Andrea Manzo (born 5 November 1961) is an Italian

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and former

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Career

Playing

Manzo started his professional career in 1978 with

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. He then played for a number of

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and

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teams, most notably

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and

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. He then decided to spend his final career years back in his native

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, with Caerano and then Mestre, before to retire from active football in 1997.

Coaching

Andrea Manzo started his coaching career in 2000, being appointed at the helm of

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team Sandonà. He was successively sacked and then reappointed by the club management in a poor season ended with a second consecutive direct relegation. He then coached amateur

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team Conegliano Calcio the following season, leading them to win the league hands down in his first season and obtaining a fifth place in the club's following

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campaign. He then coached Serie D team Pievigina before to join

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's managing staff. Manzo was then successively appointed as caretaker coach during the final days of the ''arancioneroverdis

campaign, ended with the club being relegated and then cancelled from football. Successively, Venezia were refounded and started back from

, with Manzo being appointed as the new club's first boss. His second personal spell at Venezia however proved not to be lucky, as he was sacked during the season because of poor results. In 2006, he agreed a contract with Portosummaga of

, leading his side to a fairly good season. He was successively appointed as youth team coach of

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. On 12 May 2008 he was surprisingly appointed as caretaker coach, replacing Hector Cúper, with the goal to defeat top flight league leaders

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in the Serie A 2007-08's final matchday in order to save the ''ducali'' from relegation to

, a goal he failed to achieve as Parma lost 2–0 to the ''nerazzurri'', returning to Serie B after 18 years in the top flight.

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(from footballplus.com) {{DEFAULTSORT:Manzo, Andrea Living people 1961 births Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Venice Men's association football midfielders Italian men's footballers Italian football managers Italy men's youth international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Calcio Padova players LR Vicenza players ACF Fiorentina players UC Sampdoria players AC Milan players Udinese Calcio players US Avellino 1912 players Venezia FC managers Parma Calcio 1913 managers Serie A players Serie B players Serie A managers FC Lugano managers FC Chiasso managers Italian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Switzerland Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland People from Mestre 20th-century Italian sportsmen