Egidio Notaristefano (born 4 February 1966) is an Italian

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manager. He is a former Italy under-21 international

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Career

Notaristefano began his playing career at

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in the early 1980s, and he made his

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debut in 1984. He made his Italy under-21 debut against

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on 12 November 1986 at

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. He won 10 caps for the under-21s, and scored his only international goal against

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on 16 October 1987. Notaristefano left Como in 1990 to join

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, and he finished his career with spells at

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, Meda and Pro Lissone. Following his retirement, he managed the youth team of

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before being promoted to first-team manager in November 2007. He spent six months at Legnano before taking the manager's job at

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in May 2008. He left the club in May 2009, and he joined

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in November 2009. In March 2013 he replaced Giovanni Cusatis as manager of

References

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