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{{Short description|Italian footballer (born 1956)}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
 | name                 = Alberto Cavasin
 | image                = 
 | birth_date           = {{birth date and age|1956|1|9|df=yes}}
 | birth_place          = [[Treviso]], Italy
 | position             = [[Right back]]
 | currentclub          =
 | youthyears1   = 1970–1973 | youthclubs1   = Silea
 | years1   = 1973–1976 | clubs1   = [[Treviso F.B.C. 1993|Treviso]] | caps1   =  | goals1   = 
 | years2   = 1976–1977 | clubs2   = [[U.S. Avellino 1912|Avellino]] | caps2   =  | goals2   = 
 | years3   = 1977–1978 | clubs3   = [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]] | caps3   =  | goals3   = 
 | years4   = 1978–1981 | clubs4   = [[Spal 1907|SPAL]] | caps4   =  | goals4   = 
 | years5   = 1981–1982 | clubs5   = [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Verona]] | caps5   =  | goals5   = 
 | years6   = 1982–1983 | clubs6   = [[F.C. Catanzaro|Catanzaro]] | caps6   =  | goals6   = 
 | years7   = 1983–1986 | clubs7   = [[A.S. Bari|Bari]] | caps7   =  | goals7   = 
 | years8   = 1986–1988 | clubs8   = [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]] | caps8   =  | goals8   = 
 | years9   = 1988–1990 | clubs9   = [[Calcio Padova|Padova]] | caps9   =  | goals9   = 
 | nationalyears1   = 1973–1974 | nationalteam1   = [[Italy national football team|Italy "Juniores"]] | nationalcaps1   =  | nationalgoals1   = 
 | nationalyears2   =  | nationalteam2   = Italy C | nationalcaps2   =  | nationalgoals2   = 
 | manageryears1   = 1990 | managerclubs1   = [[Calcio Padova|Padova]] (youth team)
 | manageryears2   = 1990 | managerclubs2   = [[Treviso F.B.C. 1993|Treviso]]
 | manageryears3   = 1991–1993 | managerclubs3   = [[Trentino Calcio Trento|Trento]]
 | manageryears4   = 1993–1994 | managerclubs4   = [[Fano Calcio|Fano]]
 | manageryears5   = 1994–1995 | managerclubs5   = [[Ravenna Calcio|Ravenna]]
 | manageryears6   = 1995–1996 | managerclubs6   = [[S.S. Gualdo|Gualdo]]
 | manageryears7   = 1996–1998 | managerclubs7   = [[U.S. Fiorenzuola 1922|Fiorenzuola]]
 | manageryears8   = 1998–1999 | managerclubs8   = [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]]
 | manageryears9   = 1999–2002 | managerclubs9   = [[U.S. Lecce|Lecce]]
 | manageryears10  = 2002–2004 | managerclubs10  = [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
 | manageryears11  = 2005 | managerclubs11  = [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]]
 | manageryears12  = 2005–2006 | managerclubs12  = [[Treviso F.B.C. 1993|Treviso]]
 | manageryears13  = 2007 | managerclubs13  = [[F.C. Messina Peloro|Messina]]
 | manageryears14  = 2007–2008 | managerclubs14  = [[Frosinone Calcio|Frosinone]]
 | manageryears15  = 2009 | managerclubs15  = [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]]
 | manageryears16  = 2009–2010 | managerclubs16  = [[AC Bellinzona|Bellinzona]]
 | manageryears17  = 2011 | managerclubs17  = [[UC Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]
 | manageryears18  = 2016 | managerclubs18  = [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]]
 | manageryears19  = 2017–2018 | managerclubs19  = [[Santarcangelo Calcio|Santarcangelo]]
 | manageryears20  = 2021–2022 | managerclubs20  = Barisardo
}}

'''Alberto Cavasin''' (born 9 January 1956) is an Italian [[association football|football]] manager and former player.

==Playing career==
Cavasin, a right back, started his professional career in 1973 for [[Treviso F.B.C. 1993|Treviso]]; he then played for a number of [[Serie A]], [[Serie B|B]] and [[Serie C|C]] clubs, with some success. He retired in 1990.

==Managerial career==
After a few months as ''Allievi Nazionali'' coach for [[Calcio Padova]], Cavasin became coach of Treviso for the 1990–91 season, to be sacked soon after. After a number of season at the helm of several [[Serie C]] clubs, Cavasin became coach of last-placed Serie B club [[A.C. Cesena]] in 1998, as a replacement for [[Corrado Benedetti]], and led the team to keep its place in the league. In 1999, he became coach of [[U.S. Lecce]] of [[Serie A]], and led the club to two good seasons, before to be fired in early 2002. He then coached Serie C2 club [[ACF Fiorentina|Florentia Viola]] (then Fiorentina) in 2002, as replacement for [[Pietro Vierchowod]], to be sacked in 2004. Successively he also coached minor Serie A teams such as [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]] and Treviso with little success.

He became coach of [[F.C. Messina Peloro|Messina]] on 30 January 2007, as replacement for [[Bruno Giordano]]; he was however sacked about two months later, on 2 April, following a 2–0 defeat to [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]]. On 22 June 2007, he was announced as the new [[Frosinone Calcio|Frosinone]] boss,<ref name="cavasin_frosinone">{{cite news|title=Alberto Cavasin nuovo tecnico del Frosinone |url=http://www.frosinonecalcio.com/news.php?id=906 |publisher=Frosinone Calcio |date=22 June 2007 |access-date=22 June 2007 |language=it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627050457/http://www.frosinonecalcio.com/news.php?id=906 |archive-date=27 June 2007 }}</ref> leading them to a mid-table finish in the club's second Serie B campaign. On 5 June 2008, Frosinone announced it had parted company with Alberto Cavasin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.frosinonecalcio.com/news.php?id=1437 |language=it |publisher=Frosinone Calcio |access-date=5 June 2008 |date=5 June 2008 |title=DIVORZIO TRA FROSINONE E ALBERTO CAVASIN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711050331/http://www.frosinonecalcio.com/news.php?id=1437 |archive-date=11 July 2011 }}</ref>

On 20 May 2009, he completed a comeback at Brescia, replacing [[Nedo Sonetti]] as head coach for the remaining two games of the [[2008–09 Serie B]] regular season, with the aim to lead the ''rondinelle'' into the promotion playoffs.<ref name="cavasin_brescia">{{cite news|url=http://www.bresciaonline.it/or4/or?uid=BOLesy.main.index&oid=602740&uidx_16=BOLappl.news.dettaglio&idnews=1537030&is_popup=0|language=it|publisher=Brescia Calcio|access-date=21 May 2009|date=20 May 2009|title=Alberto Cavasin è il nuovo allenatore del Brescia|archive-date=22 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722031951/http://www.bresciaonline.it/or4/or?uid=BOLesy.main.index&oid=602740&uidx_16=BOLappl.news.dettaglio&idnews=1537030&is_popup=0|url-status=dead}}</ref> After being sacked by Brescia, on 12 November 2009 he became the manager of [[AC Bellinzona]], a Swiss Super League team. On 2 April 2010, Bellinzona fired the Italian trainer, formerly he coaching Lecce, Fiorentina and Brescia.<ref>[http://news.search.ch/sport/fussball/2010-04-02/fussball-acb-coach-cavasin-entlassen FUSSBALL: ACB-Coach Cavasin entlassen] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120714044623/http://news.search.ch/sport/fussball/2010-04-02/fussball-acb-coach-cavasin-entlassen |date=14 July 2012 }}</ref>

On 7 March 2011, he was named head coach of [[UC Sampdoria]], replacing [[Domenico Di Carlo]] for the remainder of the [[2010–11 Serie A]] and was ultimately relegated to [[Serie B]] with the team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sampdoria.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7902&Itemid=38|language=it|publisher=U.C. Sampdoria|access-date=8 March 2011|date=7 March 2011|title=Di Carlo sollevato dall'incarico, Cavasin nuovo allenatore|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310044334/http://www.sampdoria.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7902&Itemid=38|archive-date=10 March 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2016 he took over at the [[Football League Two]] side [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37537337|title = Orient appoint Cavasin as new boss|work = BBC Sport}}</ref> He was dismissed from his role on 23 November 2016 after ten games in charge with a record of two wins and eight defeats.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}

He returned to work in Italy in December 2017, as head coach of [[Serie C]] club [[Santarcangelo Calcio|Santarcangelo]].<ref>[http://www.newsrimini.it/2017/12/santarcangelo-calcio-cavasin-sono-felice-borozan-un-progetto-per-tutta-la-romagna/ SANTARCANGELO CALCIO. CAVASIN: “SONO FELICE”. BOROZAN: “UN PROGETTO PER TUTTA LA ROMAGNA”]‚ newsrimini.it,
 7 December 2017</ref> He was however dismissed in March 2018 due to poor results.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsrimini.it/2018/03/il-santarcangelo-esonera-il-tecnico-cavasin-ed-entra-in-silenzio-stampa/ |publisher=NewsRimini.it |language=it |access-date=4 April 2018 |date=26 March 2018 |title=IL SANTARCANGELO ESONERA IL TECNICO CAVASIN ED ENTRA IN SILENZIO STAMPA }}</ref>

After three years of inactivity, in August 2021 Cavasin accepted to become the new head coach of Barisardo, a small Sardinian club playing in the [[Prima Categoria]] regional amateur league (seventh level of Italian football).<ref>{{cite web |language=it |accessdate=25 August 2021 |date=25 August 2021 |publisher=Qdpnews.it |url=https://www.qdpnews.it/comuni/treviso/treviso-alberto-cavasin-torna-in-panchina-dopo-tre-anni-lex-allenatore-di-lecce-e-sampdoria-allenera-il-barisardo-in-sardegna/ |title=Treviso, Alberto Cavasin torna in panchina dopo tre anni. L'ex allenatore di Lecce e Sampdoria allenerà il Barisardo in Sardegna}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |language=it |accessdate=25 August 2021 |date=25 August 2021 |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomercato/25-08-2021/cavasin-congo-prima-categoria-420710208683.shtml |title=Cavasin: "Dovevo allenare il Congo, riparto dalla Prima Categoria in Sardegna"}}</ref> He left Barisardo after one season, where he guided the small Sardinian club to win the league.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.calciocasteddu.it/2022/08/24/calcio-regionale-barisardo-cavasin-ai-saluti-dopo-una-stagione-in-arrivo-suazo/ |date=24 August 2022 |accessdate=10 March 2023 |language=it |title=Calcio regionale, Barisardo: Cavasin ai saluti dopo una stagione. In arrivo Suazo? |publisher=CalcioCasteddu.it}}</ref>

==Honours==

===Coach===
'''Individual'''
* [[Albo Panchina d'Oro|Panchina d'Oro]]: 1999–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alleniamo.com/comunicati/2010/febbraio/panchina_oro_allegri.htm|title=Albo "Panchina d'Oro"|publisher=Alleniamo.com|language=it|access-date=25 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707113036/http://www.alleniamo.com/comunicati/2010/febbraio/panchina_oro_allegri.htm|archive-date=7 July 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.albertocavasin.it Alberto Cavasin official website] {{in lang|it}}

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{{ACF Fiorentina managers}}
{{AC Bellinzona managers}}
{{U.C. Sampdoria managers}}
{{Leyton Orient F.C. managers}}

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