Salvatore Bocchetti
Bocchetti with Spartak Moscow in 2018
Personal information
Full name Salvatore Bocchetti[1]
Date of birth (1986-11-30) 30 November 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
0000–1999 Piscinola Calcio
1999–2001 Internapoli
2001–2005 Ascoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Ascoli 2 (0)
2005–2006 → Lanciano (loan) 21 (1)
2007 → Frosinone (loan) 17 (2)
2007–2008 Frosinone 38 (2)
2008–2010 Genoa 60 (1)
2010–2013 Rubin Kazan 52 (9)
2013–2019 Spartak Moscow 95 (5)
2015 → AC Milan (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2021 Hellas Verona 5 (0)
2020–2021 → Pescara (loan) 18 (2)
Total 317 (22)
International career
2007 Italy U20 1 (0)
2007–2009 Italy U21 19 (0)
2008 Olympic Italy 9 (0)
2009–2010 Italy 5 (0)
Managerial career
2021 Hellas Verona U18
2021–2022 Hellas Verona (assistant)
2022 Hellas Verona U19
2022 Hellas Verona (caretaker)
2022–2023 Hellas Verona (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Salvatore Bocchetti (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre bokˈketti]; born 30 November 1986) is an Italian football coach and former player. He played as a centre-back as a player.

Club career

Bocchetti started his professional career at Ascoli.[2] He made his Serie A debut against Palermo on 20 December 2006. He was sent on loan to Serie C1 for Lanciano, and Frosinone of Serie B on second half of 2006–07 season.[2][3] In the 2008–09 season Bocchetti was signed by Genoa and soon became a regular starter in central defence, also functioning as a fullback on occasion.[2]

In the 2010–2011 season he was signed by Rubin Kazan on a 3.5-year contract with a fee reported to be around €15 million for the transfer.[4] On 2 October 2011, Bocchetti scored two goals in a league match against Tom Tomsk. Kazan won the game 2–0.[5] In January 2013, he moved to Spartak Moscow, another Russian Premier League club.[6] In August 2013, he received a knee surgery and missed the rest of the season.[7] On 27 January 2015, Milan had signed him on loan with an option to make the move permanent at the end of the season.[8] He was released from his Spartak contract by mutual consent on 6 July 2019.[9]

On 25 July 2019, Bocchetti signed to Italian Serie A club Hellas Verona a 2-years contract.[10]

On 29 September 2020, Bocchetti joined Serie B club Pescara on loan until 30 June 2021.[11]

International career

In March 2008, Bocchetti made his debut with the Italy U-21 squad. He established himself in Pierluigi Casiraghi's Azzurrini squad which won the 2008 Toulon Tournament, and retained his place in the starting line up for the Summer Olympics, as Italy reached the quarter-finals.[2][12] Together with Marco Andreolli, he was first-choice in central defence during the 2009 U-21 European Championship as Italy reached the semi-finals;[13] he was later named to the team of the tournament.

On 22 March 2009, Bocchetti received his first call up to the senior Italy squad for two World Cup qualifiers matches but remained an unused substitute.[14] On 10 October 2009, he made his senior national team international debut against Ireland coming on as a second-half substitute in Croke Park. He was named in Marcello Lippi's 23-men squad for the 2010 World Cup.[15] Bocchetti was also selected for Italy's preliminary squad for Euro 2012,[16] but was not picked for the final squad.[17]

Style of play

Bocchetti has been described as a versatile, left-footed centre back, who is also capable of being deployed as a full back. He is known for his strength, pace, and anticipation, as well for his reliable technical ability.[18]

Coaching career

Following his retirement from active football, Bocchetti took on a career as a coach, rejoining Verona in July 2021 as a youth coach in charge of the Under-18 team.[19] He left his role later in September 2021 to join Igor Tudor's first team coaching staff as an assistant,[20] and also taking Tudor's place for a single Serie A league game against Cagliari on 30 April 2022 as Tudor himself was disqualified.[21]

Following Tudor's departure and the appointment of Gabriele Cioffi as new head coach, Bocchetti was then handed over the duties of the Under-19 team for the 2022–23 season.[22][23] In September 2022, he obtained a UEFA A license.[24]

On 13 October 2022, he was promoted head coach of Verona, replacing Gabriele Cioffi.[25] As Bocchetti had no UEFA Pro license at the time of his appointment, Verona had to ask the Italian Football Federation to hand him a temporary authorization, which was handed for a period of 30 days.[26] He guided Verona formally as head coach for a total six games, all of them ending with defeat.[27]

On 3 December 2022, after his temporary authorization to coach the Gialloblu expired,[28] Verona announced the appointment of Marco Zaffaroni as new head coach, with Bocchetti as his assistant.[29]

Personal life

Bocchetti is married to Ekaterina Maltseva, a Russian woman he met during his time at Spartak, and has three children.[30][31] He is fluent in Italian, English, Spanish and Russian.[32]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 March 2021[33]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ascoli 2004–05 Serie B 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
2006–07 Serie A 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Virtus Lanciano (loan) 2005–06 Serie C1 21 1 0 0 – – 21 1
Frosinone (loan) 2006–07 Serie B 17 2 0 0 – – 17 2
2007–08 38 2 0 0 – – 38 2
Total 55 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 4
Genoa 2008–09 Serie A 32 0 2 0 – – 34 0
2009–10 28 1 0 0 7 0 – 35 1
Total 60 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 69 1
Rubin Kazan 2010 Russian Premier League 7 2 – 6 0 – 13 2
2011–12 32 5 4 1 13 0 – 49 6
2012–13 13 2 1 0 4 0 1[a] 1 19 3
Total 52 9 5 1 23 0 1 1 81 11
Spartak Moscow 2012–13 Russian Premier League 10 0 – – – 10 0
2013–14 12 0 1 0 0 0 – 13 0
2014–15 3 0 2 0 – – 5 0
2015–16 28 3 2 0 – – 30 3
2016–17 15 1 0 0 2 0 – 17 1
2017–18 12 1 1 0 4 0 1[b] 0 18 1
2018–19 15 0 2 0 5 0 – 22 0
Total 95 5 8 0 11 0 1 0 115 5
A.C. Milan (loan) 2014–15 Serie A 9 0 – – – 9 0
Hellas Verona 2019–20 Serie A 5 0 – – – 5 0
Pescara (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 18 2 1 0 – – 19 2
Career total 317 22 16 1 41 0 2 1 376 24
  1. ^ One appearance, one goal in the Russian Super Cup
  2. ^ One appearance in the Russian Super Cup

International

As of match played 5 June 2010[33]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2009 3 0
2010 2 0
Total 5 0

Managerial statistics

As of match played 13 November 2022[34]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Hellas Verona (caretaker) Italy 13 October 2022 2 December 2022 6 0 0 6 4 12 −8 000.00
Total 6 0 0 6 4 12 −8 000.00

Honours

Rubin Kazan[33]

Spartak Moscow[33]

Italy U21[35]

Individual

References

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  5. ^ "Tom Tomsl - Rubin Kazan 0-2". Eurosport. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  6. ^ Gennady Fyodorov; Justin Palmer (25 January 2013). "Soccer-Italian fullback Bocchetti set to join Spartak from Rubin". Reuters. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
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  9. ^ "Сальваторе Боккетти покидает "Спартак"" [Salvatore Bocchetti leaves Spartak] (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 6 July 2019.
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  34. ^ Salvatore Bocchetti coach profile at Soccerway
  35. ^ "Salvatore Bocchetti" (in Italian). Vivo Azzurro. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  36. ^ "2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

External links

Salvatore Bocchetti managerial positions
Italy men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics
Italy squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup
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