Andrea Sottil

Andrea Sottil (born 4 January 1974) is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played as a defender. He was most recently the head coach of Serie A club Udinese.
Player career
Sottil started his career with Torino and made his Serie A debut on 6 December 1992, in a 1–1 draw to Foggia. In 1994, he left Torino to join Fiorentina, then moving to Atalanta later in 1996. In 1999, he moved to Udinese, where he also had the opportunity to play at continental level in the UEFA Cup.
Sottil was signed by Reggina in co-ownership deal in summer 2003, along with teammate Gonzalo Martínez. In summer 2005, he was signed by Catania, which he was the regular starter in the first two-season, but only played 7 games in 2007–08 Serie A.
In August 2008, he was signed by Rimini. In July 2009 he left for Alessandria. He retired at the end of the 2010–11 season, having managed over 200 games in Serie A throughout his career.
Coach
Soon after retirement, Sottil passed the category 2 (UEFA A) coaching exam in June 2011. Later in the summer he was appointed new head coach of Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Siracusa, with the goal of leading the ambitious Sicilians into the battle to promotion in the Serie B league.
In 2012, he was the coach of Gubbio in Lega Pro Prima Divisione. In 2013, he is the coach of A.C. Cuneo in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. He was fired on 7 January 2014. Ezio Rossi replaced Sottil on the next day.
In 2015 Sottil returned to newly-promoted Siracusa, leaving the club in the summer of 2017.
He was re-hired by Livorno on 8 April 2018 after getting fired earlier in the same season.
On 5 July 2018, he was appointed new coach of Catania. He was fired from Catania on 2 July 2019.
On 7 July 2020, he took his first Serie B managerial role, being named Nicola Legrottaglie's successor at the helm of Pescara in a last-ditch attempt to save the club from relegation. He guided Pescara to safety after defeating Perugia on penalties in a two-legged playoff and was eventually not confirmed for the next season.
On 23 December 2020, he took over as the new head coach of relegation-threatened Serie B side Ascoli, becoming the third manager of the season for the Bianconeri. After guiding Ascoli for two seasons, and reaching the promotion playoffs in his final one in charge of the club, on 6 June 2022 Sottil left the Picchio by mutual consent. The following day, he was announced as the new head coach of Serie A club Udinese.
After guiding Udinese to a mid-table placement in the 2022–23 Serie A campaign, Sottil was dismissed on 24 October 2023 after failing to achieve any wins in the first nine games of the season, leaving Udinese in the relegation zone.
Personal life
His son Riccardo Sottil made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina in the 2018–19 season.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Fiorentina
Coppa Italia: 1995–96
Udinese
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000
Individual
Serie A Coach of the Month: September 2022
References
External links
http://aic.football.it/scheda/353/sottil-andrea.htm
http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2008_nw/giocatori/1025.shtml
http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_a_2007/giocatori/sottil_and.shtml
FIGC
1974 births
Living people
People from Venaria Reale
Italian men's footballers
Italian football managers
Italy men's under-21 international footballers
Italy men's youth international footballers
Torino FC players
ACF Fiorentina players
Atalanta BC players
Udinese Calcio players
LFA Reggio Calabria players
Genoa CFC players
Catania FC players
Rimini FC 1912 players
US Alessandria Calcio 1912 players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Men's association football defenders
Catania FC managers
AS Gubbio 1910 managers
US Siracusa managers
US Livorno 1915 managers
Delfino Pescara 1936 managers
Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC managers
Udinese Calcio managers
Serie B managers
Serie C managers
Serie D managers
Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Turin