Walter Novellino
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Walter Alfredo Novellino (born June 6, 1953 in Montemarano, Avellino) is the current manager of the Italian Serie A football team Sampdoria.
Novellino was originally a player for Perugia and AC Milan. He also won one cap for the Italy national football team before he became a trainer. He made his debut in management with Perugia of Serie C1, but this was shortlived.
Next season, he moved to Gualdo who he led to promotion to the Serie C1 promotion play-offs, which they eventually lost to Serie C2. He then went onto Serie B sides Perugia, Ravenna and then in Venezia who he led to Serie A for the first time in the club history.
In 2000, he led Napoli to a Serie A promotion, and repeated the feat the following season with Piacenza. In 2003, he joined Sampdoria, immediately leading the team to a Serie A promotion, the fourth time he'd helped a team achieve this goal. In his first Serie A season with Sampdoria, they achieved a 5th place and a UEFA Cup qualification, but lost the battle with Udinese for the last UEFA Champions League place.
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