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Franco Soldati (born 30 September 1959 in Udine) is an Italian Commercial director [1] who has been serving as Executive President of Italian football club Udinese Calcio [2] since 1999.
Udinese Calcio is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a football club.
Antonio Di Natale is an Italian football coach and former professional player who played as a striker.
Giampiero Pinzi is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Felipe Dias da Silva dal Belo, commonly known as Felipe, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He has spent his entire professional career in Serie A.
Antonino D'Agostino is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in Serie A for Atalanta and Cagliari.
Andrea Sottil is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played as a defender. He is the head coach of Serie B club Salernitana.
The 2009–10 Serie A was the 108th season of top-tier Italian football, the 78th in a round-robin tournament. There were three promoted teams from the Serie B, replacing the three teams that were relegated following the 2008–09 season. Nike provided a new match ball – the T90 Ascente – for this season. Following the season, citing a larger television contract, the seventeen teams that survived the season and the three promoted sides formed a new league akin to England's Premier League.
The 2009–10 Udinese Calcio season was the club's 15th consecutive and 30th overall season in Serie A. The team competed in Serie A, finishing 15th, and in the Coppa Italia, reaching the semi-finals. The highlight of Udinese's season was captain Antonio Di Natale's excellent campaign, as he finished top scorer in Serie A, or capocannoniere, with 29 goals.
Thomas Heurtaux is a retired French professional footballer who last played for Pohronie in the Fortuna Liga.
Gabriele Angella is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B club Perugia.
Stadio Moretti was a multi-use stadium in Udine, Italy. It was initially used as the stadium of Udinese Calcio matches. It was replaced by Stadio Friuli in 1976. The capacity of the stadium was 25,000 spectators. It also hosted motorcycle speedway events.
The 2010–11 Serie A was the 109th season of top-tier Italian football, the 79th in a round-robin tournament, and the 1st since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 22 May 2011. Internazionale were the defending champions.
In the 1996–97 season, Udinese Calcio had its best season since the days of Zico during the 1980s. With goal-scoring trio Oliver Bierhoff, Márcio Amoroso and Paolo Poggi on top form, Udinese finished fifth. Bierhoff and Poggi scored 13 goals each, while Amoroso scored 12.
In the 1997-98 season, Udinese Calcio finished third in Serie A, part due to the performances of striker Oliver Bierhoff, who scored 27 league goals in 34 matches. The season was the team's highest final league position since the 1954-55 season.
Ricardo Chará Lerma is a Colombian footballer who plays as a defender, and who is currently a free agent.
The 2011–12 season was Udinese Calcio's 17th consecutive and 32nd Serie A season. The club had a successful league season, finishing third in Serie A, but disappointed in the three cup competitions in which it competed. Udinese were eliminated from the Coppa Italia in the round of 16, and also experienced disappointment in the UEFA Champions League, where it was eliminated in the play-off round and thus failed to make its first appearance in the group stage since the 2005–06 season. As a result, Udinese dropped down to the UEFA Europa League, where it successfully advanced from both the group stage and the round of 32, only to be eliminated in the round of 16. Club captain and legend Antonio Di Natale was once again the team's top scorer, with 23 goals in Serie A and 29 in total.
Kosta Runjaić is a German professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Serie A club Udinese.
The 2017–18 season was Udinese Calcio's 38th season in Serie A and their 23rd consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.
The 2019–20 season was the 110th season in existence of Brescia Calcio. They returned to Serie A for the first time since 2010–11.
The 2020–21 season was the 124th season in the existence of Udinese Calcio and its 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Udinese participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.