🚨 Baldini takes Italy U21 job 🇮🇹 Youth coaches announced | OneFootball

It's official: Silvio Baldini is the new technical commissioner of the Under 21 National Team.

At 67 years old, the Tuscan coach returns to the forefront of Italian football with a clear and ambitious mission: to relaunch the Azzurri youth sector. After years spent between Serie A and lower categories, Baldini proudly and combatively returns to the Azzurri.

The choice of FIGC, announced by President Gabriele Gravina, is a strong signal: to bet on a direct, charismatic and unconventional man.

🇮🇹 A maverick at the helm

Silvio Baldini is not just any coach: he is a technician who has always put personal values before his career.

Now, from the bench of the Under 21s, he will have the opportunity to transform his words into action, guiding a generation of young talents with an authentic and revolutionary approach.

📞 Gravina's words and the federal goal

“We have chosen a man of worth and values”, explained Gabriele Gravina. The FIGC is strongly focused on not only the technical but also the educational training of young people.

"We have entrusted the bench of the Under 21 National Team to an excellent coach - says FIGC President Gabriele Gravina -. Baldini has human qualities and technical knowledge to make an important quality leap for the Azzurrini".

😍 Baldini's words and journey

"I am happy and excited - Baldini's words - I thank President Gravina for the opportunity and for the trust: I am gratified that he was intrigued by my journey and thought of me for this role. Wearing the Azzurri is a great pride, I will try to transmit this strong sense of identity and belonging to the boys. From a technical point of view, I am convinced that we can do very well, but the only way I know to achieve results is work and for this I can't wait to start".

The Tuscan coach, born in '58, won the Serie C Golden Bench in 2023 after promotion to Serie B with Palermo in the 2021/2022 season, repeated in June with Pescara, boasts a long experience on the bench: starting from the Second Category (Bagnone), he made it to Serie A (Catania, Empoli, Lecce and Parma). His debut is scheduled for September 5, in La Spezia against Montenegro, in the first match of Group E (which also includes Armenia, North Macedonia, Poland and Sweden) of the qualifiers for the final phase of the European Championship, which will be held in June 2027 in Albania.

🔙 Barzaghi assistant coach

Alongside him, in the role of assistant coach, Andrea Barzagli returns to Club Italia, 2006 world champion and 2004 Under 21 European champion.

In the two-year period 2021-2023, the former national team defender had already worked as a technical collaborator of the Youth National Teams, from the Under 20 to the Under 15.

💥 A debut that is already worth a lot

Baldini's official baptism as ct will arrive on September 5 in La Spezia against Montenegro, a match valid for the qualifiers for the Under 21 European Championships in 2027.

An immediately important match, which can give concrete indications about the new course.

🔄 All changes on the benches of the Azzurri youth teams

In addition to the Under 21s, the other Italian youth national teams are also renewing. Carmine Nunziata, who leaves the Azzurrini bench, returns to lead the Under 20s, where he will be joined by Matteo Brighi and Mirco Gasparetto.

Confirmation for Alberto Bollini at the Under 19s, with Christian Maggio as deputy.

Massimiliano Favo will take over the Under 18s, while Daniele Franceschini, after five years in that category, moves to the Under 17s, supported by Marco Scarpa and Francesco Antonioli, who will be the goalkeepers' coach.

News also for the Under 16s, now entrusted to Manuel Pasqual, with Matteo Barella in the role of deputy. Enrico Battisti is confirmed at the Under 15s, with Antonio Rocca as supervisor.

Finally, the new Under 14 is born, dedicated to the class of 2012 of professional clubs: it will be followed by Luigi Milani as supervisor, with monthly meetings in the Territorial Federal Centers.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.