Antonio Di Salvo
 Di Salvo in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Di Salvo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Paderborn, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Germany U21 (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1991 | BV Bad Lippspringe | ||
| 1991–2000 | SC Paderborn | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2000 | SC Paderborn | 53 | (16) |
| 2000–2001 | Bayern Munich (A) | 44 | (29) |
| 2000–2001 | Bayern Munich | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Hansa Rostock | 112 | (20) |
| 2006–2009 | 1860 Munich | 65 | (11) |
| 2010 | Kapfenberger SV | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 287 | (76) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2021– | Germany U21 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Antonio Di Salvo (born 5 June 1979) is a German-Italian football manager and former forward. He is the manager of the Germany U21 national team.
Career[]
Di Salvo began his senior career with played with his local club SC Paderborn from 1996 to 2000. He had a brief stints with Bayern Munich from 2000 to 2001, before moving to Hansa Rostock until 2006. He transferred to 1860 Munich shortly after. After scoring eight goals in the 2007–08 season, he suffered a knee injury that kept him out of football for a while. He ended his career with Kapfenberger SV, making seven appearances in 2010.[citation needed]
Managerial career[]
After his playing career, Di Salvo worked on his coaching badges and worked as assistant with the Bayern Munich U17 from 2011 to 2013. He was named the assistant for the Germany U19s shortly thereafter in 2013. In 2016, he was named the assistant manager for the Germany U21s under Stefan Kuntz, and held the post for five years. He formally passed his coaching license in 2018, receiving a DFB manager license.[2] On 23 September 2021, Di Salvo was named the manager for the Germany U21s, as Kuntz left to manage the Turkey national team.[3]
Personal life[]
Born in Germany, Di Salvo is of Italian descent with roots in Sicily.[4]
Honours[]
Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga: 2000–01
- DFB-Ligapokal: 2000
References[]
- ^ "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Germany (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 7. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "DFB vergibt 25 neue Fußball-Lehrer-Lizenzen". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
- ^ "Antonio Di Salvo neuer U 21-Trainer". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. 23 September 2021.
- ^ Zeitung, Süddeutsche. "U21-Trainer Kuntz über Italien: Lässt sich hier aushalten". Süddeutsche.de.
External links[]
- Antonio Di Salvo at WorldFootball.net
- Antonio Di Salvo at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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