Michele Santoni
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-05-18) 18 May 1980
Place of birth Arco, Italy
Team information
Current team
 FC Dordrecht (manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
2008–2009 Haarlem
2009–2014 Ajax (video analyst)
2014 Livorno (assistant)
Cesena (assistant)
Lazio (youth)
Inter (video analyst)
2018–2019 Almere City
ADO Den Haag (assistant)
2021– FC Dordrecht

Michele Santoni (born 18 May 1980) is an Italian-Dutch football manager who manages FC Dordrecht.

Career

In 2008, Santoni was appointed youth manager of Dutch second division side Haarlem, where he said "in the Netherlands it is structure, structure, structure, structure".[1]

In 2009, he was appointed video analyst of Ajax, the most successful club in the Netherlands.

In 2014, Santoni was appointed assistant of Italian Serie A outfit Livorno, where he said "in Italy there is much more improvisation, it goes by feel".[1] After that, he was appointed youth manager of Lazio in the Italian Serie A, where he said "Lazio's facilities were a disaster. We only had one artificial grass pitch and no hot water. Politics also plays a major role there, as a result of which the youth academy is not 100 percent about talent development. Then that player had to be added because his father sponsors the club, then another player from a big agent came in, just to keep that agent happy. Typically Italian", before being appointed video analyst of Inter, one of Italy's most successful teams.[1]

In 2018, Santoni was appointed manager of Almere City in the Dutch second division. After that, he was appointed assistant of Dutch side ADO Den Haag.

In 2021, he was appointed manager of FC Dordrecht in the Netherlands.[2]

Personal life

Born in Arco, Trentino, Santoni is the son of an Italian father and a Dutch mother, and is fluent in Italian, Dutch and English.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Van Ajax tot Internazionale: de carrière van video-analist en coach Michele Santoni". vice.com.
  2. ↑ Bomgaars, Arco (8 June 2021). "Michele Santoni trainer FC Dordrecht; Leon Vlemmings innovatiemanager". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ↑ ""Italia e Olanda, ecco il mio mix". Santoni e l'Almere City, che sfida" (in Italian). GianlucaDiMarzio.com. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
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