Claudio Valigi is an Italian

Italy

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 association football and current manager of Mantova and former player.

Player

After spending the first three seasons of his career with Ternana Calcio

Ternana Calcio

Ternana Calcio is an Italian football club based in the city of Terni, Umbria.The team's colours are red and green.The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana have twice played in Serie A...

 in the second and then third tier of Italian football, before the 1982/83 season he received several offers from the Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 teams, including A.C. Milan

A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

. He chose A.S. Roma

A.S. Roma

Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

. In that season he collected 13 appearances as the backup to Falcão

Falcao

Falcao or Falcão may refer to* Élson Falcão da Silva , Brazilian football player* Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer* Alessandro Rosa Vieira , nicknamed Falcão, Brazilian futsal and football player...

, Herbert Prohaska

Herbert Prohaska

Herbert Prohaska is a retired Austrian football player. He ranks among Austria's greatest football players of all time. Prohaska is currently working as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation . His nickname "Schneckerl", Viennese dialect for curly hair, derives from his curly...

 and Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti is an Italian football manager, Nicknamed Carletto, Ancelotti played as a midfielder and had a successful career with Roma – captaining the team – with whom he won one Scudetto and 4 Coppa Italia and was part of the legendary late 80's Milan team, with whom he won two Scudetti and...

. He was called Falcão's heir due to certain similarities in playing style. However, after winning the championship that season, he was sold to Perugia Calcio

Perugia Calcio

Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Perugia, Umbria, direct heir of the old Perugia Calcio and A.C. Perugia, excluded from Italian football because of financial troubles....

 and never played on the top level in Italy again, not fulfilling the lofty expectations.

Coach

In the season 2010-11 he was the manager of Sambonifacese in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

On October 4, 2011 he becomes the new coach of Mantova in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, in place of the sacked Archimede Graziani.

External links

• Career summary by playerhistory.com