Cristian Stellini


Cristian Stellini is an Italian association football coach and former player. He is currently in charge as assistant manager at Inter Milan.

Playing career

Stellini played for Novara, Spal before joined Ternana of Serie C2 in October 1996. He won promotion twice for the team to Serie B in summer 1998. In summer 2000, he joined Como of Serie C1, he won promotions again, reaching Serie A in 2002. he made his Serie A debut on 14 September 2002 against Empoli F.C..
In summer 2003, he joined Modena but suffered from leg injury. After played just twice, he moved to Genoa. For Genoa, after the scandal made the promotion to Serie A became relegated to Serie C1, he stayed with the club and also played 4 times in the promotion playoffs.

Coaching career

In June 2011 he passed the category 2 coaching exam. Early before, he was hired as a member of Antonio Conte's coaching team at Juventus.
He successively worked as youth coach of Genoa from 2015 to 2017. In June 2017, he was named new head coach of Lega Pro club Alessandria, signing a two-year contract. He was dismissed on 20 November 2017 due to poor results.