 Massimo Battara in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Massimo Battara | ||
| Date of birth | (1963-05-03)3 May 1963 (age 62) | ||
| Place of birth | Genoa, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Saudi Arabia (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1982 | Bologna | ||
| 1982–1983 | Viadanese | ||
| 1983–1984 | Sampdoria | 0 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Sambenedettese | ||
| 1985–1996 | Puteolana Internapoli | ||
| 1986–1989 | Casertana | ||
| 1989–1991 | Salernitana | ||
| 1991–1992 | US Lecce | 29 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | SPAL | 29 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Sassuolo | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Ittihad Jeddah FC (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| 2001 | Napoli (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| 2001–2002 | Fiorentina (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| 2004–2008 | Internazionale (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Benevento (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| 2009–2013 | Manchester City (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Schalke 04 (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| 2015–2016 | FC Pune City (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| 2016 | Aston Villa (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Zenit St. Petersburg (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| 2018–2023 | Italy (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| 2023– | Saudi Arabia (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Massimo Battara (born 3 May 1963) is an Italianfootball coach and a former player, who played as agoalkeeper. He currently works as a goalkeeping coach with theSaudi Arabia national football team. He has worked withRoberto Di Matteo both atAston Villa and atFC Schalke 04. Between 2009 until his resignation in May 2013, he was the goalkeeping coach atManchester City.[2]
Battara has also worked atInter Milan and with ex Manchester City managerRoberto Mancini, and joined City in December 2009 as part of Mancini's new coaching team.
He worked underDavid Platt inIndia atFC Pune City before joiningRoberto Di Matteo atAston Villa in 2016.
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