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Walter Zenga

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Walter Zenga
Personal information
Full name Walter Zenga
Date of birth April 28 1960 (1960-04-28) (age 47)
Place of birth    Flag of Italy Milano, Italy
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth clubs
1977-1978 Flag of Italy Inter Milan
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1978-1979
1979-1980
1980-1982
1982-1994
1994-1996
1996-1997
1997
1999
Flag of Italy Salernitana
Flag of Italy Savona
Flag of Italy Sambenedettese
Flag of Italy Inter Milan
Flag of Italy Sampdoria
Flag of Italy Padova
Flag of the United States New England Revolution
Flag of the United States New England Revolution
3 (0)
23 (0)
67 (0)
328 (0)
41 (0)
21 (0)
22 (0)
25 (0)   
National team
1985-92 Flag of Italy Italy 58 (0)
Teams managed
1999
2000-2001
2002-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006
2007
2007
Flag of the United States New England Revolution
Flag of Italy Brera
Flag of Romania National Bucharest
Flag of Romania Steaua Bucharest
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade
Flag of Turkey Gaziantepspor
Flag of the United Arab Emirates Al Ain FC
Flag of Romania Dinamo Bucharest

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Walter Zenga, L'Uomo Ragno ("Spiderman") (born April 28, 1960 in Milan) is an Italian football (soccer) manager and former player, a long-time goalkeeper for the Italian national team and Inter Milan. He was also a member of the Italian squad that finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and the World Cup squad that finished third in the 1990 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Italy, in which Zenga started every game for the Azzurri. Zenga came back to Inter Milan in 1982, after starting his professional career in 1978 in the lower divisions of Italian soccer (his first team was Salernitana in Serie C1, and he also played for Savona and Sambenedettese). Zenga became Inter's starter in his second year with the team, and continued in that position for 11 seasons, until 1994, winning the UEFA Cup in his last season with the club. After being the backup keeper at the 1986 World Cup, Zenga became the starter when Italy hosted the tournament in 1990, and led the team to a third-place finish. He ended up with 58 caps for his country. During the 1990 World Cup, Zenga established a record for the most minutes without conceding a goal in the FIFA World Cup, not being beaten for 518 minutes in total. In 1994, Zenga transferred to Sampdoria, and then to Padova two years later. He then moved on to New England Revolution and Major League Soccer. Zenga played in goal for them in the league's second season in 1997, then left to pursue an acting career (he and his girlfriend starred in an Italian soap opera). During a game versus the Tampa Bay Mutiny in 1997, he celebrated a goal by running to the sidelines and making out with his girlfriend, as the Mutiny barely missed the open net straight from the kickoff. Zenga came back to the Revs in 1999, as a player-coach, but only lasted a year in both those positions. Zenga then went to Romania, first managing Naţional Bucharest and then Steaua Bucharest. In the summer of 2005, after being fired from Steaua before the end of the season, Zenga joined Red Star Belgrade, leading the Serbian team to a double (national league and national cup in Serbia & Montenegro). In the 2006 summer, Zenga was called to coach Turkish side Gaziantepspor; however, after a poor beginning (5 wins in 17 league matches), he resigned in January 2007 in order to accept an offer from United Arab Emirates club Al-Ain FC. After just 5 months in charge Al-Ain sacked Zenga, who was announced in September 2007 as new Dinamo Bucharest coach, replacing Mircea Rednic. Recently it is believed names such as Martin Allen, Micky Adams and Walter Zenga have also applied for the Swindon Town Football Club hot-seat. The team currently ply there trade in English Coca-Cola League One.

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Awards
Preceded by
Flag of the Soviet Union Rinat Dasayev
IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
19891991
Succeeded by
Flag of Denmark Peter Schmeichel
Preceded by
Incumbent
UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year
1990
Succeeded by
Flag of Germany Bodo Illgner

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