Attilio Lombardo
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1966 (58 years old)
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Santa Maria la Fossa, ItalyPosition
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Attilio Lombardo (Italian pronunciation: ; born 6 January 1966) is an Italian retired football player turned manager; he is currently the assistant manager for the Italy national team.
Throughout his career he was usually deployed as a wide midfielder, or as an offensive right winger, although he also played as a fullback or wingback on occasion later in his career.
Lombardo played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, and is best known for his two spells with Sampdoria. He is one of the six players to have won the Serie A title with three different teams: Sampdoria, Juventus, and Lazio; the other five players to have managed the same feat are Giovanni Ferrari, Filippo Cavalli, Pietro Fanna, Sergio Gori, and Aldo Serena. Lombardo also had a spell in the Premier League with English side Crystal Palace. At international level, Lombardo represented the Italy national football team on 19 occasions, although he was never called up for a major tournament.
During his career, he was given the nicknames "Popeye", as he was thought to resemble the cartoon character's appearance due to his own bald head and strong physique, as well as "the Ostrich" (or "Struzzo", in Italian), because of his pace, stamina, and running style. He was also given the nickname "The Bald Eagle" during his time at Crystal Palace.
During his career, Lombardo gained 18 caps for the Italian national side, between 1990 and 1997, scoring 3 goals, but injury and competition from other wide players, such as Donadoni, Di Livio, Pessotto, and Moriero, meant he was rarely a regular member of the national side, and he was never called up for a major tournament with Italy.
Following his retirement from active football, he remained at Sampdoria until June 2006 as the youth team manager. In the next two years, however, the Primavera squad would achieve reasonable success in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera. In 2006, he was appointed manager of Swiss side FC Chiasso in the Swiss Challenge League. He resigned in May 2007, citing a lack of motivation. The team was relegated into the third tier of Swiss Football the following season.
In April 2008, he was appointed at the helm of Tuscan Serie C2 club U.S. Castelnuovo. He stayed at the club for the remainder of the season, leading the small Tuscan club to escape relegation through the playoffs. Lombardo then moved to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club A.C. Legnano for the entire 2008–09 season, and was unable to save his side from relegation to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, the fourth level of Italian Football.
Lombardo was appointed in July 2009 as the new head coach of Spezia Calcio in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, but unexpectedly resigned later on October despite his team having attained third place in the league table. Eventually, at the end of the season, Spezia would automatically garner promotion to Serie C1 as runners up to the title.
In July 2010, Lombardo joined the coaching staff at Manchester City, linking up again with compatriot Roberto Mancini. In 2012, following the departure of Andy Welsh, he was appointed manager of the club's reserve squad; however, after the sacking of Roberto Mancini on 13 May 2013, Lombardo resigned from his position at Manchester City on Wednesday 15 May.
On 30 September 2013, he re-joined Roberto Mancini at Galatasaray, working again as assistant coach. On 7 October 2014, Lombardo became the assistant coach of Schalke 04.
On 21 May 2016, Lombardo became the assistant coach at Torino for head coach Siniša Mihajlović. Mihajlović was sacked on 4 January 2018, along with Lombardo and the rest of his staff.
On 13 March 2019, Lombardo became the assistant coach for the Italy national team, alongside head coach Roberto Mancini.
His son Mattia followed his steps, being a product of Sampdoria youth section.
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| Lazio | Appearances | Italian Serie A | 2000-2001 | 9 |
| Sampdoria | Appearances | Italian Serie A | 1990-1991 | 32 |
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| Sampdoria | Goals | Italian Serie A | 1990-1991 | 3 |
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