Vincenzo Montella (born June 18, 1974 in Castello di Cisterna) is a retired Italian footballer. Currently he is the youngest head coach of Serie A, after being named at the helm of Sicilian outfit Catania on 9 June 2011.

Club career
<\/STRONG>Montella began his club career in Serie C1 at Empoli in 1990 before moving to Serie B club Genoa in 1995, where he scored 21 goals in his only season with the club, at the end of which he lifted the Anglo-Italian Cup. He then moved up to Serie A to U.C. Sampdoria, where he remained three years, until 1999, when he moved to Roma in a 50 billion Italian lire (€25M) transfer.

Montella made his Serie A debut on 8 September 1996, against Perugia.

Coaching career
<\/STRONG>Montella signed a 3-year contract with Roma as youth team coach for the Giovanissimi Nazionali (Under-15 level).

On 21 February 2011 he was appointed as interim head coach of the first team for the remainder of the season, taking over the role from resigning boss Claudio Ranieri.

On 23 February 2011 in his first game in Serie A, Roma won away beating Bologna 1-0.

On 8 March 2011 in his debut in Champions League, Roma lost away beaten by Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0. He completed a eventful season for AS Roma leading the Giallorossi to sixth place in the league table, and he was subsequently released after the new club owners led by U.S. businessman Thomas R. DiBenedetto decided to appoint Luis Enrique as permanent head coach for the 2011–12 season. On 9 June 2011, and only a few days after being released by Roma, Montella was announced as new boss of Catania, signing a two-year contract with the club from Eastern Sicily.<\/P>","3D9B31C67DFDD0FC8C73053EF2ADBD66":"

FIFA World Cup
<\/STRONG>Third place (1): 2002

FIFA Confederations Cup
<\/STRONG>Third place (1): 2003

UEFA European Football Championship
<\/STRONG>Semi-finals (1): 2008<\/P>

ECO Cup
<\/STRONG>Champions (3): 1967, 1969, 1974
Runners-up (2): 1965, 1970<\/P>","4268BF6963F167300062241A864D4973":"Konaklar Mah. Ihlamurlu Sok. 9 ,4. Levent ,ISTANBUL - 80620","A7F9B63E25A659E5":"Turkiye","93E993D54869F4B8":"607","C6E00DEB351621C4":"79","92DC52DD0D4041625C68AA7C024C7F67":"Turkiye","A9113A766E3C872ED6E5814BC86CB140":"172cm","5E8F53D0A504BF86":"Turkiye","DD8BEAF452454A6D0A12C3D91CB3F716":"

The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in men's international football matches. The team is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey, which was founded in 1923 and has been a member of FIFA since 1923 and UEFA since 1962.<\/P>

The team played their first official international game in 1923 and has represented the nation in major competitions since their debut appearance at the 1924 Summer Olympics. They have participated in Summer Olympics a total of six times (1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952 and 1960), and reached the quarter-finals twice, in 1948 and 1952.<\/P>

The team enjoyed their highest achievements in the 2000s, most notably finishing in third place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup also reaching the semifinals at UEFA Euro 2008. They qualified for the FIFA World Cup three times (1950, 1954 and 2002) and reached the semi-finals in 2002, winning bronze medals. The team qualified for UEFA European Championships five times. Making their debut at Euro 96, they reached the quarter-finals in Euro 2000 and semi-finals in Euro 2008. In recent years, Turkey qualified to the Euro 2016 and Euro 2020 championships.<\/P>

Since its introduction in 1992, the FIFA World Rankings have ranked Turkey between 5th and 57th place. Following their success at the 2002 World Cup, Turkey managed to stay in the top 10 in rankings between 2002 and 2004, ranking at 5th in June 2004. The team climbed once again up to 10th place in December 2008, following their success at Euro 2008. Turkey achieved their highest victory margin with 7–0 wins over Syria in 1949, South Korea in 1954 and San Marino in 1996, while their biggest losses were 8–0 defeats to Poland in 1968 and England in 1984 and 1987.<\/P>

As of 2020, the most capped player to play on the national team is Rustu Recber with 120 senior international caps between 1994 and 2012, and the most scoring player is Hakan Sukur with 51 goals scored between 1992 and 2007. The longest-serving captain is Turgay \u015eeren with captaincy of 35 international encounters from 1950 to 1966.<\/P>","50DCDC085A8BF7E4518E56CD69FC7EB2":"","B52BFE7EA0432304":"tff@tff.org.tr","8524B53828524224755A552E6AAA1E77":"Adana Demirspor","6A881B134CC16CFA535D54FE36142BBC":"Turkiye","76E4AF6D9D682B9E33C3CEBB0A099E01":"71kg","D99F4C61777FBED8":"","E4FAE8AE56FCFFF1DC7AFC02ACE5DEE8":"58","9262149CB11F269E":"Ankara","42B1B76A697DFC47":"25.38","89F75C88F810F7B54F1BC067C7848CF5":"","D5AF1249DEAE15440A9E01742A8A4E92":"0","686A4807662B110DEF267ED94EA5AF8C":"Italy","0C852134AA40B2DD":"1","9874ED9F3729871C766BB9BF72DD3990":"2023-9-21","761C3792446BE5ED2EFE4C1CAFC95D68":"1974-6-18","729294714CECF588":"

First international:
<\/STRONG> Turkey 2–2 Romania
(Istanbul, Turkey; 26 October 1923)

Most caps:<\/STRONG>
Rustu Recber(120)

Top scorer:
<\/STRONG>Hakan Sukur(51)

<\/U><\/STRONG>Biggest win:
<\/STRONG> Turkey 7–0 Syria
(Ankara, Turkey; 20 November 1949)<\/DIV>
<\/DIV>
Turkey 7–0 South Korea
(Geneva, Switzerland; 20 June 1954)<\/DIV>
<\/DIV>
Turkey 7–0 San Marino
(Istanbul, Turkey; 10 November 1996)<\/DIV>
<\/STRONG> <\/DIV>
Biggest defeat:
<\/STRONG> Poland 8–0 Turkey
(Chorzow, Poland; 24 April 1968)<\/DIV>
<\/DIV>
Turkey 0–8 England
(Istanbul, Turkey; 14 November 1984)<\/DIV>
<\/DIV>
England 8–0 Turkey
(London, England; 14 October 1987)<\/DIV>
<\/DIV>
World Cup
<\/STRONG>Appearances: 2 (first in 1954)
Best result: Third place (2002)<\/DIV>
<\/DIV>
European Championship<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
Appearances: 5 (first in 1996)
Best result : Semi-finals (2008)<\/DIV>
<\/DIV>
Olympic Games<\/STRONG>
Appearances: 6 (first in 1924)
Best result : Quarter-finals (1948, 1952)<\/DIV>
<\/DIV>
Confederations Cup<\/STRONG>
Appearances: 1 (first in 2003)
Best result: Third place (2003)<\/DIV>","D818D0DBB58D9A673E378E57E02D444F9E96A907729BB512":"1923","937DE1BE2366A0DF":"http:\/\/www.tff.org","00E1A43DD023DEC2DFC0A799EF9025A4":"","0284C3E6252CDEEA":"Vincenzo Montella","2C96C5176EAF712DA7D4D953D3793B1F":"Vincenzo Montella","0357E9507AE48270":"1","7B11A9E5D141DF5785F9EF965C7D588D":"Adana Demirspor,Fiorentina,Sevilla,AC Milan,Sampdoria,Catania,AS Roma","e_index":1};