Daniele Zoratto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 November 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Italy U17 (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1979 | Piobbico | ? | (?) |
| 1979–1980 | Casale | 4 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | Bellaria | ? | (?) |
| 1981–1982 | Cesena | 7 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | Rimini | 32 | (1) |
| 1983–1989 | Brescia | 167 | (6) |
| 1989–1994 | Parma | 144 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Padova | 17 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1993 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Voluntas Calcio | ||
| 1997–2002 | Brescia (youth team) | ||
| 2002–2004 | Parma (technical assistant) | ||
| 2004–2006 | Parma (assistant coach) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Modena | ||
| 2008–2009 | Modena | ||
| 2009–2010 | Torino (assistant coach) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Italy U19 | ||
| 2011– | Italy U16 & Italy U17 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Daniele Zoratto (Italian pronunciation: [daˈnjɛːle ddzoˈratto]; born 15 November 1961) is an Italian association football coach and former player who played as a midfielder.
Personal life
Zoratto was born in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg as a son of Italian immigrants; his father worked there as a factory worker, while his mother was running a bar. At just nine months of age, he was however sent to Piobbico, Marche to live with his aunt as his parents had decided it was best for him to have an Italian education.[2]
Playing career
In his early club career, Zoratto played for AC Cesena and Rimini Calcio, before making a name for himself with Brescia Calcio in the 1980s. He is best known as one of AC Parma's most prominent players during the early 1990s. Notably, he played for Parma from 1989 – the year in which the gialloblu were promoted to Serie A for their first time ever – to 1994, winning a Coppa Italia, a European Super Cup, and a Cup Winners' Cup with the team, among other titles. He retired from professional football in 1995, after a season with Calcio Padova 1910.[3]
At international level, Zoratto was also capped once for the Italy national football team by coach Arrigo Sacchi on 1 May 1993, in a 1–0 away defeat against Switzerland in a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification match.[1][4]
Managerial career
In 2006, after a few years as Parma youth coach, Zoratto became head coach of Serie B club Modena F.C., with his old fellow player Luigi Apolloni, a former Italy international too, as assistant.[3] Zoratto was however sacked in February 2007 because of lack of impressive results. In April 2008 he was re-appointed at the helm of Modena as replacement for Bortolo Mutti, sacked because of poor results.[5]
He was confirmed at the helm of the canarini ( canaries ) for the 2008–09 season, however poor results and club problems led his team to a bottom-table place in the mid-season, this resulting to Zoratto and Modena parting company on January 26, 2009, with assistant manager Apolloni taking over from him.[6]
In November 2009 he was appointed new assistant manager at Torino as part of the new coaching staff of new trainer Mario Beretta, a position he left in January 2010.[7]
In August 2010 he was appointed as new head coach of the Italy U19 team, and was later appointed as the head coach of the Italy U17 team.[3]
Style of play
Normally a central or defensive midfielder, Zoratto was a diminutive and slender player, with good feet, who was known for his intelligence and passing ability. He was used as a regista or deep-lying playmaker in midfield under manager Nevio Scala during his time at Parma, due to his ability to dictate the tempo of his team's play, which was key to Scala's possession-based philosophy. He was also capable of playing higher up, behind the forwards, in order to create opportunities, but he was not known for his goalscoring from midfield, however, having failed to score a single goal in Serie A throughout his career.[1][3][8][9][10][11][12]
References
- ^ a b c Zucchini, Francesco (29 April 1993). "Piede Operaio" (PDF). L'Unità (in Italian). p. 27. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "MA QUANDO SBAGLIA IL PICCOLO ZORATTO?" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 13 April 1993. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Italia – UEFA Under 17" (in Italian). UEFA.com. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Convocazioni e presenze in campo". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Modena: via Mutti, torna Zoratto" (in Italian). RAI Sport. 20 April 2008. Archived from the original on 24 April 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- ^ "Cambia la guida tecnica al Modena F.C." (in Italian). Modena FC. 26 January 2009. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
- ^ "Zoratto diventa cuore Toro". Bresciaoggi (in Italian). 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ "Quasi leggenda: il primo ballo del Parma". L'Ultimo Uomo (in Italian). 25 March 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Nevio Scala, il non-maestro: "I giovani? Bisogna lasciarli liberi di esprimersi, senza indottrinarli con troppi discorsi tattici"". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 20 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "The Parma story: Hernan, Hristro, Gigi and the dairy dream gone wrong". fourfourtwo.com. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "uno chef partito dal basso fuse rocco e il calcio totale e parma non fu più provincia Nevio Scala". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 14 December 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Parma in festa a vent'anni da Wembley" (in Italian). www.eurosport.it. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2024.