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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Massimo Rastelli[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-12-27)27 December 1968 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Torre del Greco, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | Solofra | 27 | (4) |
| 1988–1989 | Catanzaro | 24 | (1) |
| 1989–1990 | Mantova | 31 | (5) |
| 1990–1997 | Lucchese | 222 | (50) |
| 1997–2001 | Piacenza | 116 | (12) |
| 2001–2002 | Napoli | 32 | (6) |
| 2002–2003 | Reggina | 17 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Como | 40 | (3) |
| 2004–2006 | Avellino | 68 | (8) |
| 2006–2008 | Sorrento | 58 | (7) |
| 2008–2009 | Juve Stabia | 13 | (0) |
| Total | 648 | (96) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Juve Stabia | ||
| 2010–2011 | Brindisi | ||
| 2011–2012 | Portogruaro | ||
| 2012–2015 | Avellino | ||
| 2015–2017 | Cagliari | ||
| 2018–2019 | Cremonese | ||
| 2020 | Cremonese | ||
| 2021 | SPAL | ||
| 2021 | Pordenone | ||
| 2022–2023 | Avellino | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Massimo Rastelli (born 27 December 1968[2]) is an Italianfootball manager and former player who played as astriker.
A second striker/winger, Rastelli started his career withSerie D club Solofra and played professionally for the first time in 1988 withCatanzaro. After a long stint withLucchese (seven consecutiveSerie B seasons), he made hisSerie A debut in 1997 withPiacenza, playing four years for the Emilians. In 2001, he joined then-Serie B clubNapoli, failing to win promotion to the top flight with the fallen giants. He then signed forReggina in 2002, his final Serie A season as a player. He retired in 2009 after a season withJuve Stabia.
He was coach ofJuve Stabia in the 2009–10 season, winning promotion to theLega Pro Prima Divisione on his first attempt. For the following season, he signed forBrindisi.
In the2011–12 season he was the head coach ofPortogruaro inLega Pro Prima Divisione.[3]
In the2012–13 season he was the head coach ofAvellino inLega Pro Prima Divisione. The club won promotion to Serie B.
On 12 June 2015 Rastelli was hired by newly relegated clubCagliari for their2015–16 Serie B season.[4][5] He led Cagliari to win the Serie B title, and was consequently confirmed also for the2016–17 Serie A campaign. He was sacked on 17 October 2017.[6]
On 5 November 2018, Rastelli returned into management as the new head coach of Serie B clubCremonese.[7] On 8 October 2019, Cremonese fired him with the team in 12th position in the table.[8] On 8 January 2020, he was reinstated as head coach of Cremonese.[9] He was dismissed as Cremonese boss for a second time on 4 March 2020, with the club languishing in the relegation zone.[10]
On 16 March 2021, he was hired bySerie B clubSPAL until the end of the 2020–21 season, with an option to extend the contract for another season.[11] He left the club at the end of the season.
On 31 August 2021 he was named new head coach ofSerie B clubPordenone.[12] He was however dismissed himself on 16 October 2021, with Pordenone lying at the bottom of the league table, as he failed to turn the club's fortunes.[13]
On 20 October 2022, Rastelli returned toAvellino, signing a two-year contract with the Serie C club, with a further two-year extension in case of promotion to Serie B.[14] He was dismissed on 12 September 2023, after suffering two defeats in the first two games of the2023–24 Serie C season.[15]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Juve Stabia |  | 22 June 2009 | 29 May 2010 | 40 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 062.50 | [16] |
| Brindisi | | 13 October 2010 | 1 July 2011 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 013.04 | [17] |
| Portogruaro | | 18 July 2011 | 17 May 2012 | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 027.78 | [18] |
| Avellino | | 21 May 2012 | 12 June 2015 | 130 | 57 | 36 | 37 | 161 | 132 | +29 | 043.85 | [19] |
| Cagliari | | 12 June 2015 | 17 October 2017 | 95 | 44 | 15 | 36 | 152 | 140 | +12 | 046.32 | [20] |
| Cremonese | | 5 November 2018 | 8 October 2019 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 042.86 | [21] |
| Cremonese | | 8 January 2020 | 4 March 2020 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 011.11 | [21] |
| SPAL | | 16 March 2021 | 28 June 2021 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | +0 | 044.44 | [22] |
| Pordenone | | 31 August 2021 | 16 October 2021 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 000.00 | [23] |
| Avellino | | 20 October 2022 | 12 September 2023 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 040.00 | [19] |
| Total | 403 | 167 | 100 | 136 | 534 | 486 | +48 | 041.44 | — | |||