| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1959-10-30)30 October 1959 (age 66) | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AC Milan (coordinateur jeunes) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–77 | Pro Sesto | ||
| 1978–79 | Rovellasca | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1982–1984 | Abbiategrasso (youth team) | ||
| 1984–1989 | Monza (youth team) | ||
| 1989–1991 | Como (youth team) | ||
| 1991–1994 | Monza (youth team) | ||
| 1994–1995 | Corsico | ||
| 1995–1996 | Pro Patria | ||
| 1996–1997 | Saronno | ||
| 1997–1998 | Como | ||
| 1998–1999 | Lumezzane | ||
| 1999–2002 | Varese | ||
| 2002–2004 | Ternana | ||
| 2004–2005 | Chievo Verona | ||
| 2005–2006 | Parma | ||
| 2006–2007 | Siena | ||
| 2007–2008 | Siena | ||
| 2008–2009 | Lecce | ||
| 2009–2010 | Torino | ||
| 2010 | PAOK | ||
| 2010–2011 | Brescia | ||
| 2012 | Cesena | ||
| 2013–2014 | Siena | ||
| 2014 | Latina | ||
| 2015 | Cagliari (youth team) | ||
| 2018– | AC Milan (coordinateur jeunes) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mario Beretta (born 30 October 1959) is an Italianfootball manager and former player. He most recently served as head coach ofSerie B clubLatina.
Beretta was born inMilan. He had a short career as a footballer, playing only in the 1976–77 season forPro Sesto and in that 1978–79 forRovellasca inSerie D.
In 1982, aged 23, he became a coach for the amateur teamAbbiategrasso's youth squad, and in 1984 forMonza's. He was also a successful School Teacher in the mid-eighties for Istituto Gonzaga and Istituto Leopardi in Milan. His first team role came in 1994 for amateur sideCorsico, whereas his first professional appearance came the next year forPro Patria, followed bySaronno,Como andLumezzane.
After three successful seasons withVarese ofSerie C1, Beretta was signed byTernana ofSerie B. An exciting debut in 2002–03 was followed by a sacking the next season. In 2004–05,Serie A clubChievo Verona called him to replaceLuigi Delneri. Despite a strong start, Beretta's Chievo slowly but continuously fell down the table, and he was fired three matchdays to the end of the season, with Chievo fully involved in a tough relegation battle, to be replaced by caretakerMaurizio D'Angelo.
In 2005–06, he coached successfullyParma, ending in tenth place, then turned out to be seventh following the2006 Serie A scandal, which consequently led Parma to aUEFA Cup qualifying. Then he coachedSiena for the 2006–07 season, but he suffered in the relegation fight until the last matchday. Siena kept its place in Serie A after a dramatic win overS.S. Lazio. Some days later he agreed to leave the club, being replaced byAndrea Mandorlini; however he was reappointed at the helm of the Tuscan side after Mandorlini was sacked on 12 November 2007 following a 3–2 home loss toLivorno.[1]
On 18 May 2008, after Siena's 2–2 draw againstPalermo in the final matchday, Beretta said in his press conference that he was quitting Siena. This was confirmed by the club a few days later; he left Siena after a very impressive season ended with a record 44 points, the best result inRobur's time in the Italian top flight.[2] He was successively announced on 23 June as new head coach ofLecce, newly promoted in the2008–09 Serie A.[3] He was sacked on 9 March after a 0–0 home draw against bottom-placedReggina in the Week 27 of Serie A that left Lecce in second-last place.[4]
On 29 November 2009, Beretta agreed to replaceStefano Colantuono at the helm ofSerie B outfitTorino F.C.[5] and in January 2010Torino have fired the coach,[6] who was replaced by his predecessorStefano Colantuono.[7]
In June 2010, Beretta signed a two-year contract with Greek sidePaok Salonicco, with this being his first experience outside his homeland. However, on 22 July 2010, just a month after his appointment at the helm of the squad, Paok chairmanThodoris Zagorakis decided to sack him due to poor pre-season results and rumoured complaints from some players. Mario Beretta was immediately replaced byPavlos Dermitzakis.[8]
On 6 December 2010, Beretta was announced as new head coach of Serie A relegation-threatened LombardiansBrescia, replacingGiuseppe Iachini at the helm of theRondinelle.[9] His tenure as Brescia boss lasted less than two months, as he was dismissed on 30 January 2011 after a 3–0 home loss to relegation-battling rivalsChievo.[10]
Since 21 February 2012 to the end of the season he has been the coach ofCesena inSerie A.[11] He successively served as head coach of financially stricken Serie B clubSiena, narrowly missing, in the last minutes of the season, despite eight points of penalization, on a promotion playoff spot only to oversee the club being excluded from professional football for good by the end of the season.
After Siena, he agreed upon a contract withLatina of Serie B in July 2014, only to mutually end his deal just in October due to what the club considered poor results (seven pts in seven matches).[12]