Andrea Soncin

Andrea Soncin (born 5 September 1978) is an Italian football coach and former player who is currently in charge of the Italian women's national team.

Football career
Soncin started his professional career at Solbiatese of Serie C2. He then played for Venezia youth team and then loaned back to Solbiatese for a season, and then for Vigevano in Serie D.

He then moved to Perugia of Serie A but left for Sambenedettese of Serie C1 after two months.

In the 2003–04 season, he first played for Fiorentina at Serie B then for Pistoiese at Serie C1. He was loaned to Lanciano of Serie C1 in the summer of 2004. He enjoyed his best season in a professional league with them, scoring 21 goals.

Atalanta
On 21 July 2005, Serie B recently relegated Atalanta signed Soncin. He made 31 league games in his first full Serie B season, and saw he followed Atalanta returned to Serie A.

On 17 September 2006, he made his Serie A debut in a league game against Catania. He just managed to play for Atalanta eight times that season, scoring once against Triestina in a Coppa Italia game.

Ascoli
On 27 January 2007, he was on loan to Ascoli to help the club avoid relegation.

He scored six goals for the club, just one goal behind the team's top scorer Saša Bjelanović, who played ten more games than Soncin.

At the end of season, Ascoli finished 19th, fail to avoid relegation.

Padova
He signed a 2+1 contract with Padova in August 2009. Soncin left Padova at the end of season.

Avellino
On 13 August 2013 he was signed by Avellino.

Pavia
On 17 July 2014 he was signed by Pavia.

AlbinoLeffe (loan)
On 31 August 2015 Soncin was signed by AlbinoLeffe, on loan from Pavia.

Montebelluna
On 24 October 2016, Soncin was signed by Serie D club Montebelluna.

Coaching career
On 27 April 2022, he was appointed caretaker of Venezia for the final five games of the club's 2021–22 Serie A campaign. He failed to escape the club from relegation and was not offered the permanent job as a consequence, thus moving back to his previous role as youth coach. On 1 November 2022, following the dismissal of Ivan Javorčić as head coach, Soncin was again appointed interim head coach. He guided the club for a single game, a 0–1 defeat to Como, before being replaced by new permanent head coach Paolo Vanoli on 7 November 2022.

On 8 September 2023, Soncin was unveiled as the new head coach of the Italian women's national team, with Viviana Schiavi as his assistant.

Honours
Atalanta
 * Serie B: 2005–06