Emiliano Mondonico

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Emiliano Mondonico
Personal information
Full name	Emiliano Mondonico
Date of birth	9 March 1947
Place of birth	Rivolta d'Adda, Italy
Teams managed
1981-1986 1986-1987 1987-1990 1990-1994 1994-1998 1998-2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2006-	Cremonese Como Atalanta Torino Atalanta Torino Napoli Cosenza Fiorentina AlbinoLeffe
* Appearances (Goals)

Emiliano Mondonico, born on March 9, 1947 in Rivolta d'Adda, is an Italian football manager. He is currently the coach of Serie B side U.C. AlbinoLeffe, a job he took on January 2006, replacing Vincenzo Esposito.

He has managed a number of teams in Italy's Serie A. In 1993, he led Torino to victory in Coppa Italia, in which they defeated Roma on the away goals rule after the two teams tied at 5-5 in the two-legged final.

In the first leg, Torino won 3-0 at home, thanks to an own goal by Silvano Benedetti, and a goal apiece by defenders Sandro Cois and Daniele Fortunato. In the second leg, Roma won 5-2 thanks to a hat-trick from Giuseppe Giannini, and goals from Ruggiero Rizzitelli and Siniša Mihajlović. However, two goals by Andrea Silenzi were enough to give Torino their fifth Coppa Italia title.

On 2004, he became the head coach of ACF Fiorentina, which had just been admitted to play Serie B directly from Serie C2 by the federation. Despite all of this, Mondonico managed to qualify in a two-legged promotion playoff, winning it to Perugia. Mondonico headed Fiorentina also to Serie A, but was successively fired and replaced by Sergio Buso.

On January 2006, he accepted the offer of U.C. AlbinoLeffe, a minor Serie B team which was involved in a relegation battle and second-last placed at the time of his signing. Mondonico was able to lead AlbinoLeffe to qualify to a relegation playoff, winning it to U.S. Avellino. Mondonico was confirmed at the helm of AlbinoLeffe also for the 2006/2007.