Alfredo Aglietti, born September 16, 1970 in San Giovanni Valdarno

San Giovanni Valdarno

San Giovanni Valdarno is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, central Italy, located in the valley of the Arno River. It was originally called Castel S. Giovanni....

, Italy

Italy

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, is a retired Italian footballer and the former manager of Empoli

Empoli F.C.

Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions...

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Player

Aglietti started his career at amateur club Rondinella, before a stint at Pontedera

U.S. Pontedera 1912

Unione Sportiva Città di Pontedera Società Sportiva Dilettantistica is an Italian association football club located in Pontedera, Tuscany. It currently plays in Serie D...

 saw him land in Reggina

Reggina Calcio

Reggina Calcio are an Italian association football club, the main club of the city of Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in the Italian Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo...

 by 1994, playing in Serie C1

Serie C1

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 at the time. having had a sublime goal scoring record at lower level, Aglietti quickly adapted to his new surroundings, and following a promotion and a successful season in Serie B

Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

 as the follow-up, Aglietti caught the eyes of the prestigious Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 club Napoli

S.S.C. Napoli

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....

, where he was involved in taking the club to the Coppa Italia final of 1997, and becoming the club top scorer in the league season, netting eight league goals.

Following Napoli's purchases of Igor Protti

Igor Protti

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 and Claudio Bellucci

Claudio Bellucci

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, Aglietti was sold to Hellas Verona, where he spent three seasons, scoring 18 league goals for the club in 73 appearances. He then played for their local rivals Chievo

A.C. ChievoVerona

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, before going to Arezzo

A.C. Arezzo

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, where he finished his professional career.

Coach

Some appearances for amateur clubs later, he then switched to become a youth coach at several clubs, before taking charge at Empoli

Empoli F.C.

Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions...

 in 2010. On October 2, 2011 he was sacked and replaced by Giuseppe Pillon

Giuseppe Pillon

Giuseppe "Bepi" Pillon is an Italian association football and former manager of Empoli in Serie B.-Player:...

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