Walter Zenga

**Walter Zenga** (born 28 April 1960) is a former Italian football player. He has played for the Italy national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other<sup>1</sup>|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="1"|Salernitana (loan)|1978–79|rowspan="1"|Serie C1|3|0|0|0|–|–|3|0|||
|rowspan="1"|Savona (loan)|1979–80|rowspan="1"|Serie C2|23|0|0|0|–|–|23|0|||
|rowspan="3"|Sambenedettese (loan)|1980–81|rowspan="1"|Serie C1|33|0|0|0|–|–|33|0|||
|1981–82|rowspan="1"|Serie B|34|0|4|0|–|–|38|0|||||
|rowspan="13"|Inter Milan|1982–83|rowspan="12"|Serie A|0|0|5|0|0|0|–|5|0||
|1983–84|30|0|5|0|6|0|–|41|0||||||
|1984–85|25|0|10|0|8|0|–|43|0||||||
|1985–86|30|0|4|0|10|0|–|44|0||||||
|1986–87|29|0|9|0|8|0|–|46|0||||||
|1987–88|26|0|11|0|6|0|–|43|0||||||
|1988–89|33|0|5|0|5|0|–|43|0||||||
|1989–90|31|0|4|0|2|0|1|0|38|0|||||
|1990–91|32|0|4|0|12|0|–|48|0||||||
|1991–92|31|0|6|0|2|0|–|39|0||||||
|1992–93|29|0|5|0|–|–|34|0|||||||
|1993–94|32|0|5|0|12|0|–|49|0||||||
|rowspan="3"|Sampdoria|1994–95|rowspan="2"|Serie A|34|0|4|0|8|0|1|0|47|0|
|1995–96|7|0|0|0|–|–|7|0|||||||
|rowspan="1"|Padova|1996–97|rowspan="1"|Serie B|21|0|1|0|–|–|22|0|||
|rowspan="3"|New England Revolution|1997|rowspan="2"|Major League Soccer|22|0|–|–|2|0|24|0|||
|1999|25|0|–|–|–|25|0||||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Italy|1986|3|0|
|1987|10|0|||
|1988|10|0|||
|1989|10|0|||
|1990|14|0|||
|1991|8|0|||
|1992|4|0|||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="9"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|New England Revolution||align=left|24 August 1998|align=left|30 September 1999||||
|align=left|Brera||align=left|31 October 2000|align=left|18 January 2001||||
|align=left|Naţional București||align=left|24 July 2002|align=left|10 September 2003||||
|align=left|Steaua București||align=left|1 July 2004|align=left|20 May 2005||||
|align=left|Red Star Belgrade||align=left|22 July 2005|align=left|12 June 2006||||
|align=left|Gaziantepspor||align=left|1 August 2006|align=left|3 January 2007||||
|align=left|Al Ain||align=left|7 January 2007|align=left|30 June 2007||||
|align=left|Dinamo București||align=left|3 September 2007|align=left|24 November 2007||||
|align=left|Catania||align=left|1 April 2008|align=left|30 June 2009||||
|align=left|Palermo||align=left|1 July 2009|align=left|23 November 2009||||
|align=left|Al-Nassr||align=left|11 May 2010|align=left|24 December 2010||||
|align=left|Al-Nasr||align=left|6 January 2011|align=left|13 June 2013||||
|align=left|Al Jazira||align=left|21 October 2013|align=left|14 May 2014||||
|align=left|Sampdoria||align=left|11 June 2015|align=left|10 November 2015||||
|align=left|Al-Shaab||align=left|1 December 2015|align=left|20 February 2016||||
|align=left|Wolverhampton Wanderers||align=left|30 July 2016|align=left|25 October 2016||||
|align=left|Crotone||align=left|8 December 2017|align=left|19 June 2018||||
|align=left|Venezia||align=left|12 October 2018|align=left|5 March 2019||||
|align=left|Cagliari||align=left|3 March 2020|align=left|2 August 2020||||
|align=left|Emirates||align=left|5 January 2024|align=left|23 April 2024||||

### Player

**Inter Milan**
- Serie A: 1988–89
- Supercoppa Italiana: 1989
- UEFA Cup: 1990–91, 1993–94

**Sampdoria**
- Supercoppa Italiana runner-up: 1994

**Italy U21**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 1986
**Italy**
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1990
- UEFA European Championship third place: 1988
- Scania 100 Tournament: 1991

**Individual**
- Guerin d'Oro: 1987
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper: 1989, 1990, 1991
- UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year: 1990
- Pirata d'Oro (Internazionale Player of the Year): 1987
- MLS Player of the Month: 1997
- Midnight Riders Man of the Year Award: 1997
- MLS All-Star: 1997, 1999
- Inter Milan Hall of Fame: 2018

### Coach

**Național București**
- Cupa României runner-up: 2002–03

**Steaua București**
- Divizia A: 2004–05

**Red Star Belgrade**
- Serbia and Montenegro SuperLiga: 2005–06
- Serbia and Montenegro Cup: 2005–06

**Al Ain**
- UAE President's Cup runner-up: 2006–07

**Al Jazira**
- UAE League Cup runner-up: 2013–14

### Orders

- 5th Class / Knight: _Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana_: 1991

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Walter Zenga
- **image**: Walter Zenga (crop).jpg
- **caption**: Zenga coaching Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2016
- **fullname**: Walter Zenga
- **birth place**: Milan, Italy
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **position**: Goalkeeper (association football), Goalkeeper
- **currentclub**: ASD Siracusa Calcio 1924, Siracusa (club manager)
- **youthyears1**: 1969–1971
- **youthclubs1**: Macallesi 1927
- **youthyears2**: 1971–1978
- **youthclubs2**: Inter Milan Youth Sector, Inter Milan
- **years1**: 1978–1994
- **clubs1**: Inter Milan
- **caps1**: 328
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1978–1979
- **clubs2**: → Salernitana Calcio 1919, Salernitana (loan)
- **caps2**: 3
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1979–1980
- **clubs3**: → Savona 1907 F.B.C., Savona (loan)
- **caps3**: 23
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1980–1982
- **clubs4**: → S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio, Sambenedettese (loan)
- **caps4**: 67
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 1994–1996
- **clubs5**: U.C. Sampdoria, Sampdoria
- **caps5**: 41
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 1996–1997
- **clubs6**: Calcio Padova, Padova
- **caps6**: 21
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 1997–1998
- **clubs7**: New England Revolution
- **caps7**: 22
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 1998–1999
- **clubs8**: New England Revolution
- **caps8**: 25
- **goals8**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 530
- **totalgoals**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 1984–1986
- **nationalteam1**: Italy national under-21 football team, Italy U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 15
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1984
- **nationalteam2**: Italy national under-21 football team, Italy Olympic
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 1986–1992
- **nationalteam3**: Italy national football team, Italy
- **nationalcaps3**: 59
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 1998–1999
- **managerclubs1**: New England Revolution (player/coach)
- **manageryears2**: 2000–2001
- **managerclubs2**: Brera Calcio, Brera
- **manageryears3**: 2002–2003
- **managerclubs3**: AFC Progresul București, Naţional București
- **manageryears4**: 2003
- **managerclubs4**: AFC Progresul București, Naţional București (technical director)
- **manageryears5**: 2004–2005
- **managerclubs5**: FCSB, Steaua București
- **manageryears6**: 2005–2006
- **managerclubs6**: Red Star Belgrade
- **manageryears7**: 2006–2007
- **managerclubs7**: Gaziantepspor
- **manageryears8**: 2007
- **managerclubs8**: Al Ain Club, Al-Ain
- **manageryears9**: 2007
- **managerclubs9**: FC Dinamo București, Dinamo București
- **manageryears10**: 2008–2009
- **managerclubs10**: Calcio Catania, Catania
- **manageryears11**: 2009
- **managerclubs11**: U.S. Città di Palermo, Palermo
- **manageryears12**: 2010
- **managerclubs12**: Al-Nassr FC, Al-Nassr
- **manageryears13**: 2011–2013
- **managerclubs13**: Al-Nasr Dubai SC, Al-Nasr
- **manageryears14**: 2013–2014
- **managerclubs14**: Al Jazira Club, Al-Jazira
- **manageryears15**: 2015
- **managerclubs15**: U.C. Sampdoria, Sampdoria
- **manageryears16**: 2015–2016
- **managerclubs16**: Al-Shaab CSC, Al-Shaab
- **manageryears17**: 2016
- **managerclubs17**: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers
- **manageryears18**: 2017–2018
- **managerclubs18**: F.C. Crotone, Crotone
- **manageryears19**: 2018–2019
- **managerclubs19**: Venezia F.C., Venezia
- **manageryears20**: 2020
- **managerclubs20**: Cagliari Calcio, Cagliari
- **manageryears21**: 2023–2024
- **managerclubs21**: Persita Tangerang (technical director)
- **manageryears22**: 2024
- **managerclubs22**: Emirates Club, Emirates
- **manageryears23**: 2024–
- **managerclubs23**: ASD Siracusa Calcio 1924, Siracusa (club manager)