I dont know where to post this, so I will here (taking over Ciro's role, and its his gang, hehe):
18 June 2009
New roles in the sports directorate
The technical staff of the first team has changed and consequently even that of the youth sector. The promotion of Ferrara, Rampulla, Maddaloni and Sormani to lead Del Piero and friends demanded a re-organization of the nursery and more.
Renzo Castagnini will be the new director of the youth sector, a role which he will share with that of chief scout which he has been filling for the last year and in which he will be flanked by Mauro Sandreani who was named new coordinator.
As director of the youth sector, Castagnini will be flanked by Gianluca Pessotto as organizational director. The team manager has therefore changed and the role will now be entrusted to Daniele Boaglio.
Another great return is that for the role of technical director which will be entrusted to a well-known and much loved personality for the Juventus people: Massimo Carrera. After having ended his career as a footballer in 2008 (at 44 years of age!), the former defender has returned to Juventus after having played for the bianconeri between 1991 and 1996.
Daniele Boaglo – Born in 1967, he worked for Juventus between March 1994 and September 1999 as team manager and director of communications. He then went on to work on a free-lance basis as image consultant for professional footballers. Later he had several significant experiences abroad always in the football world. Since the 2006/07 season he has been collaborating with Juventus as scout.
Born in 1954, Sandreani is a well known person in the football world having first played on a professional level for , Lanerossi Vicenza, Genoa, Rimini and Modena and then having coached Padova, Torino, Ravenna, Empoli, Tenerife and Treviso. He also worked as television commentator for RAI. Since 2004 he has been collaborating with Juventus as scout.
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Castagnini-Pessotto: the nursery is still in good hands
Many are the news in the Juventus youth sector. The new structure is beginning to take shape and within a few days it will be complete. The first step made by jean-Claude Blanc and Alessio Secco was that of naming the new director of the youth sector. The choice fell on Renzo Castagnini, already at Juventus for a year as chief scout, a role which he will be keeping together with Mauro Sandreani who has been promoted from scout coordinator.
«For me this is an important gratification – stated Castagnini. I believe very much in the youth sector project which must form a block together with the first team. This is not always easy but we have quite a few examples of youngsters like Giovinco, Marchisio, De Ceglie and Ariaudo who entered the group and which should serve as a stimulus to other youngsters. This is also due to the fact that the coach of the first team is Ferrara who after the role of director of the nursery which he filled in the last years, knows there potential well. Our motto is: if you have quality at home, why seek it elsewhere?».
In his new role, Renzo Castagnini will be flanked by Gianluca Pessotto who will stop from being the team manager, a role which will be once again (after a number of years) filled by Daniele Boaglio, to become the organization director of the youth sector: «I am really lucky because all my dreams are coming true - confirmed Ginaluca-. When I was a player, if somebody asked me what I would have liked to do in the future I would have first said team manager and then work in the youth sector. I did both at the right time: my first job was important for me to leave the field gradually and now I am ready to dedicate myself to the youngsters who are our future».