Pellegrino Matarazzo
 Matarazzo with VfB Stuttgart in January 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | November 28, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Wayne, New Jersey, United States | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | VfB Stuttgart (head coach) | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1999 | Columbia Lions | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Eintracht Bad Kreuznach | 39 | (6) |
| 2001–2003 | SV Wehen | 58 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Preußen Münster | 23 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | SV Wehen | 18 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 31 | (1) |
| 2006–2010 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 62 | (1) |
| Total | 231 | (9) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2012 | 1. FC Nürnberg II (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | 1. FC Nürnberg II (caretaker) | ||
| 2012–2013 | 1. FC Nürnberg U17 | ||
| 2013–2017 | 1. FC Nürnberg U19 | ||
| 2017 | 1899 Hoffenheim U17 | ||
| 2018–2019 | 1899 Hoffenheim (assistant) | ||
| 2019– | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Pellegrino Matarazzo (born November 28, 1977) is an Italian-American professional football coach who is currently the head coach of Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.
He was previously a youth coach of 1. FC Nürnberg and 1899 Hoffenheim.[1] On December 30, 2019, Matarazzo was appointed head coach of VfB Stuttgart.[2] Since 2000, he has lived in Germany.
Youth[]
Matarazzo was raised in Fair Lawn, New Jersey to Italian immigrants. He has three younger brothers: Leo, Frank, and Antonio, all of them were in a Napoli fanclub at the time Diego Maradona played there. Leo and Antonio also played at Columbia. He played several sports growing up, including basketball and volleyball due to his height, but saw the most success in football, being a four-year varsity starter for Fair Lawn High School, leading them to the state tournament as a senior for the first time in nearly twenty years. He went on to play at Columbia University, where he earned a degree in applied mathematics in 1999.[3]
Playing career[]
After his graduation from Columbia, Matarazzo decided to go for a career as a professional football player. After failed trials at Serie B club Salernitana based in his mothers hometown Salerno and Serie C club Juve Stabia in Italy, he instead signed in Germany's fourth division with Eintracht Bad Kreuznach. Between 2001 to 2005 he played for Wehen with a year at Münster for the 2003-2004 season. He played as well for Wattenscheid and Nürnberg. Later, Matarazzo served as assistant coach while playing for the reserve team at the same time.
Coaching career[]
Matarazzo worked many years at Nürnberg's academy, coaching the B and A juniors. In 2015 Matarazzo started the German coaching training at the Hennes Weisweiler Akademie, where he shared a room with Julian Nagelsmann. Later, Matarazzo joined Nagelsmann's coaching staff at Hoffenheim in 2017, becoming youth coach there. 2018 Matarazzo became Nagelsmann's assistant and interfaced between the first team and academy, and stayed there with Alfred Schreuder as head coach. In December 2019, signed Matarazzo as first team coach of VfB Stuttgart.[4][5][6][7]
Managerial statistics[]
- As of matches played December 19, 2021
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| 1. FC Nürnberg II (caretaker) | 
|
April 12, 2011 | June 30, 2011 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 28.57 | [8] |
| VfB Stuttgart |
|
December 30, 2019 | present | 73 | 27 | 17 | 29 | 120 | 109 | +11 | 36.99 | [9] |
| Total | 80 | 29 | 20 | 31 | 137 | 123 | +14 | 36.25 | — | |||
References[]
- ^ "American Exports: Nurnberg U-19s boss Pellegrino Matarazzo working his way up coaching ladder". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. February 11, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Pellegrino Matarazzo appointed VfB head coach". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ Rae, Derek (December 11, 2020). "In Stuttgart's Matarazzo, U.S. soccer already has a coach in charge of one of Europe's great clubs". Columbia Athletics. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ Zwischen Italien und USA: Die bewegte Vita des Pellegrino Matarazzo swr.de, 2019-12-30.
- ^ []
- ^ Farrell, Sean. "A Bergen County native will make soccer history in the German Bundesliga this weekend". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- ^ Matarazzo schwärmt von Nagelsmann: "Ich habe von Julian viel gelernt", 2020-11-19.
- ^ "1. FC Nürnberg II: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "VfB Stuttgart: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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