Massimo Battara
Massimo Battara (born 3 May 1963) is an Italian football coach and a former player, who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as a goalkeeping coach with Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg.[2] He has worked with Roberto Di Matteo both at Aston Villa and at FC Schalke 04. Between 2009 until his resignation in May 2013, he was the goalkeeping coach at Italy.[3]
 Massimo Battara in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Massimo Battara | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Genoa, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Italie (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 | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 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- | Italy (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Battara has also worked at Inter Milan and with ex Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini, and joined City in December 2009 as part of Mancini's new coaching team.
He worked under David Platt in India at FC Pune City before joining Roberto Di Matteo at Aston Villa in 2016.
References
- "Massimo Battara Profile". schalke04.de. 10 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- Массимо Баттара вошел в тренерский штаб «Зенита» (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 11 July 2017.
- Massimo Battara
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