Walter Zenga
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Zenga coaching Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Zenga | ||
| Date of birth | 28 April 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Siracusa (club manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1971 | Macallesi 1927 | ||
| 1971–1978 | Inter Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1994 | Inter Milan | 328 | (0) |
| 1978–1979 | → Salernitana (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | → Savona (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 1980–1982 | → Sambenedettese (loan) | 67 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Sampdoria | 41 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Padova | 21 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | New England Revolution | 22 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | New England Revolution | 25 | (0) |
| Total | 530 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1984–1986 | Italy U21 | 15 | (0) |
| 1984 | Italy Olympic | 1 | (0) |
| 1986–1992 | Italy | 59 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–1999 | New England Revolution (player/coach) | ||
| 2000–2001 | Brera | ||
| 2002–2003 | Naţional București | ||
| 2003 | Naţional București (technical director) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Steaua București | ||
| 2005–2006 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| 2006–2007 | Gaziantepspor | ||
| 2007 | Al-Ain | ||
| 2007 | Dinamo București | ||
| 2008–2009 | Catania | ||
| 2009 | Palermo | ||
| 2010 | Al-Nassr | ||
| 2011–2013 | Al-Nasr | ||
| 2013–2014 | Al-Jazira | ||
| 2015 | Sampdoria | ||
| 2015–2016 | Al-Shaab | ||
| 2016 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| 2017–2018 | Crotone | ||
| 2018–2019 | Venezia | ||
| 2020 | Cagliari | ||
| 2023–2024 | Persita Tangerang (technical director) | ||
| 2024 | Emirates | ||
| 2024– | Siracusa (club manager) | ||
Medal record | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Walter Zenga Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvalter ˈdzeŋɡa, - ˈdzɛŋ-]; born 28 April 1960) is an Italian professional football manager and former player, currently club manager at Serie C club Siracusa.
He is regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation, and one of Italy's best keepers ever.
He was a long-time goalkeeper for Inter Milan and the Italy national team. During his playing career, Zenga was part of the Italian squad that finished fourth at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and was the starting goalkeeper for the Italian team that finished third in the 1990 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Italy, keeping a World Cup record unbeaten streak. A three-time winner of the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper Award, Zenga is regarded by pundits as one of the best goalkeepers of all time, and in 2013 was voted the eighth best goalkeeper of the past quarter-century by IFFHS. In 2000, he also placed 20th in the World Keeper of the Century Elections by the same organisation.
After retiring as a player, Zenga briefly became an actor in an Italian soap opera and also a pundit on Italian TV. Since 1998 he has worked as a head coach and managed clubs in the United States, Italy, Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and England.