{{Short description|Italian footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Massimo Gadda | fullname = | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|9|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Legnano, Italy | height = {{height|m=1.70}} | currentclub = Ravenna (head coach) | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1981–1985 | years2 = 1983–1984 | years3 = 1984–1985 | years4 = 1985–1986 | years5 = 1986–1994 | years6 = 1994–1997 | years7 = 1997–1998 | years8 = 1998–2000 | years9 = 2000–2001 | clubs1 = Milan | clubs2 = → Reggiana (loan) | clubs3 = → Reggiana (loan) | clubs4 = Livorno | clubs5 = Ancona | clubs6 = Ravenna | clubs7 = Cesena | clubs8 = SPAL | clubs9 = Fano | caps1 = 7 | caps2 = 31 | caps3 = 28 | caps4 = 32 | caps5 = 249 | caps6 = 91 | caps7 = 45 | caps8 = 42 | caps9 = 28 | goals1 = 1 | goals2 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 1 | goals5 = 4 | goals6 = 6 | goals7 = 2 | goals8 = 0 | goals9 = 2 | manageryears1 = 2001–2002 | manageryears2 = 2002–2003 | manageryears3 = 2003–2004 | manageryears4 = 2004–2007 | manageryears5 = 2008–2009 | manageryears6 = 2009–2010 | manageryears7 = 2012–2013 | manageryears8 = 2013–2014 | manageryears9 = 2015–2017 | manageryears10 = 2017–2018 | manageryears11 = 2021–2022 | manageryears12 = 2022–2024 | manageryears13 = 2024–2025 | managerclubs1 = Baracca Lugo | managerclubs2 = Ravenna | managerclubs3 = Ravenna | managerclubs4 = Cesena (assistant) | managerclubs5 = Bellaria Igea | managerclubs6 = Giacomense | managerclubs7 = Fano | managerclubs8 = SPAL | managerclubs9 = Forlì | managerclubs10 = Imolese | managerclubs11 = Forlì | managerclubs12 = Ravenna | managerclubs13 = Ancona | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}
'''Massimo Gadda''' (born 16 September 1963) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.
==Playing career== He played for 2 seasons (21 games, no goals) in the Serie A for Milan and Ancona.
==Coaching career== During his time as an assistant manager with Cesena, he formally served as a bench boss for a period of time due to disqualification of the real manager, Fabrizio Castori.
On 25 October 2021, he returned to Forlì.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Forlì|url=https://www.forlifc.com/massimo-gadda-torna-a-sedersi-sulla-panchina-del-forli-football-club/|title=MASSIMO GADDA TORNA A SEDERSI SULLA PANCHINA DEL FORLÌ FOOTBALL CLUB.|date=25 October 2021|accessdate=1 December 2021|language=it}}</ref> He was however sacked on 27 January 2022.
On 7 November 2022, Gadda was hired as head coach of Ravenna for a third time in his career.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=TuttoMercatoWeb|url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-d/ufficiale-a-ravenna-inizia-il-gadda-ter-e-lui-il-successore-dell-esonerato-serpini-1753766|title=A Ravenna inizia il Gadda-ter. È lui il successore dell'esonerato Serpini|date=7 November 2022|accessdate=7 November 2022|language=it}}</ref>
==Honours== * Mitropa Cup winner: 1981–82.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://int.soccerway.com/coaches/massimo-gadda/203687/ Massimo Gadda] at Soccerway
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