first five games of the season. In the 2018–19 Serie B season, Venturato successfully led Cittadella to seventh place in the regular season and then a spot in the promotion playoff finals, eliminating third-placed Benevento in the semi-finals. Venturato left Cittadella by the end of the 2020–21 Serie B season, after six years in charge, following a 2–1 aggregate defeat to Venezia in the promotion playoff finals. On 5 January 2022, he was appointed new head coach of Serie B club SPAL, signing a one-and-a-half year contract. He was dismissed on 9 October 2022, following a 2–0 loss at Frosinone, leaving SPAL in fourteenth place in the 2022–23 Serie B league table. Managerial statistics References 1963 births Living people Italian footballers Association football midfielders Venezia F.C. players U.S. Cremonese players Italian football managers U.S. Cremonese managers A.S. Cittadella managers S.P.A.L. managers Serie B managers