Valter Bonacina

Valter Bonacina

Personal information
Date of birth	30 July 1964
Place of birth	Bergamo, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Foggia
Youth career
	Cenate Sotto
	Virescit Boccaleone
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1986	Virescit Boccaleone	103	(2)
1986–1991	Atalanta	140	(10)
1991–1994	Roma	84	(2)
1994–1999	Atalanta	141	(1)
1999–2001	Monza	55	(2)
2001–2002	Rodengo Saiano	27	(3)
Teams managed
2010	Atalanta (caretaker)
2011	Foggia
2012-	Foggia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Valter Bonacina (born 30 July 1964 in Bergamo) is an Italian association football coach, currently of Foggia and former player.

Career

Playing career

He spent the majority of his career playing for Atalanta (10 seasons, 7 of which in Serie A) and A.S. Roma (3 seasons), and retired in 2002.

Coaching career

From 2003 to 2007 he served as assistant manager of Atalanta. In July 2007 he was then moved in charge of the Allievi Regionali youth team, and was successively promoted at the helm of the Primavera under-19 team in July 2009.

On 8 January 2010 he was then appointed head coach of Atalanta in a caretaker role, following Antonio Conte's resignation from his managerial position at the club.^[1] He then guided Atalanta on a Serie A Week 19 game ended in a 0–1 away loss to Palermo on 10 January 2009 and returned to his previous role after Bortolo Mutti was appointed as head coach the very next day.^[2]

On 10 June 2011 he was announced as new head coach of Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Foggia.^[3]

References

1. "Comunicato stampa" (in Italian). Atalanta BC. 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
2. "MUTTI ALL'ATALANTA" (in Italian). Atalanta BC. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
3. "UFFICIALE: Foggia, panchina affidata a Bonacina" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.