Federico Valente (born 20 July 1975) is a Swiss-Italian professional football coach and a former player, currently in charge of Italian Serie C Group A club Lecco.

[2] After a brief stint as player-coach for Würenlos, Valente took on a coaching career in the youth tiers of Swiss football.

[2] Later in December, he was promoted to head coach in charge of the Serie B first team following the dismissal of Pierpaolo Bisoli.

On 14 June 2024, one day after being awarded a UEFA Pro licence by the Swiss football federation,[5] Valente was formally confirmed in charge of the FC Südtirol first team for one more season.

[7] On 5 February 2025, Valente was unveiled as the new head coach of Serie C club Lecco.