Alberto Cavasin

Alberto Cavasin

Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-01-09) January 9, 1956
Place of birth	Treviso, Italy
Position(s)	Right Back
Team information
Current team	Head coach
Youth career
1970–1973	Silea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1976	Treviso
1976–1977	Avellino
1977–1978	Atalanta
1978–1981	SPAL
1981–1982	Verona
1982–1983	Catanzaro
1983–1986	Bari
1986–1988	Cesena
1988–1990	Padova
International career
1973–1974	Italy "Juniores"
	Italy C
Managerial career
1990	Padova (youth team)
1990	Treviso
1991–1993	Trento
1993–1994	Fano
1994–1995	Ravenna
1995–1996	Gualdo
1996–1998	Fiorenzuola
1998–1999	Cesena
1999–2002	Lecce
2002–2004	Fiorentina
2005	Brescia
2005–2006	Treviso
2007	Messina
2007–2008	Frosinone
2009	Brescia
2009–2010	Bellinzona
2011	Sampdoria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Cavasin (born January 9, 1956 in Treviso) is an Italian football (soccer) manager and former player. He last served as head coach of Serie A team Sampdoria.

Playing career

Cavasin, a right back, started his professional career in 1973 for Treviso; he then played for a number of Serie A, B and C clubs, with some success. He retired in 1990.

Managing career

After a few months as Allievi Nazionali coach for Calcio Padova, Cavasin became coach of Treviso for the 1990/1991 season, to be sacked soon after. After a number of season at the helm of several Serie C clubs, Cavasin became coach of last-placed Serie B club A.C. Cesena in 1998, as a replacement for Corrado Benedetti, and led the team to keep its place in the league. In 1999, he became coach of U.S. Lecce of Serie A, and led the club to two good seasons, before to be fired in early 2002. He then coached Serie C2 club Florentia Viola (then Fiorentina) in 2002, as replacement for Pietro Vierchowod, to be sacked in 2004. Successively he also coached minor Serie A teams such as Brescia and Treviso with little success.

He became coach of Messina on January 30, 2007, as replacement for Bruno Giordano; he was however sacked about two months later, on April 2, following a 2-0 defeat to Cagliari. On June 22, 2007 he was announced as new Frosinone boss, leading them to a mid-table finish in the club's second Serie B campaign. On June 5, 2008 Frosinone announced to have parted company with Alberto Cavasin.

On May 20, 2009 he completed a comeback at Brescia, replacing Nedo Sonetti as head coach for the remaining two games of the Serie B 2008–09 regular season, with the aim to lead the rondinelle into the promotion playoffs. After being sacked by Brescia, on November 12, 2009 he became the manager of AC Bellinzona, a Swiss Super League team. On 2 April 2010 AC Bellinzona fired the Italian trainer, formerly he coaching Lecce, Fiorentina and Brescia.

On March 7, 2011 he was named head coach of the UC Sampdoria, replacing Domenico Di Carlo for the remainder of the 2010–11 Serie A and getting the team relegated to Serie B.

External links

• (Italian) Alberto Cavasin official website