 Oddo playing forAC Milan in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Massimo Oddo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1976-06-14)14 June 1976 (age 49) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Città Sant'Angelo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Milan Futuro (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Renato Curi Angolana | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1995 | AC Milan | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Renato Curi Angolana | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1999 | AC Milan | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | →Fiorenzuola (loan) | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | →Monza (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | →Prato (loan) | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | →Lecco (loan) | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | →Monza (loan) | 30 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Napoli | 36 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Verona | 64 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2007 | Lazio | 135 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2012 | AC Milan | 56 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | →Bayern Munich (loan) | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | →Lecce (loan) | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 428 | (36) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2008 | Italy | 34 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Pescara | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Udinese | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Crotone | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Perugia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Perugia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Pescara | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Padova | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | SPAL | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Padova | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Milan Futuro | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Massimo OddoUfficiale OMRI[2] (Italian:[ˈmassimoˈɔddo]; born 14 June 1976) is an Italian professionalfootball manager and a former player who is the current head coach ofMilan Futuro,AC Milan's reserve team. As a player, he played as aright-back.
Oddo played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, although he is mainly remembered for his time withLazio, where he won theCoppa Italia, and in particular,AC Milan, where he won several titles, including theUEFA Champions League and theScudetto; he also had a spell on loan with German clubBayern Munich. At the international level, he represented theItalian squad atUEFA Euro 2004 and was also part of the team that won the2006 FIFA World Cup.
Oddo started his career atRenato Curi Angolana ofSerie D and moved toAC Milan youth team in 1993. After spending two years on the bench, in the hope of more playing opportunities, he moved toSerie C teamFiorenzuola on loan. It was followed by other three Serie C groups (Monza,Prato,Lecco). He returned to promotedSerie B team Monza in 1998 and left a year later forNapoli (in aco-ownership deal). He helped Napoli win promotion toSerie A after a successful1999–2000 Serie B and joinedHellas Verona that summer.[3] While at Verona, Oddo completed his obligatory military service. He would spend Monday through Thursday at the military barracks and then, on Fridays, would join up with his teammates for training.[4]
After two successful seasons with Verona, Italian giantsLazio purchased him. At Lazio, he had the opportunity to play in theUEFA Champions League in the season 2003–04 and theUEFA Cup competition in the 2002–03 and 2004–05 seasons. The team reached the semi-finals in2003. Moreover, his third season with Lazio earned him theCoppa Italia winner title. He became the captain of Lazio for the first half of the 2006–07 season, following the departure ofFabio Liverani toFiorentina.
On 23 January 2007, it was announced that Milan and Lazio had reached an accord for Oddo's transfer to theRossoneri after a long negotiation period. The overall price was €10.75 million (cash plusPasquale Foggia, who had been on loan at the club since the start of the season) and Oddo waived some of his wage, made the deal worth €12 million in total.[5][6] He signed a contract until 30 June 2011.[7] Months later, Oddo was the starting right back in the2007 UEFA Champions League final and helped Milan gain their seventh European Cup in a 2–1 win overLiverpool, as well as the club's fifthUEFA Super Cup in August when they had to face2007 UEFA Cup winners,Sevilla.
With the arrival ofGianluca Zambrotta, Oddo had to compete with him in the right-back position. On 28 August 2008, Oddo moved toBayern Munich on a one-year loan with the option of making the move permanent; however, at the end of the 2008–09 season, the German club confirmed that it would not take that option, and he returned to Milan, with Zambrotta moved to left-back and Oddo found himself competing withIgnazio Abate for the right-back position.
On 21 July 2010, he extended his contract until 30 June 2012.[8] A day after, Zambrotta also signed a new deal.
After being mostly frozen out of the Milan squad during the starting part of the2010–11 season, he made his season debut against former club Napoli after an early first-half head injury to left backLuca Antonini; furthermore, he provided two assists, one toRobinho for the opening goal and another forZlatan Ibrahimović.
On 31 August 2011, Oddo joinedLecce on a season-long loan.[9]
Following the 2011–12 season, Oddo ended his career, saying: "I leave football. When you reach a certain age, you face a crossroads."
Oddo made his national debut on 21 August 2002, in a 1–0 home defeat toSlovenia, replacingMatteo Brighi during the second half, as part of a reformed squad after the unsuccessful2002 FIFA World Cup performance of theAzzurri, underGiovanni Trapattoni.[10]
He was a starter at sevenEuro 2004qualifying matches. During the main competition in Portugal, he made one appearance, playing as a substitute in Italy's final group game againstBulgaria (22 June 2004); during the match, he supplied an assist forCassano's goal, which helped Italy win the match 2–1, although they were eliminated from the tournament in the first round on direct encounters, following a three-way five-point tie withDenmark andSweden.[11] Subsequently, Oddo was a member of Italy's championship-winning squad during the2006 FIFA World Cup underMarcello Lippi, as back up toGianluca Zambrotta, making one substitute appearance in Italy's 3–0 win overUkraine in the quarter-finals of the tournament.[12] At the end of2006 FIFA World Cup final match in Germany, in which Italy defeatedFrance 5–3 in apenalty shoot-out, Oddo chopped off a large chunk of his teammateMauro Camoranesi's long hair as the rest of the squad danced around them in a circle.[13]
Oddo scored his first and only international goal for Italy from the penalty spot in aEuro 2008 qualifying match on 7 October 2006 against Ukraine, under managerRoberto Donadoni, which ended in a 2–0 victory for the Italians.[14] Oddo made his 34th and final appearance for Italy in a 3–1 win over Portugal on 6 February 2008.[15]
Oddo was primarily deployed on the right flank as an offensivefull-back orwing-back, or even as awide-midfielder on occasion, due to his stamina, work-rate, defensive consistency, attacking drive, andcrossing ability. In his later career, he was deployed in a more defensive role as acentral-defender.[16][17][18] Despite being a defender, Oddo was known for his ability onset pieces andpenalties.[19]
After retirement, he decided to pursue a coaching career, accepting an offer as youth coach of theAllievi Regionali B forGenoa in August 2013. He left his job in July 2014 to accept an offer to guide thePrimavera (under-19) squad of his hometown clubPescara.
On 23 May 2015, he was promoted as head coach of Pescara after the dismissal ofMarco Baroni with only one game remaining, a home match againstLivorno (coached by former Italy teammateChristian Panucci), with both teams still involved in the race for a promotion playoff spot.[20] The game ended with a 3–0 win for Pescara, which qualified the team to the Serie A promotion playoffs. On 9 June 2016, Oddo led Pescara toSerie A promotion after beating outTrapani 3–1 on aggregate in theSerie B promotion play-off final.[21] On 15 July 2016, Pescara extended Oddo's contract by three years, keeping him as manager of the club until June 2019.[22] He was sacked on 14 February 2017.[23]
On 21 November 2017, Oddo was named the head coach ofUdinese following the sacking ofLuigi Delneri.[24] He was sacked on 24 April 2018, with Udinese in 15th place, as they lost 11 matches in a row.[25]
On 29 October 2018,Serie B clubCrotone announced the hiring of Oddo.[26] However, he failed to change the fortunes of the club, failing to win a single game before resigning on 28 December following a 0–3 home defeat toSpezia.[27]
On 7 June 2019, Oddo was appointed head coach ofPerugia.[28] He was dismissed by Perugia on 4 January 2020.[29] He was rehired again on 19 July,[30] and terminated on 19 August 2020.[31]
On 29 August 2020, Oddo was appointed manager ofPescara.[32] On 29 November 2020, Pescara fired him after only gaining four points in the first nine league games.[33]
On 24 February 2022, he returned to management as the new head coach ofSerie C promotion hopefulsPadova.[34] Under his tenure, he guided Padova to win the2021–22 Coppa Italia Serie C title, but failed automatic promotion by ending in second place behindSüdtirol. He led Padova to a second consecutive promotion playoff final, where they were defeated byPalermo in a 0–2 aggregate loss. Due to failure to achieve promotion to Serie B, Oddo and Padova parted ways by mutual consent at the end of the season.[35]
On 14 February 2023, Oddo was named head coach ofSerie B relegation-struggling clubSPAL, replacingDaniele De Rossi.[36] He left the club at the end of the season as SPAL was relegated toSerie C.
On 8 April 2024, Oddo returned to Padova, replacingVincenzo Torrente in charge of the Serie C team in time for the promotion playoffs and agreeing on a contract until 30 June 2024 with an option to extend.[37] He left the club by the end of the season, after being eliminated in the playoffs toVicenza.
On 25 February 2025, Oddo was appointed as head coach ofMilan Futuro,AC Milan's reserve team.[38]
Oddo is from the town ofPescara on the Adriatic coast but has Sicilian origins.[39]
Oddo's father,Francesco, is a football manager and former player. After leaving school, Oddo attended university to study law but left without graduating. He returned to university in 2007 but undertook a course in sports management.[40]
He has three children: Davide, Francesco and Greta.[40] Oddo is a trained barber and styled a lot of hisItaly colleagues' hair at theWorld Cup 2006, earning him the nickname theBarber of Berlin.[41]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Renato Curi | 1992–93 | Eccellenza | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| AC Milan | 1993–94 | Serie A | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1994–95 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fiorenzuola (loan) | 1995–96 | Serie C1 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| Monza (loan) | 1996–97 | Serie C1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Prato (loan) | 1996–97 | Serie C1 | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Lecco (loan) | 1997–98 | Serie C1 | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||
| Monza (loan) | 1998–99 | Serie B | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 4 | ||
| Napoli | 1999–2000 | Serie B | 36 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 1 | ||
| Verona | 2000–01 | Serie A | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 4 | ||
| 2001–02 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 33 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 64 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 12 | ||
| Lazio | 2002–03 | Serie A | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |
| 2003–04 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | — | 44 | 1 | |||
| 2004–05 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 42 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 7 | ||||
| 2006–07 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 135 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 172 | 17 | ||
| AC Milan | 2006–07 | Serie A | 10 | 1 | — | 7[c] | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2007–08 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 14 | 0 | — | 4[c] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 56 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 2 | ||
| Bayern Munich (loan) | 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[c] | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |
| Lecce (loan) | 2011–12 | Serie A | 27 | 1 | — | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 428 | 36 | 42 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 515 | 38 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy[42] | 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 1 | |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 October 2006 | Stadio Olimpico,Rome, Italy |  Ukraine | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Pescara | 16 May 2015 | 14 February 2017 | 80 | 30 | 19 | 31 | 114 | 121 | −7 | 037.50 |
| Udinese | 21 November 2017 | 24 April 2018 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 029.17 |
| Crotone | 1 November 2018 | 28 December 2018 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 000.00 |
| Perugia | 7 June 2019 | 4 January 2020 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 045.45 |
| Perugia | 19 July 2020 | 19 August 2020 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 040.00 |
| Pescara | 29 August 2020 | 29 November 2020 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 009.09 |
| Padova | 24 February 2022 | 23 June 2022 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 061.11 |
| SPAL | 14 February 2023 | 30 June 2023 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 021.43 |
| Padova | 8 April 2024 | 14 June 2024 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 040.00 |
| Milan Futuro | 25 February 2025 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | 187 | 66 | 41 | 80 | 230 | 266 | −36 | 035.29 | ||
Lazio[43]
Milan[43]
Italy[43]
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