Gaetano Salvemini (football manager)

Personal information
Date of birth 15 January 1942 (1942-01-15)
Place of birth Molfetta, Italy
Date of death 6 September 2024 (2024-09-07) (aged 82)
Place of death Reggio Emilia, Italy
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
1958–1959 AC Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1961 Sporting Fulgor Molfetta
1961–1962 Mestre
1962–1963 Alessandria
1963–1966 Venezia
1966–1968 Mantova
1968–1969 Inter Milan
1969–1970 Como
1970–1973 Empoli
1973–1974 Lucchese
1974–1977 Siena
1977–1978 Empoli
Managerial career
1978–1981 Empoli
1981–1982 Reggina
1982 SPAL
1983–1984 Casertana
1984–1985 Ternana
1985–1988 Empoli
1988–1991 Bari
1992–1993 Cesena
1993–1995 Palermo
1996 Genoa
1997 Lucchese
1997 Genoa
1999 Cremonese
2001 Monza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gaetano Salvemini (15 January 1942 – 6 September 2024) was an Italian football player and manager.

Career

Born in Molfetta, the son of a sailor,[1] Salvemini began playing football in his hometown's team, before transferring to AC Milan's youth team.[2] A left winger,[3] he was among the protagonists of the Venezia FC promotion to the top division in the 1965–66 season.[2]

As a football manager, Salvemini started his career as Empoli youth team manager.[4] With Empoli main team, he got a promotion to Serie A in 1986, the first of the club, and was its manager for two seasons in the top division. Because of the unexpected salvation of Empoli in its first season in the top league, he got the nickname "SalvEmpoli".[4][5]

Moved to Bari, in his first season he brought the team to Serie A, then he secured two salvations in the top division and won a Mitropa Cup.[1] In the following years he coached numerous teams, including Genoa, with which he won an Anglo-Italian Cup, Palermo, Cremonese, and Monza.[1]

Death

Salvemini died at his house in Reggio Emilia, on 6 September 2024, at the age of 82.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bisconti, Alessandro (6 September 2024). "E' morto Salvemini, l'uomo dei sogni: quando il piccolo Palermo vinse a San Siro col Milan degli invincibili". PalermoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Lutto nel calcio: è morto l'ex allenatore Gaetano Salvemini". Goal.com (in Italian). 6 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  3. ^ Gaetano Salvemini at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ a b Piccolo, Fabrizio (6 September 2024). "Addio Salvemini, allenatore galantuomo che al debutto in A con l'Empoli fece piangere l'Inter del Trap". Virgilio Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Calcio in lutto, è morto Gaetano Salvemini. Allenò l'Empoli nella prima Serie A". La Nazione (in Italian). 6 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Gaetano Salvemini, è morto il tecnico che portò l'Empoli in A per la prima volta. Vinse in Europa con il Bari". La Repubblica (in Italian). 6 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.