unable to avoid relegation. In 1995, he took over Cesena, another Serie B team. Tardelli would spend three seasons with Cesena before leaving to become head coach of the Italian Under 21 team. He won the Under 21 European Championship, the following year, and also coached the Italian side which took part at the 2000 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals. His success with the Italian Under 21 side led Tardelli to become the manager of Internazionale for the 2000–01 season. His tenure with the Nerazzurri would be short; following a string of embarrassing defeats especially a 6–0 defeat to local rivals A.C. Milan, Tardelli was fired in June 2001. Tardelli did not have much luck in the coaching jobs that followed, which included spells with Bari, the Egyptian national team and Arezzo. Tardelli served for a short time as part of the administrative council of his former club Juventus in 2006, before resigning in 2007 allegedly due to differences with the hierarchy regarding the direction the club was heading towards. In February 2008, he joined the coaching staff of the Republic of Ireland national team as an assistant manager to the recently appointed Giovanni Trapattoni. He was reunited with former Juventus teammate Liam Brady, who was also named as Trapattoni's assistant. Tardelli parted ways with the Republic of Ireland national team on 11 September 2013 by mutual consent, after a defeat by Austria the previous day. Personal life Tardelli was one of over 80 Italian celebrities to sign a petition in favour of the 2016 referendum on constitutional reform. Career statistics Club International Manager Honours Player Juventus Serie A: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84 Coppa Italia: 1978–79, 1982–83 European Cup: 1984–85 UEFA Cup: 1976–77 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1983–84 UEFA Super Cup: 1984 Italy FIFA World Cup: 1982 Individual UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll: #37 FIFA XI: 1979 UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1980 Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2015 Coach Italy under-21 Mediterranean Games: 1997 UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2000 See also List of players to have won the three main European club competitions References External links 1954 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Lucca Pisa S.C. players Como 1907 players Inter Milan players Italian football managers Italian footballers Italy international footballers Juventus F.C. players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Swiss Super League players Egypt national football team managers Como 1907 managers