Silvio Baldini

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Silvio Baldini
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-09-11) 11 September 1958 (age 63)
Place of birth Massa, Italy
Club information
Current team
 Palermo (head coach)
Teams managed
Years Team
1984–1988 Bagnone[1]
1988–1989 Massese (assistant coach)[1]
1989–1991 Forte dei Marmi[2]
1991–1992 Viareggio
1992–1993 Massese
1993–1995 Siena
1995–1997 Carrarese
1997–1998 Chievo Verona
1998–1999 Brescia
1999–2003 Empoli
2003–2004 Palermo
2004–2005 Parma
2005–2006 Lecce
2007–2008 Catania
2008–2009 Empoli
2011 Vicenza
2017–2021 Carrarese
2021– Palermo

Silvio Baldini (born 11 September 1958 in Massa) is an Italian association football manager, currently in charge of Serie C club Palermo.

Career[]

Coach[]

He started his coaching career in 1984 at the age of 26 with Bagnone, an amateur Seconda Categoria team which he led to immediate promotion in his debut year. In 1988, he became assistant coach of Massese. In 1989, he was appointed at the helm of Promozione team Forte dei Marmi, side he led to promotion in 1991. After a single season with Viareggio, he obtained a professional coaching license and returned to Massese, this time as head coach, in 1992. After four Serie C1 seasons with Siena (1993-1995) and Carrarese (1995-1997), he was chosen to fill the Chievo Verona head coaching position, and led the gialloblu to a final seventh place in the Serie B. He moved to Brescia in 1998, and Empoli one year later. In 2002, Empoli ended in fourth place, being therefore promoted to Serie A. On his Serie A debut year, Baldini led Empoli to a good 12th place. In 2003, he became Palermo boss, with the goal to guide the rosanero to immediate promotion to Serie A; however, he was fired on January 2004 following a 1-3 home defeat to Salernitana. He returned to coach in the 2004-05 season with Parma, being appointed at Renzo Ulivieri's place on September and sacked on December 2004, leaving his side at the second-last place in the Serie A table. On September 2005, he was appointed as Lecce head coach, but was again fired on January 2006. On June 2007 he was announced as new Catania head coach.[3]

On 26 August 2007, during the first league match, Baldini kicked the behind of Parma boss Domenico Di Carlo after being sent off and having engaged in a dispute with his opponent head coach.[4] He consequently received a one-month ban due to his unprofessional behaviour.[5] During his ban period, assistant coach Gianluca Atzori served at his place during games.

After a hard-fought match against Inter (nevertheless losing 2–0), Baldini decided to switch from his traditional 4-2-3-1 to a more practical 4-3-3 to better suit Catania's needs. In his first two successive matches since Inter, Catania played an honorable match against Fiorentina, despite losing 0–1 to the viola. In the next match, Catania achieved its first league victory, defeating relegation rival Empoli 1–0 thanks to a goal from Martinez. On September 30 his Catania side held Milan to an impressive 1–1 draw at the San Siro. He will return to the Catania bench against Livorno.

Despite criticism, Baldini initially managed to achieve a better league position than his predecessor Pasquale Marino, and also led his side to a historical qualification in the Coppa Italia 2007–08 semi-finals. However, a row of poor results quickly pushed Catania down to 18th place, being potentially relegated as of Week 31, and with only three points ahead of last-placed Empoli, persuading Baldini to resign from his post on 31 March 2008.[6]

In July 2008 he accepted to return at Empoli, accepting the managerial role for the freshly relegated Tuscan side in their Serie B 2008–09 campaign. He was however dismissed from his coaching post after failing to guide Empoli back to the top flight, following an unimpressive fifth place in the regular season and a successive defeat to Baldini's former club Brescia in the promotion playoff semi-finals.

After his farewell to Empoli, he left active football and worked as a pundit for sports channel Sportitalia.

On 13 June 2011 he was officially announced as new head coach of Serie B club Vicenza, signing a one-year contract with the Venetian club, but on October 4, 2011 he was sacked.[7] and replaced by Gigi Cagni.[8]

After six years without a club, on June 2017 he accepted an offer to return at Carrarese; as part of the deal, he notably requested not to receive a salary.[9]

After almost four years in charge of Carrarese, during which he consistently led the club to reaching the promotion playoffs, most prominently being eliminated in the semifinals by Bari in the 2019–20 season, Baldini resigned on 10 April 2021, following a fifth consecutive defeat in the Serie C league at the hands of AlbinoLeffe.[10]

On 24 December 2021, Baldini signed a contract until the end of the season with Serie C club Palermo, returning in charge of the Rosanero after his short-lived experience in the 2003–04 season.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b (in Italian) BagnoneMia
  2. ^ (in Italian) CentoPerCento Forte[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Baldini is new Catania Coach". Football Italia. 2007-06-03. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
  4. ^ "Pitchside brawl at Parma". Football Italia. 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2007-08-27.
  5. ^ "Baldini handed bench ban". Football Italia. 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
  6. ^ "Catania, Baldini se ne va. Zenga sempre più vicino" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  7. ^ "UFFICIALE: Vicenza, esonerato Baldini" (in Italian). TUTTOmercatoWEB. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  8. ^ "CALCIO, VICENZA; CAGNI: USCIREMO DALLA CRISI" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  9. ^ "LegaPro, Silvio Baldini torna a casa: "Allenerò gratis la mia Carrarese"" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Carrarese, si è dimesso il tecnico Baldini, "Non posso che farmi da parte"" (in Italian). La Nazione. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  11. ^ "SILVIO BALDINI NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL PALERMO" (in Italian). Palermo F.C. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

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