Adriano Banelli

Adriano Banelli (born 5 June 1948) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder and a football manager.

Adriano Banelli

Personal information
Date of birth	(1948-06-05) 5 June 1948 (age 77)
Place of birth	Città di Castello, Italy
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1967	Città di Castello	27	(0)
1967–1979	Catanzaro	336	(24)
1979–1980	Reggina	20	(0)
1980–1981	Cavese	29	(2)
Total		402	(26)
Managerial career
1992–1993	Catanzaro
1993	Catanzaro
1996	Catanzaro
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Overall, Banelli spent 12 seasons with U.S. Catanzaro 1929 between 1967 and 1979 and is the leading league appearance holder for Catanzaro with 336.^[1] He also holds the record for most number of Coppa Italia appearances for Catanzaro with 39. Thus he also holds the record for the total number of appearances for Catanzaro with 378. After the 1978–79 season, Banelli moved to fellow Calabrian club, Reggina 1914, who were competing in Serie C. He made 20 appearances for Reggina before moving to Cavese 1919 for the following season, where he made 29 appearances and scored two goals.

Managerial career

Banelli has taken over as manager of U.S. Catanzaro 1929 on three separate occasions. This occurred twice in the 1992–93 season, when he first took over from Franco Selvaggi for the round 7 match on 20 October. Banelli was in charge for 16 matches before the club hired Paolo Dal Fiume in February 1993. Dal Fiume would only last 9 matches in charge before Banelli took over for the final 9 matches of the season. Banelli again took the manager position for Catanzaro for a third time on 5 April 1996 for the final 7 games of the 1995–96 season.

Across three spells, Banelli managed 32 matches for Catanzaro, with a record of 12 wins, 11 draws and 9 losses.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
S.S.D. Calcio Città di Castello	1965–66[2]	Serie D	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	1966–67[2]	Serie D	24	0	—		—		—		24	0
	Total		27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0
U.S. Catanzaro 1929	1967–68[3]	Serie B	4	0	0[4]	0	—		—		4	0
	1968–69[5]	Serie B	37	0	3[6][a]	0	—		—		40	0
	1969–70[7]	Serie B	29	1	3	0	—		—		32	1
	1970–71[8]	Serie B	33	4	3[9]	0	—		2[b]	0	38	4
	1971–72[10]	Serie A	30	3	3[11]	0	—		—		33	3
	1972–73[12]	Serie B	36	2	4	0	—		—		40	2
	1973–74[13]	Serie B	32	0	4	1	—		—		36	1
	1974–75[14]	Serie B	34	3	4	0	—		1[b]	0	39	3
	1975–76[15]	Serie B	30	3	3[16]	0	—		—		33	3
	1976–77[17]	Serie A	23	3	2[18]	0	—		—		25	3
	1977–78[19]	Serie B	35	5	4[20]	0	—		—		39	5
	1978–79[21]	Serie A	13	0	6[22]	0	—		—		19	0
	Total		336	24	39	1	—		3	0	378	25
Reggina 1914	1979–80	Serie C1	20	0	—		—		—		20	0
Cavese 1919	1980–81	Serie C1	29	2	—		—		—		29	2
Total			402	26	39	1	0	0	3	0	444	7

Notes

1. Includes two games where source erroneously mis-spells name (as Vanello, Panelli)
2. Appearance(s) in Serie B promotion playoffs

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
U.S. Catanzaro 1929		20 October 1992	7 February 1993	16	5	6	5	031.25
U.S. Catanzaro 1929		5 April 1993	30 June 1993	9	4	3	2	044.44
U.S. Catanzaro 1929		25 March 1996	30 June 1996	7	3	2	2	042.86
Total				32	12	11	9	037.50

Honours

S.S.D. Calcio Città di Castello

• Serie D: 1966–67 (Girone C)

Cavese 1919

• Serie C1: 1980–81 (Girone B)