Claudio Valigi (born 3 February 1962 in

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) is an Italian

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manager, who last served as head coach of Lupa Frascati and former player.

Career

Player

After spending the first three seasons of his career with

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in the second and then third tier of Italian football, before the 1982/83 season he received several offers from the

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teams, including

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. He chose

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. In that season he collected 13 appearances as the backup to Falcão, Herbert Prohaska and

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. He was called Falcão's heir due to certain similarities in playing style. However, after winning the championship that season, he was sold to

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and never played on the top level in Italy again, not fulfilling the lofty expectations.

Coach

In the season 2010-11 he was the manager of Sambonifacese in the

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. On 4 October 2011 he became the new coach of Mantova in the

, in place of the sacked Archimede Graziani. On 28 February 2012 he was sacked. In summer 2012 he was named new coach of Lupa Frascati just promoted in

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, but on 17 December 2012 he was sacked.

Honours

champion: 1982/83 with

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References

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