Alessandro Cucciari (born 11 September 1969 in
Rome) is a retired
Italian professional
football
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player, and current coach. He was last in charge as head coach of
Lega Pro club
Lupa Roma.
Playing career
Cucciari played 3 seasons as a
defender in the
Serie A for
AS Roma,
Siena and
Messina
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. He won promotion to
Serie A on 4 occasions (Verona 1990–91, Lecce 1996–97, Perugia 1997–98 and Sampdoria 2002–03).
On all 4 occasions he left the team he won the promotion with in the following off-season, before playing for them in the top flight.
Coaching career
In 2013, he took his first coaching role as boss of
Eccellenza amateurs
Terracina
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, guiding them to
Serie D promotion through playoffs. He then took over at Serie D club
Lupa Roma, immediately guiding them to a historical promotion to
Lega Pro on his first season in charge. He resigned on 31 October 2015, after achieving only one point in the first nine Lega Pro games. On 29 December 2015, he was reappointed as Lupa Roma coach in place of
Agenore Maurizi, but failed to reverse the club's fortunes and was eventually sacked on 17 April 2016.
References
1969 births
Living people
Italian men's footballers
Italian football managers
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
AS Roma players
Hellas Verona FC players
Modena FC 2018 players
US Lecce players
AC Perugia Calcio players
Ternana Calcio players
UC Sampdoria players
Siena FC SSD players
ACR Messina players
Lucchese 1905 players
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from Rome
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