Andrea Pisanu (born 7 January 1982) is an Italian football

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and former player who coaches Maltese club Hibernians.

Club career

Pisanu joined

Hellas Verona F.C. Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as Hellas Verona or simply Verona, is a professional Italian football club based in Verona, Italy, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won the Serie A Championship in 1984–85. His ...

from hometown club

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in February 2001 for 800 million lire (€413,166). He was a member of the reserve team during the 2001–02 season. In June 2002 Verona acquired Pisanu outright from Cagliari. In January 2004 Pisanu left for

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. In mid-2004 Pisanu joined Serie A club

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along with Alessandro Elia and

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. During his year stay he played an average of 15 games per seasons. He failed to play any game during the 2009–10 Serie A after winning promotion for the club in 2009 as the runner-up of the

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Bologna

In January 2010 he joined Bologna in a co-ownership deal, in a direct swap with

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. Both players were valued at €2.5 million for half of the registration rights. It allowed both clubs to make a profit with the move, notably about €3.5 million for Valiani and €4,919,160 for Pisanu. In the same window both clubs also swapped Alessandro Elia and

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. In June 2011 Parma acquired Valiani outright and Pisanu jointed Bologna outright. Elia and Pasi also returned to their mother club. Elia was valued an aggressive price of €1.5 million and Pasi's 50% rights were valued at an aggressive price of €1.6 million; Valiani's residual rights for €2.8 million and co-currently sold Pisanu outright for €2.5 million. The four deals netted Bologna €200,000. In August 2011 Pisanu joined Prato. While with Prato the midfielder had a fine season scoring 11 goals in 23 matches in the third division. In the following season he returned to Bologna. On 3 January 2013, Bologna signed an agreement with Montreal Impact in MLS to loan Pisanu to the Canadian club. In January 2014 Pisanu returned to Prato, as well as in August 2014 to

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Malta

Pisanu spent one year at Sliema Wanderers from 2014 to 2015.

Managerial career

In 2016, following the end of his career as a player, Pisanu was appointed as the coach of Malta Division One team Melita. He left Melita in June 2018 to make room for new head coach

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After a short spell as assistant coach of

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, in February 2020 Pisanu was named head coach of the Maltese

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club

Sliema Wanderers Sliema Wanderers Football Club, nicknamed "tax-Xelin" ( of the shilling), is a professional Maltese football club. It is the most successful team in Malta and hails from the seaside town of Sliema. It currently plays in the Maltese Premier Leag ...

. In July 2002 became manager of Hibernians

Honours

Montreal Impact * Canadian Championship:

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References

External links

Gazzetta dello Sport player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pisanu, Andrea 1982 births Living people Italian footballers Footballers from Sardinia Association football midfielders Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Major League Soccer players Maltese Premier League players Cagliari Calcio players A.C.N. Siena 1904 players Hellas Verona F.C. players S.S.D. Varese Calcio players Parma Calcio 1913 players Bologna F.C. 1909 players A.C. Prato players CF Montréal players Sliema Wanderers F.C. players Italian football managers Sliema Wanderers F.C. managers Hibernians F.C. managers Italian expatriate footballers Italian expatriate football managers Italian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate soccer players in Canada Italian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Expatriate football managers in Malta