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{{Short description|Italian football player and manager (born 1947)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
 | name        = Alberto Bigon
 | image       = Alberto Bigon.jpg
 | birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1947|10|31|df=yes}}
 | birth_place = [[Padua]], Italy
 | currentclub =
 | position    = [[Attacking midfielder]]
 | years1   = 1964–1966  | caps1   = 64   | goals1   = 14  | clubs1   = [[Calcio Padova|Padova]]
 | years2   = 1966–1967  | caps2   = 0    | goals2   = 0   | clubs2   = [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]
 | years3   = 1967–1969  | caps3   = 49   | goals3   = 10  | clubs3   = [[Spal 1907|SPAL]]
 | years4   = 1969–1971  | caps4   = 65   | goals4   = 18  | clubs4   = [[U.S. Foggia|Foggia]]
 | years5   = 1971–1980  | caps5   = 218  | goals5   = 56  | clubs5   = [[A.C. Milan]]
 | years6   = 1980–1982  | caps6   = 57   | goals6   = 12  | clubs6   = [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]
 | years7   = 1982–1984  | caps7   = 57   | goals7   = 14  | clubs7   = [[Vicenza Calcio|Vicenza]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportquotidiano.it/sportquot/2001/01/1902gioc/gioc.htm |title=Vicenza 1902 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314000515/http://www.sportquotidiano.it/sportquot/2001/01/1902gioc/gioc.htm |archive-date=14 March 2007 |language=it}}</ref>
 | totalcaps = 510
 | totalgoals = 124
 | manageryears1   = 1986–1987  | managerclubs1   = [[Reggina]]
 | manageryears2   = 1987–1989  | managerclubs2   = [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]]
 | manageryears3   = 1989–1991  | managerclubs3   = [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]
 | manageryears4   = 1991–1992  | managerclubs4   = [[U.S. Lecce|Lecce]]
 | manageryears5   = 1992–1993  | managerclubs5   = [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]
 | manageryears6   = 1994–1995  | managerclubs6   = [[Ascoli Calcio 1898|Ascoli]]
 | manageryears7   = 1996–1997  | managerclubs7   = [[FC Sion|Sion]]
 | manageryears8   = 1997–1998  | managerclubs8   = [[Perugia Calcio|Perugia]]
 | manageryears9   = 1999–2000  | managerclubs9   = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
 | manageryears10  = 2007–2008  | managerclubs10  = [[FC Sion|Sion]]
 | manageryears11  = 2008       | managerclubs11  = [[Interblock Ljubljana]]
}}
'''Alberto "Albertino" Bigon''' (born 31 October 1947) is an Italian [[Association football|football]] [[Association football manager|manager]] and former player, who played as a [[midfielder]] or [[Forward (association football)|forward]].

==Playing career==
[[File:Alberto Bigon - Milan 1974-75.jpg|thumb|left|Bigon playing for A.C. Milan at [[San Siro]] in the [[1974–75 Serie A|1974–75 season]].]]

Born in [[Padua]], Bigon started his playing career for his native city team [[Calcio Padova|Padova]]. He made his [[Serie A]] debut with [[Spal 1907|SPAL]] in 1967, but obtained most of his playing triumphs with [[A.C. Milan]], where he played from 1971 to 1980. He appeared in 218 league matches with A.C. Milan, scoring 56 goals and winning a Serie A championship in 1979, as well as three [[Coppa Italia]] tournaments (1972, 1973, 1977) and a [[Cup Winners' Cup]] (1973). He also served as Milan's [[Captain (association football)|captain]]. Bigon retired from playing football in 1984, after two two-year spells with [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] and [[Vicenza Calcio|Vicenza]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assocalciatori.it/area-news/2014/il-pallone-racconta-albertino-bigon/ |title=Il pallone racconta: Albertino Bigon |website=assocalciatori.it |language=it |date=23 October 2014 |access-date=22 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923175542/http://www.assocalciatori.it/area-news/2014/il-pallone-racconta-albertino-bigon/ |archive-date=23 September 2015 }}</ref>

==Style of play==
Bigon was a tactically intelligent [[attacking midfielder]], with a slender physique and an eye for goal, who was also capable of playing as a forward.<ref name="A.C. Hall of Fame">{{cite web|url=https://www.acmilan.com/en/alberto-bigon|title=A.C. Hall of Fame: ALBERTO BIGON|publisher=A.C. Milan|access-date=12 May 2017}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
Bigon coached his first team, [[Reggina]], in 1986–1987, then [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]], in 1987. He coached Cesena until 1989, when he left to coach [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]], then led by [[Diego Maradona]]. He immediately won a Serie A championship, the second in Napoli's history. He then won the [[Italian Super Cup]] the same year. He left the club in 1991, after a poor eighth place followed by Maradona's forced farewell to Napoli. He then coached minor clubs such as [[U.S. Lecce|Lecce]] ([[Serie B]]), [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] (Serie A, saved from relegation after playoffs) and [[Ascoli Calcio 1898|Ascoli]] (Serie B). In 1996, he was appointed coach of [[Switzerland|Swiss]] team [[FC Sion]], which he led to win [[Swiss Super League]] for its second time in history. Bigon then tried an unsuccessful return to Serie A with [[Perugia Calcio|Perugia]]. In November 1999 he was appointed coach of [[Greece|Greek]] club [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Olympiacos appoint new coach |url=http://www.uefa.com/UEFACup/Index_Frame.asp?Filename=/NewsData/UEFACup/news/indexp.asp?News=5624 |work=[[UEFA]] |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=11 November 1999 |access-date=26 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000129115821/http://www.uefa.com/UEFACup/Index_Frame.asp?Filename=%2FNewsData%2FUEFACup%2Fnews%2Findexp.asp%3FNews%3D5624 |archive-date=29 January 2000 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but was dismissed on 10 April 2000 despite the first place in the championship table.

After seven years without a job, Bigon made a comeback to football in February 2007, when he was appointed coach of FC Sion, a team he already managed years before.

In August 2008, he became head coach of Slovenian football team [[Interblock Ljubljana]]. However, this experience lasted only a very short time, as Bigon left the club in September 2008 by mutual consent with the club due to personal health issues.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.edit.hr/lavoce/2008/080929/sport.htm |title=Capodistriani colpiti e affondanti a Nova Gorica |language=it |date=29 September 2008 |access-date=4 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303231911/http://www.edit.hr/lavoce/2008/080929/sport.htm |archive-date=3 March 2009 }}</ref>

==Honours==

===Player===
'''Milan'''
*[[Serie A]]: [[1978–79 Serie A|1978–79]]
*[[Coppa Italia]]: [[1971–72 Coppa Italia|1971–72]], 1972–73, 1976–77
*[[European Cup Winners' Cup]]: [[1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup|1972–73]]

===Coach===
'''Napoli'''
*[[Serie A]]: [[1989–90 Serie A|1989–90]]
*[[Supercoppa Italiana]]: [[1990 Supercoppa Italiana|1990]]

'''Sion'''
*[[Swiss Super League]]: [[1996–97 Nationalliga A|1996–97]]
*[[Swiss Cup]]: 1997

'''Olympiacos'''
*[[Alpha Ethniki]]: [[Alpha Ethniki 1999-2000|1999–2000]]

===Individual===
*Special Panchina d'oro: 1997
*A.C. Milan Hall of Fame<ref name="A.C. Hall of Fame"/>

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