Vincenzo Italiano
 Italiano in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vincenzo Italiano[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 December 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Karlsruhe, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Fiorentina (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Trapani | 7 | (0) |
| 1996–2005 | Hellas Verona | 196 | (21) |
| 2005 | Genoa | 9 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Hellas Verona | 52 | (3) |
| 2007–2009 | Chievo | 49 | (7) |
| 2009–2012 | Padova | 83 | (9) |
| 2013 | Perugia | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Lumezzane | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 410 | (40) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014 | Venezia (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Luparense San Paolo (youth) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Vigontina San Paolo | ||
| 2017 | Vigontina San Paolo | ||
| 2017–2018 | Union ArzignanoChiampo | ||
| 2018–2019 | Trapani | ||
| 2019–2021 | Spezia | ||
| 2021– | Fiorentina | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Vincenzo Italiano (born 10 December 1977) is an Italian football manager, who is currently in charge of Serie A club Fiorentina, and a former player.
Playing career[]
Born in Karlsruhe, Germany to Italian parents, Italiano never played professionally in Germany, instead playing his full career in Italian football. He was a versatile midfielder, known for his tackling and passing. He played for Genoa and (for most of his career) Hellas Verona first in Serie A and later, in Serie B.
He made his debut in Serie A with Hellas Verona and then appeared in Serie A again, albeit briefly, with cross-city rivals Chievo on 14 January 2007[2] against Catania.
Coaching career[]
After his retirement as a player, he started a coaching career in Veneto for a number of amateur teams. In 2017 he joined Union ArzignanoChiampo,[3] which won him interest from Serie C club Trapani who hired him for the 2018–19 season.[4]
Under his guidance, Trapani concluded the 2018–19 season in second place behind champions Juve Stabia, and then successfully contested the playoff phase, winning promotion to Serie B after defeating Piacenza 2–0 on aggregate.
He was subsequently hired by another Serie B club, Spezia, as the club's new head coach for the 2019–20 season. He achieved promotion with Spezia to Serie A for the first time in the club's history after edging Frosinone in the promotion play-offs.[5] He guided Spezia in their 2020–21 Serie A campaign, succeeding in keeping the small Ligurian club in the top flight in his debut season in the Italian top division. These results won him interest from Fiorentina, who ultimately signed him as their new head coach on a two-year deal.[6]
Managerial statistics[]
- As of 22 August 2021[7]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Vigontina San Paolo | 
|
18 June 2016 | 3 January 2017 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 10.53 |
| Vigontina San Paolo |
|
28 February 2017 | 31 May 2017 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | +0 | 22.22 |
| Union ArzignanoChiampo |
|
31 May 2017 | 28 July 2018 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 88 | 51 | +37 | 55.26 |
| Trapani |
|
28 July 2018 | 19 June 2019 | 47 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 73 | 43 | +30 | 57.45 |
| Spezia |
|
19 June 2019 | 30 June 2021 | 86 | 32 | 22 | 32 | 126 | 123 | +3 | 37.21 |
| Fiorentina |
|
30 June 2021 | Present | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 50.00 |
| Total | 201 | 85 | 57 | 59 | 329 | 270 | +59 | 42.29 | |||
References[]
- ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 215" [Official Press Release No. 215] (PDF). Lega Serie A. 10 March 2009. p. 4. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 18 January 2007.
- ^ Serie D, due conferme in panca. Per l'Arzignano c'è Vincenzo Italiano‚ tuttomercatoweb.com, 2 June 2017
- ^ "Rubino e Italiano si presentano" (in Italian). Trapani Oggi. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "Serie B: Spezia win promotion to Serie A". Football Italia. 20 August 2020.
- ^ "VINCENZO ITALIANO È IL NUOVO TECNICO DELLA FIORENTINA". ACF Fiorentina (in Italian). 30 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Vincenzo Italiano career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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