Fernando Veneranda

Fernando Veneranda (23 May 1941 – 1 March 2007 in Porto San Giorgio) was an Italian football (soccer) player and manager.

He owns the record of being the Fiorentina players with the highest number of appearances without having ever played a league match.

After his time at Matera, Veneranda moved to Campobasso, Marsala, and to Palermo, a former playing club of his, at the end of the 1976/1977 season.

He is best remembered among Palermo fans for having led the Serie B club to its second Coppa Italia final in history, then lost 2–1 to giants Juventus.

Veneranda died on 1 March 2007, aged 65, in his native city of Porto San Giorgio.