Serie A: Empoli hire Zanetti as coach after Andreazzoli departure

Paolo Zanetti has taken over as Empoli manager, the Serie A club announced on Monday after former coach Aurelio Andreazzoli left last week.

In a statement, Empoli said that former Venezia coach Zanetti had signed a two-year deal with an option for a third season.

Zanetti, 39, was sacked by Venezia in April as part of a failed bid for Serie A safety.

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He was replaced by youth team coach Andrea Soncin, who failed to keep the Lagoon side up at the end of their first top-flight season in two decades.

Andreazzoli left Empoli at the start of the month, having taken the Tuscan outfit to a creditable 14th after also being promoted from Serie B the previous campaign.