Romano Mattè

Romano Mattè (born 17 January 1939) is an Italian football educator who led the Mali national team from 2000 to 2001. Besides Italy, he managed in Indonesia and Mali.^[1]

Romano Mattè

Personal information
Full name	Romano Mattè
Date of birth	(1939-01-17) 17 January 1939 (age 86)
Place of birth	Italy
Managerial career
Years	Team
1964–1966	Folgore Verona (youth)
	Vicenza Calcio (youth and assistant)
1969–1971	Associazione Calcio Audace (it)
	Trento
	Bolzano
1971–1972	Alense
1971–1973	Oltrisarco
1974–1975	Legnago Salus
1975–1976	Sant'Angelo
1976	Seregno
1977	Calcio Padova
1978	U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912
1978–1979	Treviso
1979–1980	Piacenza
1980–1981	Avellino (preparer)
1981–1982	Salernitana
1982–1983	Ternana
1983–1984	Siena
1985	A.S.D. Francavilla
1986	Benevento
1986–1988	Livorno
1989–1990	Teramo
1990–1991	Riccione
1992	A.C. Cuneo 1905
	Indonesia youth
1993–1996	Indonesia
2000–2001	Mali

Career

Indonesia

Mattè was born in Italy. He was called to Indonesia to direct the Under-18, Under-21, and pre-Olympic selections in the 1990s^[2] on a deal between Sampdoria and the Football Association of Indonesia,^[3] Matte was in charge of the Garuda for the 1995 Southeast Asian Games, calling up youngsters such as Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto and Kurnia Sandy^[4] who later went to Sampdoria through Matte.^[2] Assisted by Danurwindo as well as Harry Tjong, the retiree was said to have been paid around 17 million Indonesian rupiahs each month.^[5] Recalling his experience there, he admired the locals respect for him and their humility.^[3]

Mali

Introduced as Mali Mali national team coach in summer 2000,^[6] the Italian stated that football there used to be intertwined with superstition and that clubs had their own witch doctors,^[7] appreciating the passion for the sport in the country as well.^[3] However, his time there ended early^[3] in 2001 and he watched Les Aigles get the better of South Africa 2–0 before going to Italy.^[8]