Former Italian footballer Raffaele Paladino is the new head coach of Atalanta, the Bergamo-based team announced today.
Paladino (41) replaces Croatian coach Ivan Jurić on the bench, who was dismissed on Monday after poor results in Serie A, where Atalanta has not won in its last seven games.
"Rafaele Paladino has signed a contract with the club until June 30, 2027," the 2024 Europa League winners said.
Former Italian international, Paladino, began his coaching career at Monza, first in the youth categories, before taking over the first team in 2022 and spending two seasons in Serie A.
He then took over Fiorentina, with whom he finished sixth in Serie A, but suddenly left the position in July last year.
After 11 games played in Serie A, Atalanta is in 13th place with 13 points, 11 points behind leaders Inter and Roma.
Atalanta also has six points more than Genoa, who are in 18th place, in the relegation zone.
The club from Bergamo is the fourth to change coaches in Serie A this season. Before them, they changed coaches at Juventus (Igor Tudor replaced by Luciano Spalletti), Genoa (Patrick Vieira left, replaced by Daniele de Rossi) and Fiorentina (Stefano Pioli replaced by Paolo Vanoli).
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