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Massimo Tarantino

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Massimo Tarantino
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-05-20) May 20, 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Palermo, Italy
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Catania 33 (1)
1989–1996 Napoli 100 (0)
1989–1990Monza (loan) 12 (0)
1990–1991Barletta (loan) 34 (0)
1996–1997 Inter Milan 0 (0)
1997–2002 Bologna 89 (0)
2002–2004 Como 34 (2)
2004–2005 Triestina 24 (0)
2005–2006 Pavia 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Massimo Tarantino (born May 20, 1971 in Palermo) is a retired Italian professional football player and the current youth academy director of Inter Milan.

Coaching and management

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Tarantino passed the sporting director exam in 2007 and then joined A.C. Pavia 1911 S.S.D. On 27 May 2010, he became the head of the Bologna F.C. 1909 youth department.[1] From July 2013 to September 2019, he was part of the youth staff at A.S. Roma alongside Bruno Conti.[2] In August 2021, he joined S.P.A.L. as technical director.[3]

2022 supermarket stabbing

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In October 2022, Tarantino made international news after being named as one of two people who immobilised a man who had stabbed six people, including fellow footballer Pablo Marí, in a Milan supermarket, killing one person.[4] Tarantino and one other person disarmed and held the attacker until police arrived.[5][6]

Honours

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Napoli

Bologna

References

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  1. ^ De Magistris, Raimondo (27 May 2010). "Bologna, Tarantino nuovo responsabile del settore giovanile". TUTTOmercatoWEB (in Italian). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  2. ^ "L'AS Roma ringrazia Massimo Tarantino per il lavoro svolto al Club". A.S. Roma (in Italian). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Tarantino e Catellani nello staff di Tacopina". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 11 July 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Pablo Mari: Arsenal star in hospital after stabbing attack in Milan shopping centre that left another man dead". Sky News. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  5. ^ Bettoni, Lorenzo (28 October 2022). "Former Serie A player disarmed Pablo Marì's stabber". Football Italia. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  6. ^ "'Lucky' Marí out for two months after being stabbed". BBC Sport. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  7. ^ "Ruch 0-2 Bologna (Aggregate: 0 - 3)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 2004-07-14. Retrieved 5 November 2020.