Stefano Vecchi

 ( 1971 Births ) 

Stefano Vecchi (born 20 July 1971) is an Italian retired professional footballer turned coach, who is the head coach of club Inter Milan Under-23.

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Playing career An Inter youth product, Vecchi had an unremarkable career as a central midfielder in the lower leagues of Italian football, not going any further than Serie C1 and narrowly missing a historical promotion to Serie B during his stint at Fiorenzuola. He retired in 2005.

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Coaching career After his retirement, Vecchi started a coaching career in the amateur leagues of Lombardy. He had a breakthrough during his two-year period at Tritium, leading the small club from Trezzo sull'Adda to two consecutive promotions from Serie D to Lega Pro Prima Divisione (ex-Serie C1) before accepting an offer from fallen giants SPAL, a former team of his as a player; however, this season, characterized by financial and off-field issues, ended with relegation to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

He successively took another coaching role at Südtirol, reaching the promotion playoffs in his only season. The team lost to AC Carpi, Vecchi's future employer. The Serie B newcomers offered him their managerial spot despite his lack of a valid coaching license to serve as head coach in the second tier of Italy. However, his stint at Carpi was cut short in March 2014 when he was removed from managerial duties due to disappointing results.

In mid-2014, he joined former club Inter's non-playing staff as coach of the Primavera under-19 team, which he led to victory at the 2015 Torneo di Viareggio and the 2016 Coppa Italia Primavera.

In November 2016, he also served as caretaker manager for the first team, filling in after Frank de Boer's dismissal for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League game against Southampton (a 1–2 loss) and a Serie A league game against FC Crotone (ended in a 3–0 win). He was then once again appointed as caretaker on 9 May 2017 for the final three games of the season, in place of Stefano Pioli. Vecchi also led the Primavera team to win the Campionato Nazionale Primavera on 11 June 2017, Match Report (in Italian) Lega Serie A after his caretaker spell with the first team had ended.

Vecchi left Inter in July 2018 to accept an offer as head coach of Venezia FC in the Serie B league; his experience was, however, short-lived, as he was dismissed on 11 October 2018 due to poor results.

In 2019, he took over at Serie C club Südtirol, which he guided for two full seasons in the Italian third division with positive results. He left the club in June 2021.

Vecchi successively took charge of Serie C side Feralpisalò in June 2021, guiding them to a historic promotion to Serie B in 2023; he was dismissed on 23 October 2023 following a negative start in the club's 2023–24 Serie B campaign.

On 20 December 2023, Vecchi was unveiled as the new head coach of Serie C club LR Vicenza, signing a contract valid until 30 June 2025.

On 24 July 2025, Vecchi was named the inaugural head coach of Inter Milan's under-23 team, set to compete in Serie C.

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Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenure
Mapello		1 July 2005	1 June 2006
USC Colognese		1 June 2006	2 June 2009
Tritium		2 August 2009	14 June 2011
SPAL		17 June 2011	14 June 2012
Südtirol		14 June 2012	4 July 2013
AC Carpi		12 July 2013	17 March 2014
Inter Milan (caretaker)		1 November 2016	7 November 2016
Inter Milan (caretaker)		9 May 2017	1 June 2017
Venezia FC		14 June 2018	12 October 2018
Südtirol		27 June 2019	4 June 2021
Feralpisalò		18 June 2021	23 October 2023
LR Vicenza		20 December 2023	26 June 2025
Inter Milan U23		24 July 2025	Present

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