Saturday’s reviews declare that former and Roma ahead and former UEFA vice-President Zbigniew Boniek is among the many various choices to Paolo Maldini for the vacant technical director function with the Italy nationwide staff.
Boniek choice emerges for Italy
Giovanni Malagò has just lately been appointed as the brand new President of the FIGC and he will probably be tasked with redesigning the Italy nationwide staff set-up following the departures of head coach Gennaro Gattuso and delegation chief earlier this yr.
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Antonio Conte and Roberto Mancini stay the frontrunners for the vacant Italy nationwide staff head coach function, however it’s understood that the FIGC will look to nominate a brand new technical director earlier than making a remaining resolution on the subsequent CT.
A number of legendary former Italy internationals have been linked with the technical director function, , who has been out of labor since leaving his beloved in controversial circumstances in the summertime of 2023.
EMPOLI – OCTOBER 01: Paolo Maldini of appears to be like on throughout the Serie A match between Empoli FC and AC MIlan at Stadio Carlo Castellani on October 1, 2022 in Empoli. (Picture by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Pictures)
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There have additionally been mentions of Buffon, Alessandro Del Piero, Gianfranco Zola, Claudio Ranieri, Roberto Baggio, Demetrio Albertini, Beppe Bergomi.
Nonetheless, in keeping with reviews from the the brand new identify that has emerged on Italy’s record of potential alternate options to Maldini is Boniek, who was inducted into the Italian Soccer Corridor of Fame again in 2019.
FLORENCE – MAY 23: Zbigniew Kazimierz Boniek former participant of Widzew Lodz , Juventus and , at the moment UEFA Vice-President throughout the FIGC Corridor of Fame Occasion on Might 23, 2022 in Florence, Italy. (Picture by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Pictures)
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Boniek spent the ultimate six years of his enjoying profession in Serie A with Juventus and Roma, and later returned to Italy as coach of , Bari, Sambenedettese and Avellino.
Boniek served because the chair of the Polish FA between 2012 and 2021, when he was appointed as UEFA vice-President underneath Aleksander Ceferin, serving alongside former FIGC President Gabriele Gravina in the identical function.
Boniek has been out of labor since stepping down from his place with UEFA in April of 2025.