Andrea Camplone (born 27 July 1966) is an Italian professional

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coach and a former player. He was most recently the head coach of

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club

Arezzo Arezzo ( , , ) , also ; ett, 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌, Aritim. is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of above sea level. ...

Playing career

Born in

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

, Camplone grew up playing with his hometown club, for whom he spent nine full seasons as a senior, amassing a total 188 games (52 of which at

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level). He left Pescara in 1992 to join

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...

, with whom he won two promotions (from Serie C1 to Serie B and then to Serie A in 1996)). He then spent two seasons with

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic S ...

before ending his career in 1999 after a short stint with

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Coaching career

Camplone started his career as trainer at amateur

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level, guiding Abruzzo club

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. In 2006, he took his first managing job at professional level, as head coach of

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, followed by a very short stint at hometown club

and a number of other coaching jobs at Serie C1 level. In November 2012 he was named head coach of

, which he led to second place in the Serie C1/B league and subsequent elimination in the promotion playoff semifinals to

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...

. Following this defeat, he was dismissed from his position, only to be renamed as Perugia boss two months later after his replacement

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was sacked before the first matchday of the season. On his second tenure at Perugia, Camplone managed to lead the ''Grifone'' to win the 2013–14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione title and get promoted to Serie B. He eventually coached Serie B team

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before being appointed head coach at

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

on 31 October 2016. However he failed to reach the playoffs and his team arrived at the 13th seed in the

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. He was confirmed for the following season. On 30 September 2017, almost after 1 year of his appointment, he was sacked from the Emilian team after a 5–2 away defeat against

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; he has been replaced by

Fabrizio Castori Fabrizio Castori (born 11 July 1954) is an Italian football coach. He is currently in charge of club Perugia. Career Castori was born in San Severino Marche, but grew up in Tolentino. He started his coaching career in 1980 at the age of 26 ...

who returned to Cesena after 9 years. In July 2019 he returned into club management, signing a one-year contract as the new head coach of

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for the club's 2019–20 Serie C season. He was dismissed by Catania on 21 October 2019 following a 0–5 loss to Vibonese, which was 3rd loss in 4 games, with club in 9th position in the table. On 19 October 2020 he was hired by

club

. On 17 January 2021 he was sacked due to poor results.

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