Massimiliano Farris
- Dag Jenkins
- Apr 29
- 2 min read
Massimiliano Farris was born in Milan, on February 24, 1971.
He had a decent playing career as a defender but mainly in the 2nd and 3rd tiers.
He started at Pro Vercelli (1987-88 in C, 25 league appearances). He then continued with Torino (1988-90 in A and B, 4 league appearances), Barletta (1990 in B, 19 league appearances), Ternana (1990-93 in C1, C1 and B, 92 league appearances with 4 goals), Pescara (1993-1996 in B, 95 league appearances with 2 goals), Fiorenzuola (1996-98 in C1, 55 league appearances with 1 goal), Avellino (1998-99 in C1, 7 league appearances), Catania (1999-2000 in C1, 43 league appearances with 5 goals), Lodigiani (2000-01 in C1, 29 appearances with 5 goals), Carrarese (2001-02 in C1, 26 league appearances with 2 goals), Imolese (2002 in C2, 16 league appearances), Nocerina (2003 in C2, 11 league appearances), Sangiovannese (2003-05 in C2 and C1, 34 league appearances with 2 goals), Viterbese (2005-07 in C2, 66 league appearances with 10 goals). His last two clubs were at amateur regional level; Bassano Romano (Viterbo) and Flaminia C.C (Civita Castellana-Viterbo).
He then retired at 38 but continued as a coach where he had left off as a player. He stayed with Flaminia for a season. He then coached: Pomezia near Rome (2010-11, 4th tier), Pomigliano near Naples (2011, 4th tier), Viterbese (2012-13, 4th tier) and Sora near Frosinone (2013-14, 4th tier).
In 2014 he was called to work for Lazio. From 2014 to 2016 he was assistant to Simone Inzaghi with the Lazio Primavera team (U20s). In 2016 he followed Inzaghi when he became first team head coach. They stayed five seasons and won a Coppa Italia (2019) and the Italian Supercoppa twice (2017, 2019).
In 2021 he followed Inzaghi to Inter for four seasons and they won a Scudetto (2024), the Coppa Italia twice (2022, 2023) and the Supercoppa three times (2021, 2022, 2023). They were also runners-up in the Champions League in 2023 (Manchester City 0-1) and 2025 (PSG 0-5).
In 2025 Inzaghi and Farris, by now a consolidated duo, took over Al-Hilal in the Saudi League. Here they were reunited with Sergej Milinkovic-Savic from their Lazio days.
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