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Salvatore Bocchetti
Bocchetti with Spartak Moscow in 2018
Personal information
Full name Salvatore Bocchetti[1]
Date of birth (1986-11-30) 30 November 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Monza (head coach)
Youth career
–1999 Piscinola Calcio
1999–2001 Internapoli
2001–2005 Ascoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Ascoli 2 (0)
2005–2006 → Lanciano (loan) 21 (1)
2007 → Frosinone (loan) 17 (2)
2007–2008 Frosinone 38 (2)
2008–2010 Genoa 60 (1)
2010–2013 Rubin Kazan 52 (9)
2013–2019 Spartak Moscow 95 (5)
2015 → AC Milan (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2021 Hellas Verona 5 (0)
2020–2021 → Pescara (loan) 18 (2)
Total 317 (22)
International career
2007 Italy U20 1 (0)
2007–2009 Italy U21 19 (0)
2008 Olympic Italy 9 (0)
2009–2010 Italy 5 (0)
Managerial career
2021 Hellas Verona U18
2021–2022 Hellas Verona (assistant)
2022 Hellas Verona U19
2022 Hellas Verona (caretaker)
2022–2023 Hellas Verona (assistant)
2024– Monza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Salvatore Bocchetti (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre bokˈketti]; born 30 November 1986) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Serie A club Monza. He played as a centre-back as a player.

Club career

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Bocchetti started his professional career at Ascoli.[2] He made his Serie A debut against Palermo on 20 December 2006. He was sent on loan to Serie C1 for Lanciano, and Frosinone of Serie B on second half of 2006–07 season.[2][3] In the 2008–09 season Bocchetti was signed by Genoa and soon became a regular starter in central defence, also functioning as a fullback on occasion.[2]

In the 2010–2011 season he was signed by Rubin Kazan on a 3.5-year contract with a fee reported to be around €15 million for the transfer.[4] On 2 October 2011, Bocchetti scored two goals in a league match against Tom Tomsk. Kazan won the game 2–0.[5] In January 2013, he moved to Spartak Moscow, another Russian Premier League club.[6] In August 2013, he received a knee surgery and missed the rest of the season.[7] On 27 January 2015, Milan had signed him on loan with an option to make the move permanent at the end of the season.[8] He was released from his Spartak contract by mutual consent on 6 July 2019.[9]

On 25 July 2019, Bocchetti joined Italian Serie A club Hellas Verona on a two-year contract.[10]

On 29 September 2020, Bocchetti joined Serie B club Pescara on loan until 30 June 2021.[11]

International career

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In March 2008, Bocchetti made his debut with the Italy U-21 squad. He established himself in Pierluigi Casiraghi's Azzurrini squad, which won the 2008 Toulon Tournament, and retained his place in the starting lineup for the Summer Olympics, as Italy reached the quarter-finals.[2][12] Together with Marco Andreolli, he was first-choice in central defence during the 2009 U-21 European Championship as Italy reached the semi-finals;[13] he was later named to the team of the tournament.

On 22 March 2009, Bocchetti received his first call-up to the senior Italy squad for two World Cup qualifiers matches but remained an unused substitute.[14] On 10 October 2009, he made his senior national team international debut against Ireland coming on as a second-half substitute in Croke Park. He was named in Marcello Lippi's 23-men squad for the 2010 World Cup.[15] Bocchetti was also selected for Italy's preliminary squad for Euro 2012,[16] but was not picked for the final squad.[17]

Style of play

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Bocchetti has been described as a versatile, left-footed centre back, who is also capable of being deployed as a full back. He is known for his strength, pace, and anticipation, as well as for his reliable technical ability.[18]

Coaching career

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Following his retirement from active football, Bocchetti took on a career as a coach, rejoining Verona in July 2021 as a youth coach in charge of the Under-18 team.[19] He left his role later in September 2021 to join Igor Tudor's first team coaching staff as an assistant,[20] and also taking Tudor's place for a single Serie A league game against Cagliari on 30 April 2022 as Tudor himself was disqualified.[21]

Following Tudor's departure and the appointment of Gabriele Cioffi as new head coach, Bocchetti was then handed over the duties of the Under-19 team for the 2022–23 season.[22][23] In September 2022, he obtained a UEFA A license.[24]

On 13 October 2022, he was promoted head coach of Verona, replacing Gabriele Cioffi.[25] As Bocchetti had no UEFA Pro license at the time of his appointment, Verona had to ask the Italian Football Federation to hand him a temporary authorization, which was handed for a period of 30 days.[26] He guided Verona formally as head coach for a total six games, all of them ending with defeat.[27]

On 3 December 2022, after his temporary authorization to coach the Gialloblu expired,[28] Verona announced the appointment of Marco Zaffaroni as new head coach, with Bocchetti as his assistant.[29] He departed Verona by the end of the season, after the team escaped relegation by means of winning a playoff.

On 23 December 2024, Bocchetti signed a contract until 30 June 2027 as the new head coach of bottom-placed Serie A club Monza, replacing Alessandro Nesta.[30]

Personal life

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Bocchetti is married to Ekaterina Maltseva, whom he met while playing for Spartak in Russia; the couple has three children.[31][32] He is fluent in Italian, English, Spanish and Russian.[33]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 2 March 2021[34]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ascoli 2004–05 Serie B 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
2006–07 Serie A 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Virtus Lanciano (loan) 2005–06 Serie C1 21 1 0 0 – – 21 1
Frosinone (loan) 2006–07 Serie B 17 2 0 0 – – 17 2
2007–08 38 2 0 0 – – 38 2
Total 55 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 4
Genoa 2008–09 Serie A 32 0 2 0 – – 34 0
2009–10 28 1 0 0 7 0 – 35 1
Total 60 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 69 1
Rubin Kazan 2010 Russian Premier League 7 2 – 6 0 – 13 2
2011–12 32 5 4 1 13 0 – 49 6
2012–13 13 2 1 0 4 0 1[a] 1 19 3
Total 52 9 5 1 23 0 1 1 81 11
Spartak Moscow 2012–13 Russian Premier League 10 0 – – – 10 0
2013–14 12 0 1 0 0 0 – 13 0
2014–15 3 0 2 0 – – 5 0
2015–16 28 3 2 0 – – 30 3
2016–17 15 1 0 0 2 0 – 17 1
2017–18 12 1 1 0 4 0 1[b] 0 18 1
2018–19 15 0 2 0 5 0 – 22 0
Total 95 5 8 0 11 0 1 0 115 5
A.C. Milan (loan) 2014–15 Serie A 9 0 – – – 9 0
Hellas Verona 2019–20 Serie A 5 0 – – – 5 0
Pescara (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 18 2 1 0 – – 19 2
Career total 317 22 16 1 41 0 2 1 376 24
  1. ^ One appearance, one goal in the Russian Super Cup
  2. ^ One appearance in the Russian Super Cup

International

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As of match played 5 June 2010[34]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2009 3 0
2010 2 0
Total 5 0

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 5 January 2025[35]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Hellas Verona (caretaker) Italy 13 October 2022 2 December 2022 6 0 0 6 4 12 −8 000.00
Monza Italy 23 December 2024 present 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 000.00
Total 8 0 0 8 6 16 −10 000.00

Honours

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Rubin Kazan[34]

Spartak Moscow[34]

Italy U21[36]

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Salvatore Bocchetti". UEFA.com. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. ^ "bocchetti in gialloazzurro" (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2007. [dead link‍]
  4. ^ "OFFICIAL: Rubin Kazan Sign Salvatore Bocchetti From Genoa". Goal.com. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Tom Tomsl - Rubin Kazan 0-2". Eurosport. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  6. ^ Gennady Fyodorov; Justin Palmer (25 January 2013). "Soccer-Italian fullback Bocchetti set to join Spartak from Rubin". Reuters. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Spartak's Bocchetti faces around six months out". UEFA.com. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Official: Bocchetti signs for Milan". Football Italia. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Сальваторе Боккетти покидает "Спартак"" [Salvatore Bocchetti leaves Spartak] (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 6 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Benvenuto Salvatore Bocchetti" [Welcome, Salvatore Bocchetti] (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 25 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Ufficiale: Salvatore Bocchetti al Pescara" (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 29 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Salvatore Bocchetti Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  13. ^ Michael Harrold (27 June 2009). "Clinical Germany set up final rematch". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  14. ^ "Football News". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  15. ^ "Italy". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  16. ^ "Sono 32 i pre-convocati di Prandelli: novità Verratti, Schelotto, Giaccherini e Destro; torna Bocchetti" (in Italian). Soccer Magazine.it. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  17. ^ "Euro 2012, Prandelli lascia a casa Ranocchia e Destro. Ecco la lista ufficiale dei 23 convocati, Bonucci c'è" (in Italian). Soccer Magazine.it. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  18. ^ Gaetano Capaldo (21 May 2010). "FUORI CAMPO: Calciomercato Napoli, ecco il borsino dei nom" (in Italian). Area Napoli. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  19. ^ "Giovanili Verona, Bocchetti nuovo allenatore dell'Under 18" (in Italian). Hellas1903.it. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  20. ^ "Salvatore Bocchetti nello staff di Tudor" (in Italian). Telenuovo.it. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  21. ^ "Verona, Bocchetti (vice Tudor): "Ho visto gente degna di questo club"" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  22. ^ "Primavera Hellas, Bocchetti è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). Hellas1903.it. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  23. ^ "Salvatore Bocchetti è il nuovo allenatore della Primavera gialloblù" (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  24. ^ "UEFA A, esame superato per l'allenatore della Primavera dell'Hellas Verona, Salvatore Bocchetti" (in Italian). HellasLive.it. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  25. ^ "Salvatore Bocchetti è il nuovo allenatore del Verona" (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  26. ^ "GdS: "Per Bocchetti in arrivo la deroga"" (in Italian). CalcioHellas.it. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  27. ^ "Verona-Spezia 1-2, Bocchetti flop colossale con sei sconfitte di fila: gialloblù sempre più ultimi" (in Italian). TrivenetoGoal.it. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  28. ^ "Verona nel caos, Bocchetti non può più essere l'allenatore: "Dervishi risulta essere il tecnico"" (in Italian). Fanpage.it. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  29. ^ "Marco Zaffaroni è il nuovo allenatore dell'Hellas Verona" (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  30. ^ "Comunicato ufficiale AC Monza". AC Monza (in Italian). 23 December 2024.
  31. ^ "Hellas Verona, fiocco azzurro in casa Bocchetti" (in Italian). HellasLive.it. 22 November 2019.
  32. ^ "Bocchetti, la moglie: "Dopo aver vinto titolo con Spartak è andato in Italia a piedi". Lui: "Sono quasi a casa"". ITA Sport Press (in Italian). ItaSportPress. 24 May 2017.
  33. ^ "Bocchetti, Zar di Russia che parla 4 lingue: "Italia nel cuore, ma allo Spartak sto benissimo"" (in Italian). GianlucaDiMarzio.com. 7 October 2017.
  34. ^ a b c d "S. Bocchetti". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  35. ^ Salvatore Bocchetti coach profile at Soccerway
  36. ^ "Salvatore Bocchetti" (in Italian). Vivo Azzurro. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  37. ^ "2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
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