Adriano Banelli (born 5 June 1948) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder and a football manager.
Club career Overall, Banelli spent 12 seasons with U.S. Catanzaro 1929 between 1967 and 1979 and is the leading league appearance holder for Catanzaro with 336. He also holds the record for most number of Coppa Italia appearances for Catanzaro with 39. Thus he also holds the record for the total number of appearances for Catanzaro with 378. After the 1978–79 season, Banelli moved to fellow Calabrian club, Reggina 1914, who were competing in Serie C. He made 20 appearances for Reggina before moving to Cavese 1919 for the following season, where he made 29 appearances and scored two goals.
Managerial career Banelli has taken over as manager of U.S. Catanzaro 1929 on three occasions. This occurred twice in the 1992–93 season, when he first took over from Franco Selvaggi for the round 7 match on 20 October. Banelli was in charge for 16 matches before the club hired Paolo Dal Fiume in February 1993. Dal Fiume would only last 9 matches in charge before Banelli took over for the final 9 matches of the season. Banelli again took the manager position for Catanzaro for a third time on 5 April 1996 for the final 7 games of the 1995–96 season.
Across three spells, Banelli managed 32 matches for Catanzaro, with a record of 12 wins, 11 draws and 9 losses.
Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsS.S.D. Calcio Città di Castello 1965–66 Serie D 3 0—— — 3 0 1966–67 Serie D 24 0—— — 24 0Total 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0U.S. Catanzaro 1929 1967–68 Serie B 4 0 0 0—— 4 0 1968–69 Serie B 37 0 3 0—— 40 0 1969–70 Serie B 29 1 3 0—— 32 1 1970–71 Serie B 33 4 3 0— 2 0 38 4 1971–72 Serie A 30 3 3 0—— 33 3 1972–73 Serie B 36 2 4 0—— 40 2 1973–74 Serie B 32 0 4 1—— 36 1 1974–75 Serie B 34 3 4 0— 1 0 39 3 1975–76 Serie B 30 3 3 0—— 33 3 1976–77 Serie A 23 3 2 0—— 25 3 1977–78 Serie B 35 5 4 0—— 39 5 1978–79 Serie A 13 0 6 0—— 19 0Total 336 24 39 1 — 3 0 378 25 Reggina 1914 1979–80 Serie C1 20 0 ——— 20 0 Cavese 1919 1980–81 Serie C1 29 2——— 29 2Total 402 26 39 1 0 0 3 0 444 7
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Managerial statistics TeamNatFromToRecordGWDLWin % U.S. Catanzaro 1929 20 October 1992 7 February 1993 U.S. Catanzaro 1929 5 April 1993 30 June 1993 U.S. Catanzaro 1929 25 March 1996 30 June 1996 Total
Honours S.S.D. Calcio Città di Castello Serie D: 1966–67 (Girone C) Cavese 1919 Serie C1: 1980–81 (Girone B)
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