Massimo Battara

{{short description|Italian footballer and coach}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Massimo Battara

| image = Massimo Battara.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Massimo Battara in 2011

| fullname = Massimo Battara

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|05|03|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Genoa, Italy

| height = {{convert|1.92|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.schalke04.de/en/team/team/coaching-staff/massimo-battara/page/1176-218-1176--.html?h=betreuer/525|title=Massimo Battara Profile|publisher=schalke04.de|date=10 October 2014|accessdate=10 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015195746/http://www.schalke04.de/en/team/team/coaching-staff/massimo-battara/page/1176-218-1176--.html?h=betreuer%2F525|archive-date=15 October 2014|url-status=dead}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Saudi Arabia (Goalkeeping Coach)

| years1 = 1981–1982 |clubs1 = Bologna |caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = 1982–1983 |clubs2 = Viadanese |caps2 = |goals2 =

| years3 = 1983–1984 |clubs3 = Sampdoria |caps3 = 0 |goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1984–1985 |clubs4 = Sambenedettese |caps4 = |goals4 =

| years5 = 1985–1996 |clubs5 = Puteolana Internapoli |caps5 = |goals5 =

| years6 = 1986–1989 |clubs6 = Casertana |caps6 = |goals6 =

| years7 = 1989–1991 |clubs7 = Salernitana |caps7 = |goals7 =

| years8 = 1991–1992 |clubs8 = US Lecce |caps8 = 29 |goals8 = 0

| years9 = 1992–1993 |clubs9 = SPAL |caps9 = 29 |goals9 = 0

| years10 = 1994–1995 |clubs10 = Sassuolo |caps10 = |goals10 =

| totalcaps = |totalgoals =

| manageryears1 = 1998–2000 |managerclubs1 = Ittihad Jeddah FC (Goalkeeping Coach)

| manageryears2 = 2001 |managerclubs2 = Napoli (Goalkeeping Coach)

| manageryears3 = 2001–2002 |managerclubs3 = Fiorentina (Goalkeeping Coach)

| manageryears4 = 2004–2008 |managerclubs4 = Internazionale (Goalkeeping Coach)

| manageryears5 = 2008–2009 |managerclubs5 = Benevento (Goalkeeping Coach)

| manageryears6 = 2009–2013 |managerclubs6 = Manchester City (Goalkeeping Coach)

| manageryears7 = 2014–2015 |managerclubs7 = Schalke 04 (Goalkeeping Coach)

| manageryears8 = 2015–2016 |managerclubs8 = FC Pune City (Goalkeeping Coach)

| manageryears9 = 2016 |managerclubs9 = Aston Villa (Goalkeeping Coach)

| manageryears10 = 2017–2018 |managerclubs10 = Zenit St. Petersburg (Goalkeeping Coach)

| manageryears11 = 2018–2023 |managerclubs11 = Italy (Goalkeeping Coach)

| manageryears12 = 2023– |managerclubs12 = Saudi Arabia (Goalkeeping Coach)

}}

Massimo Battara (born 3 May 1963) is an Italian football coach and a former player, who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as a goalkeeping coach with the Saudi Arabia national football team. He has worked with Roberto Di Matteo both at Aston Villa and at FC Schalke 04. Between 2009 until his resignation in May 2013, he was the goalkeeping coach at Manchester City.[http://mcfc.co.uk/Players/Management/Massimo-Battara Massimo Battara]