Footbal: Siena sack Baroni and hire Malesani

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ROME, Nov 23, 2009 (AFP) - The number of coaching changes in Serie A this season rose to eight on Monday after rock-bottom Siena fired Marco Baroni and hired Alberto Malesani.

Baroni had only been appointed on October 29 after Marco Giampaolo was fired and his tenure lasted just three weeks and three games, two of which were defeats.

The Siena job was his first as a Serie A coach and prior to being given the opportunity he was the club's youth team coach, a role he will probably go back to.

Malesani enjoyed success earlier in his coaching career when at Parma, guiding them to an Italian Cup and UEFA Cup triumph from 1998-2001.

He has also coached in Greece with Panathinaikos but his last two jobs were not great successes, lasting just half a season at Udinese in 2007 and then only four months at Empoli from 2007-08.

His appointment means he becomes the eighth coaching change this season. Baroni was the seventh coach to be fired as Luciano Spalletti had quit his job at AS Roma.

Earlier on Monday Palermo fired Walter Zenga and replaced him with Delio Rossi.

Siena are the only club so far to have changed coaches twice.