Biography
Nicknamed “Spiderman”, Walter Zenga was born in Milan on April 28,1960. His soccer career as goalkeeper begins early at the age of ten, gaining experience in lower divisions of the Italian championship (Macallese, Salernitana, Savona, Sanbenedettese) until his “promotion” in Inter team. Full of enthusiasm but also self-abasement he cherishes his black-blue dream as 2nd goalkeeper behind his idol Ivano Bordon.
During the season 1982-83 he makes his debut against Sampdoria, that will allow him to go to National Italian team three years after, with lots of satisfactions. With Inter he wins the first place in championship in 1988-‘89, the Supercoppa and UEFA Cup in ‘90 (vs Roma) and ‘94 (vs Salisburgo).
In 1994, Zenga transfers to Sampdoria, and then to Padova two years later. From there, it is to Major League Soccer and the New England Revolution, where he is goalkeeper in '97 and coach the year after.
In 2002 he goes to Romania where he first manages FC National Bucharest and then Steaua Bucharest in 2004-2005.
In the summer of 2005, after being fired from Steaua before the end of the season, Zenga joins Serbian and Montenegro team: FK Red Star of Belgrade.
Above the great number of awards and recognitions, his election of the best goalkeeper in the world for three following times.
CAREER
Name: Walter
Surname: Zenga
Born: 04/28/60 in Milano (47 years)
Height: 1,88 m
Position: Manager Coach
Nation:
Spoken languages: Italian, English, Spanish and Romanian
Carriera come allenatore SEASON TEAM COM NAT PLA P W D L
1998 New England Revolution A+ 6° 6 3 - 3
1999 New England Revolution A- 5° 32 12 - 20
nov 2000 Brera Milano D+- 18° 9 1 5 3
2001-02 inattivo
2002-03 FC National Bucaresti A 8° 30 12 7 11
2003-04 inattivo
2004-05 Steaua Bucaresti A-- 1° 27 16 6 5
2005-06 Crvena zvezda Beograd A 1° 30 25 3 2
2006 Gaziantepspor A- 12° 17 5 5 7
2007 Al-Ain A 9° 13 6 4 3
2007-08 FC Dinamo Bucaresti A+
TOTALE 164 80 30 54
Legenda: "-" = dimesso; "--"= esonerato; "+" = subentrato;
Esordio in Coppa UEFA: SK Tirana 0 - 1 FC NATIONAL BUCAREST (15/08/2002)
Esordio in Romania: FC UTA Arad 1 - 2 FC NATIONAL BUCAREST (18/08/2002)
Esordio in Serbia-Montenegro: Hajduk Kula 2 - 2 STELLA ROSSA (06/08/2005)
Esordio in Turchia: GAZIANTEPSPOR 1 - 1 Denizlispor (06/08/2006)
Esordio negli Emirati Arabi Uniti: AL-AIN 2 - 1 Al-Jazeera (11/02/2007)
Carriera come calciatore (portiere) SEASON TEAM COM NAT APPEARANCES* GC
1977-78 Inter A 0 0
1978-79 Salernitana C1 3 -6
1979-80 Savona C2 23 -19
1980-81 Sambenedettese C1 33 -19
1981-82 Sambenedettese B 34 -26
1982-83 Inter A 0 0
1983-84 Inter A 30 -23
1984-85 Inter A 25 -23
1985-86 Inter A 30 -33
1986-87 Inter A 29 -16
1987-88 Inter A 26 -31
1988-89 Inter A 33 -19
1989-90 Inter A 31 -26
1990-91 Inter A 32 -27
1991-92 Inter A 31 -27
1992-93 Inter A 29 -26
1993-94 Inter A 32 -43
1994-95 Sampdoria A 34 -37
1995-96 Sampdoria A 7 -6
1996-97 Padova B 21 -20
1997 New England Revolution A 22 -28
1998 New England Revolution A Manager Coach
1999 New England Revolution A 25 -45
TOTAL 530 -500
*Partite giocate in campionato.
Esordio in serie A: INTER 1-2 Sampdoria (11-9-1983)
Esordio in Nazionale: ITALIA 2-0 Grecia (8-10-1986)
In Serie A: 369 gare e 337 gol subiti
In Coppe Europee: 57 gare
In Nazionale: 58 gare e 21 gol subiti
Ai Mondiali: 7 presenze e 2 gol subiti, convocato tra i 22 nel 1986, 7 presenze nel 1990
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