Walter Zenga
Walter Zenga (born 28 April 1960) is a former Italian football player. He has played for the Italy national team.
.jpg) Zenga coaching Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Zenga[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 April 1960 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club 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[2] | 22 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | New England Revolution | 25 | (0) |
| Total | 530 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1984–1986 | Italy U21 | 15 | (0) |
| 1984 | Italy Olympic | 1 | (0) |
| 1986–1992 | Italy | 59 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 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) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other1 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Salernitana (loan) | 1978–79 | Serie C1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Savona (loan) | 1979–80 | Serie C2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 | ||
| Sambenedettese (loan) | 1980–81 | Serie C1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 0 | ||
| 1981–82 | Serie B | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 0 | |||
| Total | 67 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 71 | 0 | ||||
| Inter Milan | 1982–83 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
| 1983–84 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | – | 41 | 0 | |||
| 1984–85 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | – | 43 | 0 | |||
| 1985–86 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10[a] | 0 | – | 44 | 0 | |||
| 1986–87 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | – | 46 | 0 | |||
| 1987–88 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | – | 43 | 0 | |||
| 1988–89 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | – | 43 | 0 | |||
| 1989–90 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 1990–91 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12[a] | 0 | – | 48 | 0 | |||
| 1991–92 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | – | 39 | 0 | |||
| 1992–93 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 1993–94 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12[a] | 0 | – | 49 | 0 | |||
| Total | 328 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 473 | 0 | ||
| Sampdoria | 1994–95 | Serie A | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8[d] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 1995–96 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Padova | 1996–97 | Serie B | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||
| New England Revolution | 1997 | Major League Soccer | 22 | 0 | – | – | 2[e] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | 25 | 0 | – | – | – | 25 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 47 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 530 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 695 | 0 | ||
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ↑ Appearances in European Cup
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- ↑ Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 0 | |
Managerial statistics
- As of 20 April 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| New England Revolution [nb 1] | 
|
24 August 1998 | 30 September 1999 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 71 | 88 | −17 | 36.11 | |
| Brera | 
|
31 October 2000 | 18 January 2001 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ? | ? | — | 11.11 | |
| Naţional București | 
|
24 July 2002 | 10 September 2003 | 47 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 67 | 56 | +11 | 42.55 | |
| Steaua București |
|
1 July 2004 | 20 May 2005 | 40 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 52.50 | |
| Red Star Belgrade | 
|
22 July 2005 | 12 June 2006 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 102 | 36 | +66 | 76.74 | |
| Gaziantepspor | 
|
1 August 2006 | 3 January 2007 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 38.10 | |
| Al Ain | 
|
7 January 2007 | 30 June 2007 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 40.00 | |
| Dinamo București |
|
3 September 2007 | 24 November 2007 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 46.15 | |
| Catania |
|
1 April 2008 | 30 June 2009 | 50 | 16 | 10 | 24 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 32.00 | |
| Palermo |
|
1 July 2009 | 23 November 2009 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 35.71 | |
| Al-Nassr | 
|
11 May 2010 | 24 December 2010 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 43.75 | |
| Al-Nasr |
|
6 January 2011 | 13 June 2013 | 94 | 36 | 26 | 32 | 162 | 142 | +20 | 38.30 | |
| Al Jazira |
|
21 October 2013 | 14 May 2014 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 42.86 | |
| Sampdoria |
|
11 June 2015 | 10 November 2015 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | +0 | 35.71 | |
| Al-Shaab |
|
1 December 2015 | 20 February 2016 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 31 | −19 | 10.00 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 
|
30 July 2016 | 25 October 2016 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 35.29 | |
| Crotone |
|
8 December 2017 | 19 June 2018 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 26.09 | |
| Venezia |
|
12 October 2018 | 5 March 2019 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 26.32 | |
| Cagliari |
|
3 March 2020 | 2 August 2020 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 23.08 | |
| Emirates |
|
5 January 2024 | 23 April 2024 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 14.29 | |
| Total | 536 | 214 | 126 | 196 | 811 | 728 | +83 | 39.93 | ||||
Honours
Player
Inter Milan[5]
Sampdoria
- Supercoppa Italiana runner-up: 1994
Italy U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 1986[6]
Italy
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1990[7]
- UEFA European Championship third place: 1988
- Scania 100 Tournament: 1991[8]
Individual
- Guerin d'Oro: 1987[9]
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper: 1989, 1990, 1991[10]
- UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year: 1990
- Pirata d'Oro (Internazionale Player of the Year): 1987[11]
- MLS Player of the Month: 1997
- Midnight Riders Man of the Year Award: 1997[12]
- MLS All-Star: 1997,[13] 1999[14]
- Inter Milan Hall of Fame: 2018[15]
Coach
Național București
- Cupa României runner-up: 2002–03
Steaua București
Red Star Belgrade
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[16]
Notes
- ↑ During Zenga's tenure as manager, MLS rules did not allow for draws
References
- ↑ Comunicato Ufficiale N. 192 (20 March 2018)Lega Serie A. p. 4. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ↑ Club History Coach and Player Registry. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
- ↑ Walter Zenga at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Walter Zenga – eu-football.info". Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ↑ Walter Zenga. Eurosport.com. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ Italia 2-1 Spagna (in it)UEFA. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ↑ 1990 FIFA World Cup Italy, FIFA
- ↑ Tournaments-Part 6 – Scania 100 (1991) Soccer Nostalgia. Tuesday, September 20, 2016
- ↑ Italy – Footballer of the Year. RSSSF. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ José Luis Pierrend. IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year. RSSSF (27 March 2015). Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ Inter.it staff, inter(a t)inter.it. F.C. Internazionale Milano. Inter.it (17 November 2006). Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ↑ Man of the Year Award (7 March 2012). Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ↑ All-Star Game flashback, 1997 at MLSsoccer.com
- ↑ 1999 MLS All-Star Game. MLSsoccer.com (July 17, 1999). Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ↑ Hall of Fame, Ecco I 4 Vincitori Della Prima Edizione (in it). Inter.it (9 March 2018). Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ↑ Onoreficenze (in it). .quirinale.it (30 September 1991). Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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