Attilio Tesser

Attilio Tesser

Personal information
Date of birth	(1958-06-10) 10 June 1958
Place of birth	Montebelluna, Italy
Position(s)	Full Back
Team information
Current team	Avellino
Youth career
	Montebelluna
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1976	Montebelluna	43	(0)
1976–1978	Treviso	63	(6)
1978–1980	Napoli	37	(2)
1980–1985	Udinese	100	(6)
1985–1986	Perugia	34	(0)
1986–1989	Catania	85	(4)
1989–1991	Trento	34	(2)
Total		396	(20)
International career
1979–1980	Italy U-21	5	(0)
Managerial career
1992–1994	Sevegliano
1994–1996	Udinese (youth team)
1996–2001	Venezia (youth team)
2001–2003	Südtirol
2003–2005	Triestina
2005	Cagliari
2006	Ascoli
2007–2008	Mantova
2009	Padova
2009–2012	Novara
2012	Novara
2013–2015	Ternana
2015–	Avellino
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Attilio Tesser (born 10 June 1958) is an Italian association football and current manager of Avellino.

Career

Playing career

Tesser, a defender, started his playing career with Treviso. He moved to Napoli in 1978, where he played two seasons. He then played for Udinese from 1980 to 1985, and then for some lower league teams, including Perugia and Catania. He was also capped for the Italian U-21 side.

Managing career

After his retirement, Tesser began a coaching career in 1992 for Serie D side Sevegliano, and successively became a coach at the youth level for Udinese and Venezia. His first professional coaching job came in 2001, for Serie C2 side F.C. Südtirol. In 2003, he replaced Ezio Rossi at the helm of U.S. Triestina Calcio of Serie B. After a very good season, followed by a poorer one, Tesser moved to Cagliari Calcio of Serie A in 2006, but was fired just after the first league match by team chairman Massimo Cellino. On July 2006, he was named coach of Ascoli, replacing Marco Giampaolo. However, after a serie of struggling results ended in a 1-0 home defeat to Empoli F.C. in the 11th matchday, Tesser was fired and replaced by Nedo Sonetti.

Tesser started the 2007-08 season at the helm of Serie B side Mantova, with the aim to fight for a promotion spot; however, results did not confirm the initial goals, and he was sacked on February 24, 2008, leaving Mantova in seventh place, seven points far from the fourth playoff spot.

On January 2009 he accepted a coaching offer from Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Padova; however, his stint with the patavini lasted only one month, as he was sacked later on February.

On June 2009 he was named Novara manager. His tenure proved to be highly successful, as he led his club to become Lega Pro Prima Divisione champions in his first season in charge. In the 2010–11 season, Tesser repeated himself as he guided Novara to third place in the final table, then winning a second consecutive promotion to Serie A after defeating Reggina and Padova in the playoffs. The Serie A comeback however proved to be particularly difficult for Novara, who only managed to win 12 points after the first 20 games: this cost Tesser the job, as he was removed from his managerial duties on 30 January 2012 following a 2-0 away loss against Palermo; he was replaced by veteran coach Emiliano Mondonico. On 6 March 2012 he was recalled by Novara as head coach, but on 31 October 2012 he was again sacked.

On 13 June 2015 Tesser was appointed as the head coach of Avellino, replacing Massimo Rastelli.