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 Bianchi withNapoli in 1966 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1943-10-06)6 October 1943 (age 82) | ||
| Place of birth | Brescia,Italy | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brescia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1966 | Brescia | 97 | (18) |
| 1966–1971 | Napoli | 109 | (14) |
| 1971–1973 | Atalanta | 55 | (6) |
| 1973–1974 | Milan | 14 | (2) |
| 1974–1975 | Cagliari | 20 | (1) |
| 1975–1977 | SPAL | 35 | (0) |
| Total | 330 | (41) | |
| International career | |||
| 1966 | Italy | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1976–1977 | SPAL | ||
| 1978–1979 | Siena | ||
| 1979–1980 | Mantova | ||
| 1980–1981 | Triestina | ||
| 1981–1983 | Atalanta | ||
| 1983–1984 | Avellino | ||
| 1984–1985 | Como | ||
| 1985–1989 | Napoli | ||
| 1990–1992 | Roma | ||
| 1992–1993 | Napoli | ||
| 1994–1995 | Internazionale | ||
| 2002 | Fiorentina | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ottavio Bianchi (Italian pronunciation:[otˈtaːvjoˈbjaŋki]; born 6 October 1943) is an Italian formerfootball player and coach who played as amidfielder.
Bianchi was born inBrescia. During his playing days, he has won two caps forItaly, and played for a number of teams, includingBrescia,Napoli,Atalanta,Milan andCagliari.
He is best remembered for being the coach of Napoli from 1985 to 1989, a team consisting of great players such asDiego Maradona andCareca, which won its first of twoSerie A titles in the 1986–87 season.[1] He also led the team to theCoppa Italia title in 1987, and theUEFA Cup title in 1989.
Other teams he has coached includeComo, Atalanta,Roma,Inter andFiorentina.
Bianchi initially played for theBrescia youth system, and then made his debut with his boyhood team's senior side in theSerie A in 1965. In 1966, Bianchi was transferred toNapoli, the club with whom he played for five consecutive championships. In addition to these, Bianchi had stints withAtalanta,Milan andCagliari; he finished his playing career withSPAL.
In 2013, the newspaperCorriere della Sera included Bianchi in a list ofBrescia's best defensive midfielders.[2]
Bianchi has also made two appearances for theItaly national football team, where he made his debut on 1 November 1966, in a friendly match against theUSSR in Milan, where the hosts won 1–0.
Bianchi began his coaching career at lower division clubs such asSiena,Mantova,Triestina andAtalanta, where he won theSerie C1 championship in 1981–82 with the latter.
Following the good results during his stint withAtalanta,Avellino approached Bianchi to guide them for the 1983–84 season where they finished the season with an 11th place in theSerie A, and then the following season Bianchi moved to newly promotedComo where he managed to reach a mid-table position. The following season, Bianchi joinedMaradona'sNapoli, who won his firstScudetto in1986–87. With Bianchi on the bench Napoli won theCoppa Italia in1987, and theUEFA Cup in1989.
After four successful seasons withNapoli, Bianchi moved toRoma, where he once again won theCoppa Italia in1991, and also managed to reach theUEFA Cupfinal, where the club finished as runners up toInter.
After the adventure with the giallorossi, where in November 1992, Bianchi replacedClaudio Ranieri to take over the helm of Napoli, managing to transform a relegation-threatened team into a team challenging for anUEFA Cup place. The next year, Bianchi was appointed as a technical director, guidingMarcello Lippi after the team lost several important players such asGianfranco Zola,Careca andGiovanni Galli due to financial difficulties.
The following season, he was a coach again, this time atInter. The first season was a successful one, with the victory over their rivals in theDerby della Madonnina being the highlight of the season. But a year later, despite the arrival ofJavier Zanetti andRoberto Carlos, the team struggled to maintain the good form, and he was given the sack byMassimo Moratti after the team lost to his ex-clubNapoli at theStadio San Paolo.
Seven years later, Bianchi was called to save relegation troubledFiorentina in 2002[3] without success both as a coach and as chairman of club, succeeding the outgoing Ugo Poggi until the end of the season.
Bianchi was a traditional and defensive–minded manager, who was known for his tactical prowess and effective counter-attacking style, with his teams often sitting and cancelling out their opponents only to hit them on the attack after winning back the ball.[4]
In May 2020, Bianchi and his daughter Camilla Bianchi released his autobiography titledSopra il vulcano (Over the vulcano).
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