The golden bench for the 2022/2023 season is awarded to Luciano Spalletti who in the last year managed to win the historic championship with Napoli. For the Tuscan coach, this is the second recognition of this kind, after having won it in the 2004/2005 season when he was in charge of Udinese.
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The national team coach was awarded today, Monday, January 29, at Coverciano, receiving the award from the president of the FIGC Gabriele Gravina. The most voted among colleagues, with 42 votes in favor out of 61 voters. Preferred also to Simone Inzaghi (finalist of the last Champions League) and Stefano Pioli (winner of the golden bench in the previous year). Below are the words of Luciano Spalletti after the victory of the golden bench.
"I hope that other colleagues of mine can win this award and there are many. I have to thank all those who allowed me to win this award, the players, the company headed by De Laurentiis, the director Giuntoli. But above all a magnificent city that every time I see it makes me want to cry. The city of Naples welcomed the victory, without borders, where everyone could participate and have fun. I don't want any other awards, these are already many. I always got up early in the morning, I dedicated all my time to football and I watched my colleagues to learn. This has been the key and I have put my knowledge at the service of my teams and my players. If you don't have quality players like Gigi Riva for example, then it becomes difficult for a coach to do well. I do my part but I don't score the goals".
The silver bench was instead awarded to Fabio Grosso who in the last season achieved promotion to Serie A with Frosinone, winning the Serie B championship. The former national side-back received 22 votes, ahead of Claudio Ranieri (16 votes) and Alberto Gilardino (3 votes). In Serie C, Vincenzo Vivarini was awarded, who achieved promotion with Catanzaro, dominating his own round.
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