Rodolfo Vanoli

Rodolfo Vanoli

Vanoli in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-01-11) 11 January 1963 (age 62)
Place of birth	Gavirate, Italy
Position	Defender
Team information
Current team	Salernitana Women (head coach)
Youth career
	Varese
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1982	Varese	0	(0)
1982–1983	Solbiatese	25	(1)
1983–1984	Pro Patria	9	(0)
1984–1989	Lecce	165	(4)
1989–1992	Udinese	72	(0)
1992–1995	SPAL	49	(2)
1995–1996	Saronno	20	(0)
1996–1997	Como	5	(0)
1997–1998	Solbiatese	12	(0)
1998–1999	Canobbiese	19	(5)
1999–2000	Chiasso	15	(3)
Managerial career
2001–2004	Mendrisio-Stabio
2005	Lugano
2005–2006	Bellinzona
2010	Colligiana
2011	Pordenone
2012–2014	Koper
2015	Koper
2016	Olimpija Ljubljana
2019	Bisceglie
2021	Koper
2022	Dinamo Tirana
2024–2025	Samgurali
2025–	Salernitana Women
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rodolfo Vanoli (born 11 January 1963) is an Italian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Women's football club Salernitana, playing in the Serie C league.

Playing career

Vanoli, a defender, started his career with Varese. He then went on to play football professionally, making his Serie A debut in 1985 with Lecce. ^[1] In 1989, he joined Udinese, playing Serie A and Serie B with the Friuliani. He retired in 2000 after a single season with Swiss club Chiasso.

Managerial career

Vanoli started his career as a coach in Switzerland. In 2010, he returned to Italy and took charge at Colligiana. He moved to Pordenone in 2011. Vanoli worked in Slovenia as a manager of Koper and Olimpija Ljubljana.

In 2019, he was appointed head coach of Serie C club Bisceglie, eventually saving them from relegation and being confirmed for the 2019–20 season. He was dismissed on 2 October 2019 due to poor results. ^[2]

In February 2021, Vanoli returned to Koper and signed a contract for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. ^[3]

He successively worked in 2022 as the head coach of Albanian club Dinamo Tirana and, from 2024 to 2025, in Georgia with Samgurali.

On 16 August 2025, Vanoli took his first role in charge of a women's football club, becoming the manager of Serie C club Salernitana Women. ^[4]

Personal life

He has a younger brother, Paolo, who is also a former footballer and current coach. ^[5]

Honours

Manager

Koper

• Slovenian Cup: 2014–15 ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Slovenian Supercup: 2015 ^{[ citation needed ]}

Olimpija Ljubljana

• Slovenian PrvaLiga: 2015–16 ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Rodolfo Vanoli » Serie A 1985/1986". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
2. "Bisceglie, ufficiale l'esonero di Rodolfo Vanoli" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport – Stadio. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
3. "Vanoli se vrača na klop Kopra". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
4. "Rodolfo Vanoli nuovo allenatore della Salernitana Women" (in Italian). US Salernitana 1919. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
5. "RUDY VANOLI: "LA MAGLIA DI MARADONA E L'AMICIZIA CON ROSSI. IL VARESE CE LA FARÀ"" (in Italian). Varese Sport. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

External links

• Lecce.it profile