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Salvatore Foti (born 8 August 1988) is an Italian football coach and former professional player currently in charge as José Mourinho's assistant coach at Fenerbahçe.
He played as a forward, making 15 Serie A appearances and scoring once in the league for UC Sampdoria, and then spending most of his career in Serie B, totalling 104 games and 16 goals for seven clubs. He was also a youth international for Italy.
After retiring at age 27 after an unsuccessful back surgery, he worked as a coach at several teams.
Foti was sold to Udinese Calcio in summer 2006 in a co-ownership deal for €2 million.UC Sampdoria Report and Accounts on 31 December 2007 At the same time Sampdoria acquired Fabio Quagliarella and Mirko Pieri for €1.5M and €0.5M respectively in co-ownership deal. He was loaned back to Sampdoria for the first half of the 2006–07 season, and then to Serie B's Vicenza Calcio for the second half in order to give him the opportunity to play more first team football.
Foti started the 2007–08 season again with Sampdoria; on 21 July he made his only European appearance of his career in the dying seconds of a 1–0 win at Cherno More of Bulgaria in the UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg. He mostly featured as a backup player, being later loaned to another Serie B club, this time Messina. In the summer of 2008, he was loaned to Treviso for the entire 2008–09 season. He returned to Sampdoria in June 2009 for free, and then spent seasons at Serie B teams Piacenza Calcio and Empoli. In January 2012 he was loaned to again to another Serie B team Brescia Calcio, while Juan Antonio joined Sampdoria definitely.
A free agent for the entire summer of 2013, Foti decided to have surgery in October that year on a vertebra. The operation was unsuccessful, leaving him unable to train or even play with his daughter, and he pursued legal action. In July 2014, he signed a two-year contract for Swiss Challenge League team FC Chiasso, managed by compatriot Gianluca Zambrotta. Due to his physical condition, he made no appearances, nor did he while on loan at Balerna, a lower division club. He retired in January 2016, aged 27.
On 2 January 2022, Foti was hired as assistant manager to José Mourinho at Roma, after the exit of João Sacramento. With the Portuguese manager suspended, Foti led Roma on 27 February in a 1–0 win at Spezia Calcio with an added-time penalty by Tammy Abraham, followed six days later by a home win by the same margin against Atalanta. In the 2022–23 season, he oversaw Roma's 2-1 away win over Internazionale, their 1-0 home win against Bologna FC and their 2-2 draw against AC Milan at the San Siro. On 5 March 2023, he oversaw a 1–0 win at the Stadio Olimpico against Juventus to remain unbeaten in his six games.
Foti received a one-month suspension for his actions in a 2–1 home loss to Cremonese in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals for threats and insults against visiting coaches and match officials. He left Roma following Mourinho's sacking in January 2024.
In June 2024, Foti agreed to follow Mourinho as his assistant at Fenerbahçe.
Later career
In the summer of 2012, Foti joined Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Lecce following their relegation from Serie A and subsequent expulsion from Serie B. On his debut, he scored the opening goal and created the second for Cosimo Chiricò in a 2–0 win over San Marino, and scored his second goal a week later in a 3–1 win against Treviso. After scoring again in a 2–2 against Calcio Como, he made his first start for the club at home to Virtus Entella, and scored a hat trick, taking his tally to six goals from just one start and four substitute appearances.
International career
Foti played all five matches of 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. He also played seven friendlies for the U17 team and twice in 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
Coaching career
In December 2015, shortly before retiring as a player, Foti obtained a UEFA B licence. From 2016, he was part of Marco Giampaolo's coaching staff at Sampdoria, Milan and Torino.
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