Andrea_Sottil
Andrea Sottil
Italian football player and manager
Andrea Sottil (born 4 January 1974)[1] is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played as a defender. He was most recently the head coach of Serie A club Udinese.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1974-01-04) 4 January 1974 (age 50) | ||
| Place of birth | Venaria Reale, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Torino | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1994 | Torino | 13 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Fiorentina | 33 | (1) |
| 1996–1999 | Atalanta | 91 | (2) |
| 1999–2003 | Udinese | 87 | (6) |
| 2003–2004 | Reggina | 24 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Genoa | 33 | (1) |
| 2005–2008 | Catania | 66 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Rimini | 37 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Alessandria | 26 | (0) |
| Total | 410 | (13) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990–1992 | Italy U19 | 17 | (1) |
| 1994 | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Siracusa | ||
| 2012–2013 | Gubbio | ||
| 2013–2014 | Cuneo | ||
| 2014–2015 | Paganese | ||
| 2015–2017 | Siracusa | ||
| 2017–2018 | Livorno | ||
| 2018 | Livorno | ||
| 2018 | Livorno | ||
| 2018–2019 | Catania | ||
| 2019 | Catania | ||
| 2020 | Pescara | ||
| 2020–2022 | Ascoli | ||
| 2022–2023 | Udinese | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sottil started his career with Torino and made his Serie A debut on 6 December 1992, in a 1–1 draw to Foggia. In 1994, he left Torino to join Fiorentina, then moved to Atalanta later in 1996. In 1999, he moved to Udinese, where he also had the opportunity to play at continental level in the UEFA Cup.
Sottil was signed by Reggina in co-ownership deal in summer 2003, along with teammate Gonzalo Martínez. In summer 2005, he was signed by Catania, which he was the regular starter in the first two-season, but only played 7 games in 2007–08 Serie A.
In August 2008, he was signed by Rimini.[2] In July 2009 he left for Alessandria.[3][4] He retired at the end of the 2010–11 season, having managed over 200 games in Serie A throughout his career.
Soon after retirement, Sottil passed the category 2 (UEFA A) coaching exam in June 2011.[5] Later in the summer, he was appointed new head coach of Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Siracusa, with the goal of leading the ambitious Sicilians into the battle to promotion in the Serie B league.[6]
In 2012, he was hired as the coach of Gubbio in Lega Pro Prima Divisione. In 2013, he was appointed the coach of Cuneo in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.[7] He was fired on 7 January 2014.[8] Ezio Rossi replaced Sottil the next day.[9]
In 2015, Sottil returned to newly-promoted Siracusa, leaving the club in the summer of 2017.[10]
He was re-hired by Livorno on 8 April 2018, after getting fired earlier in the same season.[11]
On 5 July 2018, he was appointed the new coach of Catania. He was fired from Catania on 2 July 2019.[12]
On 7 July 2020, he took his first Serie B managerial role, being named Nicola Legrottaglie's successor at the helm of Pescara in a last-ditch attempt to save the club from relegation. He guided Pescara to safety after defeating Perugia on penalties in a two-legged playoff, and was eventually not confirmed for the next season.
On 23 December 2020, he took over as the new head coach of relegation-threatened Serie B side Ascoli,[13] becoming the third manager of the season for the Bianconeri.[14] After guiding Ascoli for two seasons, and reaching the promotion playoffs in his final one in charge of the club, on 6 June 2022, Sottil left the Picchio by mutual consent.[15] The following day, he was announced as the new head coach of Serie A club Udinese.[16]
After guiding Udinese to a mid-table placement in the 2022–23 Serie A campaign, Sottil was dismissed on 24 October 2023 after failing to achieve any wins in the first nine games of the season, leaving Udinese in the relegation zone.[17]
His son Riccardo Sottil made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina in the 2018–19 season.[18]
- As of match played 22 October 2023[19]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Siracusa |  |
25 June 2011 | 23 June 2012 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 048.72 |
| Gubbio | |
23 June 2012 | 23 June 2013 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 036.36 |
| Cuneo | |
11 July 2013 | 7 January 2014 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 033.33 |
| Paganese | |
7 October 2014 | 30 June 2015 | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 022.58 |
| Siracusa | |
24 September 2015 | 13 June 2017 | 77 | 38 | 20 | 19 | 120 | 82 | +38 | 049.35 |
| Livorno | |
6 July 2017 | 6 March 2018 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 055.17 |
| Livorno | |
8 March 2018 | 19 March 2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Livorno | |
8 April 2018 | 3 July 2018 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Catania | |
6 July 2018 | 25 February 2019 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 23 | +25 | 058.06 |
| Catania | |
6 May 2019 | 2 July 2019 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 020.00 |
| Pescara | |
7 July 2020 | 28 August 2020 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 025.00 |
| Ascoli | |
23 December 2020 | 6 June 2022 | 64 | 29 | 16 | 19 | 80 | 70 | +10 | 045.31 |
| Udinese | |
7 June 2022 | 24 October 2023 | 49 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 60 | 65 | −5 | 026.53 |
| Total | 398 | 167 | 116 | 115 | 541 | 448 | +93 | 041.96 | |||
- Fiorentina
- Udinese
- Individual
- "Andrea Sottil Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more". FBref.com. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- "Colpo di mercato: preso SOTTIL !" (in Italian). Rimini Calcio FC. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2009.[permanent dead link]
- "UFFICIALE: tris per l'Alessandria: c'è anche Andrea Sottil" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- "E' ufficiale l'ingaggio di Andea Sottil". Alessandria Calcio (in Italian). 22 July 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2010.[permanent dead link]
- "Baggio's new life As a professional coach". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 18 July 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- "UFFICIALE: Andrea Sottil è il nuovo allenatore del Siracusa" [OFFICIAL: Andrea Sottil new Siracusa head coach] (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- "Andrea Sottil è il nuovo allenatore del Cuneo" (in Italian). AC Cuneo 1905. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- "Esonerato il tecnico Andrea Sottil" (in Italian). AC Cuneo 1905. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- "Il ritorno di Ezio Rossi" (in Italian). AC Cuneo 1905. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- Siracusa: ufficiale, Andrea Sottil lascia. “Vuole allenare in B”. Zamparini e il Palermo…[permanent dead link]‚ mediagol.it, 13 June 2017
- "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE" (in Italian). Livorno. 8 April 2018. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- "Andrea Sottil sollevato dall'incarico di responsabile tecnico della prima squadra" (Press release). Catania. 2 July 2019.
- Digby, Adam. "Andrea Sottil Has Delivered Instant Improvement at Udinese". Forbes. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- "Andrea Sottil è il nuovo allenatore dell'Ascoli" [Andrea Sottil is the new Ascoli coach] (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- "RISOLTO IL CONTRATTO FRA L'ASCOLI CALCIO E ANDREA SOTTIL" [Contract between Andrea Sottil and Ascoli Calcio mutually rescinded.] (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- "Bentornato Andrea!" [Welcome back Andrea!] (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- "Nota ufficiale: Andrea Sottil" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- "Andrea Sottil: "Mio figlio, Cerofolini e Gori pronti per il salto. Spero che Riccardo resti con Pioli"" (in Italian). Fiorentina.It. 6 June 2018.
- "Andrea Sottil career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- "Italy - Coppa Italia History". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- "Udinese 4 - 2 Sigma (Aggregate: 6 - 4)". UEFA. 22 August 2000. Archived from the original on 23 June 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- "Andrea Sottil Coach of the Month for September". Serie A. 29 September 2022. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.