Born in
Molfetta, the son of a sailor, he was among the protagonists of the
Venezia FC promotion to the top division in the 1965–66 season. As a football manager, Salvemini started his career as
Empoli youth team manager. With Empoli main team, he got a promotion to
Serie A in 1986, the first of the club, and was its manager for two seasons in the top division. Because of the unexpected salvation of Empoli in its first season in the top league, he got the nickname "SalvEmpoli" (a pun combining his surname with the phrase 'salva Empoli', i.e. 'save Empoli'). Moved to
Bari, in his first season he brought the team to Serie A, then he secured two salvations in the top division and won a
Mitropa Cup. In the following years he coached numerous teams, including
Genoa, with which he won an
Anglo-Italian Cup,
Palermo,
Cremonese, and
Monza. ==Death==