About Sergio Porrini
Sergio Porrini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsɛrdʒo porˈriːni]; born 8 November 1968) is an Italian football coach and former centre-back and right-back defender. Porrini played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, although he is most well known for his periods at Juventus, and Scottish club Rangers, where he won several titles. He has also served as an assistant coach for the Albania national football team. == Club career == After growing up in the A.C. Milan youth system (without playing for the first team), Porrini made his senior debut in 1989 for Atalanta, remaining with the club for four seasons. After attracting attention from larger clubs, he joined Juventus in 1993 for 11 billion Lit., featuring as a starter during the 1993–94 season under manager Giovanni Trapattoni. During the 1994–95 season, however, he had difficulty finding a place in the team's starting line-up under the club's new manager Marcello Lippi; due to Lippi's new three-man back-line, Porrini faced heavy competition from other defenders, such as Moreno Torricelli, and Jürgen Kohler, as well as back-up Massimo Carrera and the newly acquired Ciro Ferrara. Despite his limited appearances for Juventus during the season, Porrini still scored two goals over both legs of the club's 1995 Coppa Italia Final victory over Parma, and one goal in a 2–1 home win against Borussia Dortmund, in the second leg of the semi-final of the UEFA Cup. He captured his first Serie A title with the club that season. Porrini made 20 appearances for the club during the 1995–96 season, which saw Juventus capture the 1995 Supercoppa Italiana, but remained on the sidelines as Juventus celebrated their victory on penalties over defending champions Ajax in the 1996 UEFA Champions League Final. During the 1996–97 season, he made 40 appearances, scoring two goals, one of which was the opening goal in Juventus's 6–1 away win over Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the 1996 UEFA Super Cup, helping the Turin club to win the title; Porrini picked up his second league title with the club that season.
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