 He led the Tuscan side to consecutive promotions from Serie C1 to the top-flight Serie A. Spalletti then coached Sampdoria from July 1998 to June 1999, and Venezia from July to October 1999.Spalletti had two spells as head coach at Udinese.The first was between March 2001 and June 2001., the second between July 2002 and June 2005.