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Apr 28, 1960 Milan, Lombardy, Italy 64 years old
Italian footballer and manager
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About Walter Zenga
- Walter Zenga (Italian pronunciation: ['valter 'dze?ga, - 'dz??-]; born 28 April 1960) is an Italian football manager and former player, who was most recently manager of Venezia.
- He was a long-time goalkeeper for Internazionale and the Italian national team.
- He also holds Romanian citizenship.During his playing career, Zenga was part of the Italian squad that finished fourth at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, United States and was starting goalkeeper for the Azzurri team that finished third in the 1990 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Italy, keeping a World Cup record unbeaten streak.
- A three-time winner of the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper Award, Zenga is regarded by pundits as one of the best goalkeepers of all time, and in 2013 was voted the eighth best goalkeeper of the past quarter-century by IFFHS.
- In 2000, he also placed 20th in the World Keeper of the Century Elections by the same organisation.After retiring as a player, Zenga briefly became an actor in an Italian soap opera and also a pundit on Italian TV.
- He has since became a well travelled head coach and has managed clubs in USA, Italy, Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and England.
