Luciano Spalletti

Luciano Spalletti
Spalletti in 2025
Personal information
Full name Luciano Spalletti
Date of birth (1959-03-07) 7 March 1959
Place of birth Certaldo, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Juventus (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1985 Castelfiorentino 50 (0)
1985–1986 Entella 27 (2)
1986–1990 Spezia 120 (7)
1990–1991 Viareggio 29 (1)
1991–1993 Empoli 60 (3)
Total 236 (13)
Managerial career
1993–1994 Empoli
1995–1998 Empoli
1998 Sampdoria
1999 Sampdoria
1999 Venezia
1999–2000 Venezia
2001 Udinese
2001–2002 Ancona
2002–2005 Udinese
2005–2009 Roma
2009–2014 Zenit Saint Petersburg
2016–2017 Roma
2017–2019 Inter Milan
2021–2023 Napoli
2023–2025 Italy
2025– Juventus
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luciano Spalletti (Italian pronunciation: [luˈtʃaːno spalˈletti]; born 7 March 1959) is an Italian football manager and former player who is the manager of Juventus. He started his managerial career with Empoli in 1993 before coaching clubs in Italy, including two spells with Roma, where he won two consecutive Coppa Italia titles. Spalletti managed Zenit St. Petersburg from 2009 to 2014, winning two Russian Premier League titles.

Following two seasons in charge at Inter Milan, Spalletti was appointed manager of Napoli in 2021, where he won the Serie A in the 2022–23 season before leaving the club in June 2023. In August 2023, he was appointed as coach of the Italy national team and led the team to qualify for UEFA Euro 2024, where they were eliminated in the round of 16. He was sacked as Italy coach in June 2025. In October of that year, he returned to club management as head coach of Juventus.