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

Massimo Tarantino
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-05-20) May 20, 1971 (age 52)
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 Internazionale 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

Coaching and management edit

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 edit

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 edit

Napoli

Bologna

References edit

  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.