Former Italy coach Zoff takes over at Fiorentina

Former Italy coach Dino Zoff has ended a spell of over three years out of the game by taking over at Serie A club Fiorentina. Fiorentina said in a statement yesterday that 62-year-old Zoff had replaced Sergio Buso and would take immediate charge of the...

Former Italy coach Dino Zoff has ended a spell of over three years out of the game by taking over at Serie A club Fiorentina.

Fiorentina said in a statement yesterday that 62-year-old Zoff had replaced Sergio Buso and would take immediate charge of the side for tomorrow's Italian Cup quarter-final against AS Roma.

"I am delighted to come and give a hand to this great club and I think that we can do very well," Zoff said.

"I am coming to Florence with a great deal of enthusiasm and desire to get back on the field and to work."

Zoff, captain of Italy's 1982 World Cup winning team, becomes Fiorentina's third coach of the season after Buso replaced the sacked Emiliano Mondonico in October.

The club said Buso, who was goalkeeping coach before taking charge of the first team, would remain on the club's staff.

Zoff has been out of the game since he was sacked as Lazio coach in September 2001.

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