ROME, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Palermo has re-appointed Francesco Guidolin as its coach, the Italian Serie A soccer club said on itswebsite on Tuesday.

    Guidolin guided Palermo to Serie A in May 2004 and finished sixth in the 2004-05 season, its first in Italy's top flight for 32 years.

    Guidolin, who spent last year coaching French side Monaco, replaces Giuseppe Papadopulo for Palermo who finished eighth last season to earn a place in the Intertoto Cup.

    "I restart the journey that was interrupted a year ago with renewed enthusiasm," the 50-year-old Italian was quoted as saying in Corriere dello Sport on Tuesday.

    Guidolin has also had coaching spells at Vicenza, Atalanta and Udinese in Serie A. Enditem