Nevio Scala

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Personal information
Neivo Scala
Date of birth	November 22, 1947 (1947-11-22) (age 60)
Place of birth	Lozzo Atestino, Italy
Club information
Current club	none
Teams managed
1988-1989 1990-1996 1997-1998 2000-2001 2002 2004	Reggina Calcio Parma F.C. Borussia Dortmund Beşiktaş J.K. FC Shakhtar Donetsk Spartak Moscow
* Appearances (Goals)

Nevio Scala (born November 22, 1947) is an Italian football coach and former player.

Scala was born in Lozzo Atestino (province of Padua, Veneto). As a player, he was a midfielder in Roma, Milan, Vicenza, Internazionale, Foggia and Monza.

As a coach, he brought Reggina to Serie B in 1988, and was later called to replace Arrigo Sacchi as manager of Parma. He held that position for six years, turning the team into a major one in the Italian Serie A and winning a Cup Winners' Cup in 1992, a UEFA Cup in 1995 and an European Super Cup in 1997.

Currently he is unemployed. Previously, he coached Spartak Moscow (2003, 2004), Borussia Dortmund (1997/1998, with which he won the Intercontinental Cup), Beşiktaş Istanbul, FC Shakhtar Donetsk.

He has been frequently linked with the manager role at Heart of Midlothian FC in the last two years. Rumoured to be gaining a good grasp of English before being appointed, possibly this summer.

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List of UEFA Cup winning managers

Sporting positions
Preceded by Giampiero Marini	UEFA Cup Winning Coach 1994-95	Succeeded by Franz Beckenbauer
Preceded by Hans-Peter Briegel	Beşiktaş JK Manager 2000-2001	Succeeded by Christoph Daum

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Borussia Dortmund – Managers

Eppenhoff (1961–64) • Kwiatkowski (1964) • Eppenhoff (1964–65) • Multhaup (1965–66) • Murach (1966–68) • Pfau (1968) • Schneider (1968–69) • Lindemann (1969–70) • Witzler (1970–71) • Burdenski (1972–73) • Brüggemann (1973) • Michallek (1973–74) • Knefler (1974–76) • Rehhagel (1976–78) • Rühl (1978–79) • Maslo (1979) • Lattek (1979–81) • Bock (1981) • Zebec (1981–82) • Feldkamp (1982–83) • Maslo (1983) • Witte (1983) • Tippenhauer (1983) • Franz (1983–84) • Konietzka (1984) • Ribbeck (1984–85) • Csernai (1985–86) • Saftig (1986–88) • Köppel (1988–91) • Hitzfeld (1991–97) • Scala (1997–98) • Skibbe (1998–2000) • Krauss (2000) • Lattek (2000) • Sammer (2000–04) • van Marwijk (2004–06) • Röber (2006–07) • Doll (2007–08) • Klopp (2008–)

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Beşiktaş JK – Managers

Şeref (1911–25) • Zinger (1925–35) • Top (1935–44) • Howard (1944–46) • Top (1946–47) • Meazza (1947–48) • Yeten (1948–49) • Keen (1949–50) • Yeten (1950–54) • Puppo (1954–55) • Arman (1955–56) • Mészaros (1956–57) • Bilgiç (1957–58) • Saygun (1958) • Remondini (1958–59) • Kutik (1959–60) • Puppo (1960–61) • Görkey (1961–63) • Adanır (1963–64) • Spajić (1964–67) • Janevski (1967–68) • Milev (1968–69) • Ćirić (1969–70) • Teoderescu (1970–71) • Kılıç (1971–72) • Gegić (1972–74) • Türel (1974–75) • Buhtz (1975–76) • Onay (1976–77) • Milutinović (1977–78) • Andaç (1978–79) • Tüzün (1979–80) • Milić (1980–84) • Stanković (1984–86) • Milutinović (1986–87) • Milne (1987–93) • Daum (1993–96) • Kara (1996–97) • Toshack (1997–99) • Feldkamp (1999) • Briegel (1999–2000) • Scala (2000–01) • Daum (2001–02) • Lucescu (2002–04) • Del Bosque (2004–05) • Çalımbay (2005) • Tigana (2005–07) • Sağlam (2007–)