Mauro Milanese (born 17 September 1971) is an Italian former footballer and manager, who played as a left back. In 2014, he was manager of Leyton Orient.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mauro Milanese | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Trieste, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Triestina (CEO) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Triestina[1] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1994 | Triestina | 50 | (3) |
| 1990–1991 | → Monfalcone (loan) | 33 | (5) |
| 1991–1992 | → Massese (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| 1994–1995 | Cremonese | 27 | (3) |
| 1995–1996 | Torino | 31 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Napoli | 29 | (1) |
| 1997–1999 | Parma | 6 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | → Internazionale (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 1999–2003 | Perugia | 90 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | Ancona | 27 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Perugia | 39 | (4) |
| 2005–2007 | Queens Park Rangers | 40 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Salernitana | 28 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Varese | 29 | (2) |
| Total | 467 | (24) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014 | Leyton Orient | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He is the current CEO (amministratore unico) of hometown club Triestina.
Playing career
editBorn in Trieste, Milanese started his senior career at Serie D side Monfalcone. He then played for Serie C1 side Massese, making 22 appearances before to join hometown club Triestina, where he played 50 Serie C1 matches in 2 seasons. In summer 1994 he was signed by Serie A side Cremonese, giving him the chance to make his top flight debut. He then played for Torino and Napoli, again at Serie A level. In summer 1997, he was signed by Parma, but in mid-season he was loaned to Internazionale. He played his first match for Inter on 25 January 1998, as a substitute for Youri Djorkaeff in a 1–1 draw to Empoli; he also remained at Inter the following season.
In summer 1999, he joined Perugia in co-ownership deal. In summer 2003, he left for Serie A newcomers Ancona but suffered his second relegation (the first being while at Torino). He then re-joined Serie B side Perugia.
In August 2005, he joined Queens Park Rangers in 1-year deal.[2] Which he changed to play as a centre defender.[3] He played 26 league matches but missed a month in September.[4] His contract was later extended and released in May 2007.[5] In August 2007 he was signed by Salernitana and won Serie C1 champion.[6] He then left for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione side Varese[7] Milanese planned to retire in July 2009 and aimed to qualify as a FIFA licensed football agent.[1]
Post-playing career
editOn 16 June 2011, he was announced as new director of football of Serie B club Varese, days after predecessor Sean Sogliano accepted an offer from Serie A club Palermo.[8]
On 1 August 2014, Milanese was announced as the new sporting director of English League One club Leyton Orient, following the takeover by Francesco Becchetti.[9] On 26 October 2014, Milanese replaced interim manager Kevin Nugent as manager of Leyton Orient,[10] however he was sacked just six weeks later on 8 December.[11]
In 2016, after having invested 100,000 EUR of his own money to save the club from bankruptcy, Milanese directly took part in the acquisition of Triestina as part of an Australian consortium led by Metricon owner Mario Biasin, being subsequently named the club's CEO.[12] Under his tenure, Triestina, then in Serie D, were successfully readmitted to Serie C in 2017 to fill a vacancy.[13]
Honours
editPlayer
edit- Salernitana
- Lega Pro Prima Divisione: 2008
- Varese
References
edit- ^ a b "Intervista a Mauro Milanese". AS Varese 1910 (in Italian). 6 March 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ "Milanese makes Loftus Road switch". BBC Sport. 4 August 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ "Milanese happy with central role". BBC Sport. 29 November 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ "Milanese ruled out for two weeks". BBC Sport. 19 September 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ "QPR release eight of their squad". BBC Sport. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ "Salernitana, in prova Milanese e D'Isanto". tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 4 August 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Varese, colpo Milanese". tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 21 August 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ "Benny Carbone nuovo tecnico del Varese" (in Italian). ANSA.it. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Leyton Orient: Angelieri and Milanese appointed to posts". BBC Sport. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ "Leyton Orient: Ex-QPR defender Mauro Milanese named O's boss". BBC Sport. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ "Leyton Orient sack Mauro Milanese after just six weeks as manager". The Guardian. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Milanese, la Triestina è tua: si aggiudica l'asta, cori da stadio in tribunale" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Ufficiale: la Triestina è stata ripescata in Serie C" (in Italian). Trieste Prima. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
External links
edit- Mauro Milanese at Soccerbase
- Mauro Milanese at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Inter Archive