New Udinese coach Massimo Oddo... from Wikipedia, interesting reading...
Style of play
Oddo was primarily deployed on the right flank as an offensive
full-back or
wing-back, or even as a
wide-midfielder on occasion, due to his stamina, work-rate, defensive consistency, attacking drive, and
crossing ability. In his later career, he was deployed in a more defensive role as a
central-defender.
[13][14][15] Despite being a defender, Oddo was known for his ability on
set pieces and
penalties.
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Coaching career
After retirement, he decided to pursue a coaching career accepting an offer as youth coach of the
Allievi Regionali B for
Genoa in August 2013. He left his job in July 2014 to accept an offer to guide the
Primavera (under-19) squad of hometown club
Pescara.
On 23 May 2015, he was promoted as head coach of Pescara after the dismissal of
Marco Baroni with only one game remaining, a home match against
Livorno (coached by former Italy teammate
Christian Panucci), with both teams still involved in the race for a promotion playoff spot.
[17] The game ended with a 3–0 win for Pescara, which qualified the team to the Serie A promotion playoffs. On 9 June 2016, Oddo led Pescara to
Serie A promotion after beating out
Trapani 3–1 on aggregate in the
Serie B promotion play-off final.
[18] On 15 July 2016, Pescara extended Oddo's contract by three years, keeping him as manager of the club until June 2019.
[19] He was sacked on 14 February 2017.
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On 21 November 2017, Oddo was named the head coach of
Udinese following the sacking of
Luigi Delneri.
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Personal life
Oddo's father,
Francesco, is a football manager and former player. After leaving school, Oddo attended university to study law but left without graduating. He returned to university in 2007 but undertook a course in sport management.
He has two sons, Davide (born 30 November 2003) and Francesco (born 27 December 2008).
[22] Oddo is a trained barber and styled a lot of his Italy colleagues' hair at the World Cup 2006, earning him the nickname the Barber of Berlin.