Andrea Icardi (born 14 June 1963) is an Italian professional

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coach and a former player, who played as a

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. Icardi played 6 seasons for

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in the first half of the 1980s, when the club was yo-yoing between

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and

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. He then spent two seasons at

Atalanta B.C. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio (), commonly referred to as Atalanta, is a professional Association football, football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, who compete in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system, Italian league ...

, two at

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and three at

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before relocating to Sydney, Australia where he played for

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. After he retired, Icardi coached teams in Italy. Since 2007, he is back in Sydney where he is director of the Milan Soccer Academy Australia.

Honours

;Milan *

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winner: 1982.

References

1963 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Serie A players Serie B players AC Milan players Atalanta BC players SS Lazio players Hellas Verona FC players Italian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Italian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Marconi Stallions FC players Italian football managers ASD AVC Vogherese 1919 managers ASD HSL Derthona managers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Milan 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub