Nicola Corrent (born 29 March 1979) is an

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coach and a former player who played as a

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. He was most recently the head coach of

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Playing career

Corrent started his professional career at

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. He was signed by

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in co-ownership deal in 1999, for 1 billion lire (€516,457). Milan bought back Corrent from Salernitana in March 2001 for the same fee. In 2001, he was signed by newly promoted Serie B team

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, from Milan in a new co-ownership deal, for about 1.125 billion lire (€581 thousand).AC Milan SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2002 The club were then promoted to Serie A. In June 2003 Como acquired him outright for another €581,119. In summer 2003 Corrent,

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and Cristian Stellini joined

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for a total of €1.32 million (€330,000 each).Calcio Como SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2004 He then went to

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in 2004. The team relegated to

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in summer 2006. Corrent was excluded from the squad as a discipline measure. In January 2007, he was signed by

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of Serie B, to help the club avoid relegation, but failed. He was the captain of the team before he left for

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on free transfer. In summer 2010 he joined

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. In July 2011 Corrent renewed his contract with Carrarese until 30 June 2013. Corrent, which served as the captain of the team, later extended the contract to last until 30 June 2014. On 20 July 2013 Corrent was asked by Carrarese to terminate the contract. On 13 August 2013 an agreement was formed to end the contract in mutual consent.

Coaching career

On 30 May 2022, after having worked as a youth coach for

for a number of years, Corrent was appointed head coach of

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club

for the 2022–23 season. He was dismissed on 20 February 2023.

References

External links

Profile at Football.it
{{DEFAULTSORT:Corrent, Nicola 1979 births Living people Footballers from Verona Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Serie A players Serie B players AC Milan players AC Monza players Siena FC SSD players Como 1907 players Modena FC 2018 players Ternana Calcio players Hellas Verona FC players Calcio Lecco 1912 players Carrarese Calcio 1908 players Men's association football midfielders Italian football managers Mantova 1911 managers