Andrea Soncin

{{Short description|Italian footballer and manager (born 1978)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2010}}

{{Infobox football biography

| image = Andrea Soncin.jpg

| name = Andrea Soncin

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|9|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vigevano, Italy

| height = 1.74 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub = Italy Women (head coach)

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1995–1996

| clubs1 = Solbiatese

| caps1 = 9

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1996–1997

| clubs2 = Venezia

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1997–1998

| clubs3 = Solbiatese

| caps3 = 19

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1998–2000

| clubs4 = Venezia

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2000–2001

| clubs5 = Vigevano

| caps5 = 28

| goals5 = 19

| years6 = 2001

| clubs6 = Perugia

| caps6 = 1

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2001–2002

| clubs7 = Sambenedettese

| caps7 = 23

| goals7 = 11

| years8 = 2002–2003

| clubs8 = Torino

| caps8 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2002–2003

| clubs9 = → Sambenedettese (loan)

| caps9 = 32

| goals9 = 12

| years10 = 2003–2005

| clubs10 = Fiorentina

| caps10 = 1

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2004

| clubs11 = → Pistoiese (loan)

| caps11 = 13

| goals11 = 1

| years12 = 2004–2005

| clubs12 = → Lanciano (loan)

| caps12 = 34

| goals12 = 21

| years13 = 2005–2007

| clubs13 = Atalanta

| caps13 = 37

| goals13 = 7

| years14 = 2007

| clubs14 = → Ascoli (loan)

| caps14 = 15

| goals14 = 6

| years15 = 2007–2009

| clubs15 = Ascoli

| caps15 = 77

| goals15 = 26

| years16 = 2009–2010

| clubs16 = Padova

| caps16 = 39

| goals16 = 7

| years17 = 2010–2011

| clubs17 = Grosseto

| caps17 = 31

| goals17 = 2

| years18 = 2011–2013

| clubs18 = Ascoli

| caps18 = 64

| goals18 = 16

| years19 = 2013–2014

| clubs19 = Avellino

| caps19 = 24

| goals19 = 1

| years20 = 2014–2016

| clubs20 = Pavia

| caps20 = 35

| goals20 = 10

| years21 = 2015–2016

| clubs21 = → AlbinoLeffe (loan)

| caps21 = 31

| goals21 = 4

| years22 = 2016–2017

| clubs22 = Montebelluna

| caps22 = 22

| goals22 = 13

| manageryears1 = 2022

| managerclubs1 = Venezia (caretaker)

| manageryears2 = 2022

| managerclubs2 = Venezia (caretaker)

| manageryears3 = 2023–

| managerclubs3 = Italy Women

| club-update =

| caption = Soncin in 2018

}}

Andrea Soncin (born 5 September 1978) is an Italian football coach and former player who is currently in charge of the Italian women's national team.

Football career

Soncin started his professional career at Solbiatese of Serie C2. He then played for Venezia youth team and then loaned back to Solbiatese for a season, and then for Vigevano in Serie D.

He then moved to Perugia of Serie A but left for Sambenedettese of Serie C1 after two months.

In the 2003–04 season, he first played for Fiorentina at Serie B then for Pistoiese at Serie C1. He was loaned to Lanciano of Serie C1 in the summer of 2004. He enjoyed his best season in a professional league with them, scoring 21 goals.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

=Atalanta=

On 21 July 2005, Serie B recently relegated Atalanta signed Soncin. He made 31 league games in his first full Serie B season, and saw he followed Atalanta returned to Serie A.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

On 17 September 2006, he made his Serie A debut in a league game against Catania. He just managed to play for Atalanta eight times that season, scoring once against Triestina in a Coppa Italia game.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

=Ascoli=

On 27 January 2007, he was on loan to Ascoli to help the club avoid relegation.

He scored six goals for the club, just one goal behind the team's top scorer Saša Bjelanović, who played ten more games than Soncin.

At the end of season, Ascoli finished 19th, fail to avoid relegation.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

=Padova=

He signed a 2+1 contract with Padova in August 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.padovacalcio.it/ultime_news.php?id=2733 |title=ANDREA SONCIN BIANCOSCUDATO |date=3 August 2009 |accessdate=5 August 2009 |publisher=Calcio Padova |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804212826/http://www.padovacalcio.it/ultime_news.php?id=2733 |archivedate=4 August 2009 }} Soncin left Padova at the end of season.

=Grosseto=

{{expand section|date=October 2016}}

=Return to Ascoli=

{{expand section|date=October 2016}}

=Avellino=

On 13 August 2013 he was signed by Avellino.{{cite web|url=http://www.usavellino.club/news/7228-ingaggiato-l--attaccante-andrea-soncin|title=Ingaggiato l’attaccante Andrea Soncin|date=13 August 2013|access-date=11 October 2015|publisher=U.S. Avellino 1912|language=Italian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014034003/http://www.usavellino.club/news/7228-ingaggiato-l--attaccante-andrea-soncin|archive-date=14 October 2015|url-status=dead}}

=Pavia=

On 17 July 2014 he was signed by Pavia.{{cite web|url=http://www.usavellino.club/news/7863-andrea-soncin-ceduto-al-pavia-a-titolo-definitivo|title=Andrea Soncin ceduto al Pavia a titolo definitivo|date=19 July 2014|access-date=11 October 2015|publisher=U.S. Avellino 1912|language=Italian}}

==AlbinoLeffe (loan)==

On 31 August 2015 Soncin was signed by AlbinoLeffe, on loan from Pavia.{{cite web|url=http://www.albinoleffe.com/societa/archivio-news/8861-andrea-soncin-approda-in-bluceleste.html|title= Andrea Soncin approda in bluceleste |date=31 August 2015|access-date=11 October 2015|publisher=U.C. AlbinoLeffe|language=Italian}}{{cite web|url=http://www.paviacalcio.com/2015/08/andrea-soncin-prestito-allalbinoleffe/|title=ANDREA SONCIN IN PRESTITO ALL’ALBINOLEFFE |date=31 August 2015|access-date=11 October 2015|publisher=A.C. Pavia|language=Italian}} {{dead link|date=October 2016}}

=Montebelluna=

On 24 October 2016, Soncin was signed by Serie D club Montebelluna.{{cite web|url=http://www.calciomontebelluna1919.it/index.php/blog/show/andrea-soncin-arriva-il-cobra-in-via-biagi-.html|title=ANDREA SONCIN: ARRIVA IL "COBRA" IN VIA BIAGI !!|date=24 October 2016|access-date=27 October 2016|publisher=Calcio Montebelluna|language=Italian}}

Coaching career

On 27 April 2022, he was appointed caretaker of Venezia for the final five games of the club's 2021–22 Serie A campaign.{{cite news|title=Paolo Zanetti relieved of managerial duties|url=https://www.veneziafc.it/en/news/paolo-zanetti-relieved-of-managerial-duties|access-date=27 April 2022 |date=27 April 2022|publisher=Venezia F.C.}} He failed to escape the club from relegation and was not offered the permanent job as a consequence, thus moving back to his previous role as youth coach.

On 1 November 2022, following the dismissal of Ivan Javorčić as head coach, Soncin was again appointed interim head coach.{{cite news|title=ANDREA SONCIN NAMED INTERIM FIRST TEAM MANAGER |url=https://www.veneziafc.it/en/news/andrea-soncin-named-interim-first-team-manager |access-date=1 November 2022 |date=1 November 2022|publisher=Venezia F.C.}} He guided the club for a single game, a 0–1 defeat to Como, before being replaced by new permanent head coach Paolo Vanoli on 7 November 2022.{{cite news|title=PAOLO VANOLI NAMED VENEZIA FC FIRST TEAM MANAGER |url=https://www.veneziafc.it/en/news/paolo-vanoli-named-venezia-fc-first-team-manager |access-date=7 November 2022 |date=7 November 2022|publisher=Venezia F.C.}}

On 8 September 2023, Soncin was unveiled as the new head coach of the Italian women's national team, with Viviana Schiavi as his assistant.{{cite web |url=https://figc.it/it/nazionali/news/andrea-soncin-e-il-nuovo-ct-della-nazionale-femminile-viviana-schiavi-sara-la-vice-2023-09-08/ |publisher=FIGC |accessdate=8 September 2023 |date=8 September 2023 |language=it |title=Andrea Soncin è il nuovo Ct della Nazionale Femminile, Viviana Schiavi sarà la vice}}{{Cite web |date=8 September 2023 |title=Andrea Soncin sarà il nuovo commissario tecnico della Nazionale di calcio femminile |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2023/09/08/andrea-soncin-nuovo-commissario-tecnico-nazionale-calcio-femminile/ |access-date=9 September 2023 |website=Il Post |language=it-IT}}

Managerial statistics

{{updated|16 July 2024}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|Nat

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="8"|Record

!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref|Reference}}

{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

align="left" |Venezia (caretaker)

|{{Flagicon|Italy}}

|align=left|27 April 2022

|align=left|9 June 2022

{{WDL|5|1|2|2|for=7|against=8|diff=yes}}

{{cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/italy/ssc-venezia/1274/|title=Venezia FC: Matches|website=Soccerway|publisher=DAZN Group|access-date=2 November 2022}}
align="left" |Venezia (caretaker)

|{{Flagicon|Italy}}

|align=left|1 November 2022

|align=left|7 November 2022

{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=1|diff=yes}}

|

align="left" | Italy

|{{Flagicon|Italy}}

|align=left|8 September 2023

|align=left|Present

{{WDL|12|5|4|3|for=16|against=8|diff=yes}}

|{{cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/italy/italy/4116/|title=Italy Women: Matches|website=Soccerway|publisher=DAZN Group|access-date=27 July 2024}}

colspan=4 | Total

{{WDLtot|18|6|6|6|for=23|against=17|diff=yes}}

!—

Honours

Atalanta

References

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