3 3 8 9 −1 025.00
Ascoli Italy 23 December 2020 6 June 2022 64 29 16 19 80 70 +10 045.31
Udinese Italy 7 June 2022 24 October 2023 49 13 19 17 60 65 −5 026.53
Total 398 167 116 115 541 448 +93 041.96

Honours

Fiorentina
Udinese
Individual

References

  1. ^ "Andrea Sottil Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more". FBref.com. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Colpo di mercato: preso SOTTIL !" (in Italian). Rimini Calcio FC. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2009.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "UFFICIALE: tris per l'Alessandria: c'è anche Andrea Sottil" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  4. ^ "E' ufficiale l'ingaggio di Andea Sottil". Alessandria Calcio (in Italian). 22 July 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2010.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Baggio's new life As a professional coach". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 18 July 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  6. ^ "UFFICIALE: Andrea Sottil è il nuovo allenatore del Siracusa" [OFFICIAL: Andrea Sottil new Siracusa head coach] (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Andrea Sottil è il nuovo allenatore del Cuneo" (in Italian). AC Cuneo 1905. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Esonerato il tecnico Andrea Sottil" (in Italian). AC Cuneo 1905. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Il ritorno di Ezio Rossi" (in Italian). AC Cuneo 1905. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  10. ^ Siracusa: ufficiale, Andrea Sottil lascia. “Vuole allenare in B”. Zamparini e il Palermo…[permanent dead link]‚ mediagol.it, 13 June 2017
  11. ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE" (in Italian). Livorno. 8 April 2018. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Andrea Sottil sollevato dall'incarico di responsabile tecnico della prima squadra" (Press release). Catania. 2 July 2019.
  13. ^ Digby, Adam. "Andrea Sottil Has Delivered Instant Improvement at Udinese". Forbes. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Andrea Sottil è il nuovo allenatore dell'Ascoli" [Andrea Sottil is the new Ascoli coach] (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  15. ^ "RISOLTO IL CONTRATTO FRA L'ASCOLI CALCIO E ANDREA SOTTIL" [Contract between Andrea Sottil and Ascoli Calcio mutually rescinded.] (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Bentornato Andrea!" [Welcome back Andrea!] (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Nota ufficiale: Andrea Sottil" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Andrea Sottil: "Mio figlio, Cerofolini e Gori pronti per il salto. Spero che Riccardo resti con Pioli"" (in Italian). Fiorentina.It. 6 June 2018.
  19. ^ "Andrea Sottil career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  20. ^ "Italy - Coppa Italia History". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  21. ^ "Udinese 4 - 2 Sigma (Aggregate: 6 - 4)". UEFA. 22 August 2000. Archived from the original on 23 June 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  22. ^ "Andrea Sottil Coach of the Month for September". Serie A. 29 September 2022. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

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