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Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Viali | ||
Date of birth | 16 November 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Vaprio d'Adda, Italy | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–1993 | Atalanta | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1994 | Fiorenzuola | 29 | (1) |
1994–1995 | Ravenna | 26 | (1) |
1995 | Cesena | 3 | (0) |
1995–1996 | Monza | 13 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Ascoli | 28 | (2) |
1997–2001 | Lecce | 111 | (4) |
2001–2002 | Venezia | 15 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Palermo | 0 | (0) |
2002–2003 | → Perugia (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2003 | → Ancona (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2004–2006 | Fiorentina | 53 | (1) |
2005–2006 | → Treviso (loan) | 26 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Treviso | 56 | (3) |
2008–2010 | Cremonese | 71 | (5) |
Managerial career | |||
2010–2011 | Fiorenzuola | ||
2012 | Parma U16 | ||
2012–2013 | Lupa Piacenza | ||
2013 | Piacenza | ||
2014 | Piacenza | ||
2015–2016 | Pro Piacenza | ||
2016–2017 | Südtirol | ||
2017–2018 | Cuneo | ||
2018–2019 | Novara | ||
2019 | Novara | ||
2020–2022 | Cesena | ||
2022–2023 | Cosenza | ||
2023 | Ascoli | ||
2024 | Cosenza | ||
2024–2025 | Reggiana | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Viali (born 16 November 1974) is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a defender. He was most recently the head coach of Serie B club Reggiana.
Viali was signed outright by Treviso in January 2006. He finished his career with Cremonese in 2010. [1]
Having been released in 2010 by Cremonese and having decided to retire, Viali became coach of Serie D side Fiorenzuola. After leading the club away from relegation, Viali left the club in 2011. In 2012, Parma announced Viali had become the head coach of their under-16 team. [2]
On 5 December 2017, he was hired as the head coach of Serie C club Cuneo. [3]
On 14 June 2018, he was appointed the new head coach for Novara, which was relegated to Serie C at the end of the previous season. [4]
On 4 June 2019, Novara announced that his contract would not be extended past its expiration on 30 June 2019. [5]
On 28 January 2020, he joined Serie C club Cesena. [6] He left Cesena by the end of the 2021–22 Serie C season.
On 2 November 2022, Viali signed a contract until 30 June 2023 to become the new head coach of Serie B club Cosenza to replace Davide Dionigi, in what was also his first managerial job in the Italian second division. [7] He left Cosenza by the end of the season to sign for fellow Serie B club Ascoli, but was dismissed on 13 November 2023 due to poor results, after achieving only twelve points in the first 13 league games of the season. [8]
On 11 March 2024, Viali returned to Cosenza, agreeing to a contract with the Serie B club until 30 June 2025. [9] He departed the club by the end of the 2023–24 Serie B campaign after the club chose not to confirm him for the new season. [10] On 19 June 2024, Viali was unveiled as the new head coach of fellow Serie B club Reggiana for the 2024–25 season. [11]