Andrea Soncin

Andrea Soncin

Soncin in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-09-05) 5 September 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Vigevano, Italy
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Italy Women (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Solbiatese	9	(1)
1996–1997	Venezia	0	(0)
1997–1998	Solbiatese	19	(0)
1998–2000	Venezia	0	(0)
2000–2001	Vigevano	28	(19)
2001	Perugia	1	(0)
2001–2002	Sambenedettese	23	(11)
2002–2003	Torino	0	(0)
2002–2003	→ Sambenedettese (loan)	32	(12)
2003–2005	Fiorentina	1	(0)
2004	→ Pistoiese (loan)	13	(1)
2004–2005	→ Lanciano (loan)	34	(21)
2005–2007	Atalanta	37	(7)
2007	→ Ascoli (loan)	15	(6)
2007–2009	Ascoli	77	(26)
2009–2010	Padova	39	(7)
2010–2011	Grosseto	31	(2)
2011–2013	Ascoli	64	(16)
2013–2014	Avellino	24	(1)
2014–2016	Pavia	35	(10)
2015–2016	→ AlbinoLeffe (loan)	31	(4)
2016–2017	Montebelluna	22	(13)
Managerial career
2022	Venezia (caretaker)
2022	Venezia (caretaker)
2023–	Italy Women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrea Soncin (born 5 September 1978) is an Italian football coach and former player who is currently in charge of the Italian women's national team.

Football career

Soncin started his professional career at Solbiatese of Serie C2. He then played for Venezia youth team and then loaned back to Solbiatese for a season, and then for Vigevano in Serie D.

He then moved to Perugia of Serie A but left for Sambenedettese of Serie C1 after two months.

In the 2003–04 season, he first played for Fiorentina at Serie B then for Pistoiese at Serie C1. He was loaned to Lanciano of Serie C1 in the summer of 2004. He enjoyed his best season in a professional league with them, scoring 21 goals.^{[ citation needed ]}

Atalanta

On 21 July 2005, Serie B recently relegated Atalanta signed Soncin. He made 31 league games in his first full Serie B season, and saw he followed Atalanta returned to Serie A.^{[ citation needed ]}

On 17 September 2006, he made his Serie A debut in a league game against Catania. He just managed to play for Atalanta eight times that season, scoring once against Triestina in a Coppa Italia game.^{[ citation needed ]}

Ascoli

On 27 January 2007, he was on loan to Ascoli to help the club avoid relegation.

He scored six goals for the club, just one goal behind the team's top scorer Saša Bjelanović, who played ten more games than Soncin.

At the end of season, Ascoli finished 19th, fail to avoid relegation.^{[ citation needed ]}

Padova

He signed a 2+1 contract with Padova in August 2009. ^[1] Soncin left Padova at the end of season.

Avellino

On 13 August 2013 he was signed by Avellino. ^[2]

Pavia

On 17 July 2014 he was signed by Pavia. ^[3]

AlbinoLeffe (loan)

On 31 August 2015 Soncin was signed by AlbinoLeffe, on loan from Pavia. ^{[4] [5]}

Montebelluna

On 24 October 2016, Soncin was signed by Serie D club Montebelluna. ^[6]

Coaching career

On 27 April 2022, he was appointed caretaker of Venezia for the final five games of the club's 2021–22 Serie A campaign. ^[7] He failed to escape the club from relegation and was not offered the permanent job as a consequence, thus moving back to his previous role as youth coach. On 1 November 2022, following the dismissal of Ivan Javorčić as head coach, Soncin was again appointed interim head coach. ^[8] He guided the club for a single game, a 0–1 defeat to Como, before being replaced by new permanent head coach Paolo Vanoli on 7 November 2022. ^[9]

On 8 September 2023, Soncin was unveiled as the new head coach of the Italian women's national team, with Viviana Schiavi as his assistant. ^{[10] [11]}

Managerial statistics

As of 16 July 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Venezia (caretaker)		27 April 2022	9 June 2022	5	1	2	2	7	8	−1	020.00	[12]
Venezia (caretaker)		1 November 2022	7 November 2022	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00	[12]
Italy		8 September 2023	Present	12	5	4	3	16	8	+8	041.67	[13]
Total				18	6	6	6	23	17	+6	033.33	—

Honours

Atalanta

• Serie B: 2005–06

References

1. "ANDREA SONCIN BIANCOSCUDATO" (in Italian). Calcio Padova. 3 August 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
2. "Ingaggiato l'attaccante Andrea Soncin" (in Italian). U.S. Avellino 1912. 13 August 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
3. "Andrea Soncin ceduto al Pavia a titolo definitivo" (in Italian). U.S. Avellino 1912. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
4. "Andrea Soncin approda in bluceleste" (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
5. "ANDREA SONCIN IN PRESTITO ALL'ALBINOLEFFE" (in Italian). A.C. Pavia. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.^{[ dead link ]}
6. "ANDREA SONCIN: ARRIVA IL "COBRA" IN VIA BIAGI !!" (in Italian). Calcio Montebelluna. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
7. "Paolo Zanetti relieved of managerial duties". Venezia F.C. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
8. "ANDREA SONCIN NAMED INTERIM FIRST TEAM MANAGER". Venezia F.C. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
9. "PAOLO VANOLI NAMED VENEZIA FC FIRST TEAM MANAGER". Venezia F.C. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
10. "Andrea Soncin è il nuovo Ct della Nazionale Femminile, Viviana Schiavi sarà la vice" (in Italian). FIGC. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
11. "Andrea Soncin sarà il nuovo commissario tecnico della Nazionale di calcio femminile". Il Post (in Italian). 8 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
12. "Venezia FC: Matches". Soccerway. DAZN Group. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
13. "Italy Women: Matches". Soccerway. DAZN Group. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

External links

• "Carriera di Andrea Soncin". Tutto Calciatori. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
• aic.football.it (in Italian)