Andrea Sussi (born 23 October 1973) is an Italian professional

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coach and former

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who played as a

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. He is the head coach of

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club

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Playing career

Sussi played in

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Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

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, and

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, and represented 15 different clubs, all of which were Italian. Throughout his career he was coached by the likes of notable managers, such as

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and

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, and also played with top footballers such as

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, and

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during the 2001–02 season with

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Coaching career

Following his retirement, in 2008 Sussi started his coaching career as a Technical Assistant in

Reggina Calcio Reggina 1914 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Reggina, is an Italian football club based in Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo. They are ni ...

, managed by

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. In the following years Sussi gained experience as Head Coach in the 6th-7th Italian tier until he was offered a position as the youth coach at

U.S. Arezzo Società Sportiva Arezzo (formerly Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Atletico Arezzo and Associazione Calcio Arezzo) is an Italian association football club based in Arezzo, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1923, refounded in 1993 after goin ...

, in charge of the ''Juniores Nazionale'' squad, which he formally accepted in July 2013. After a very good season, they achieved the play-off. In 2014/2015 Sussi was the Head Coach of Berretti in

Lega Pro. In 2015/2016 Sussi was the Technical Director of U.S. Arezzo FA Academy. In 2016 Sussi was admitted to a

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A course in Coverciano and in July 2016 he became Uefa A Coach licensed. In 2016-17 Sussi was the Head Coach of a local team Subbiano, this allowed him to follow the Uefa A course in Coverciano. In the 2017–18 season Sussi joined

Lega Pro The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

with the role of assistant coach. On 22 November 2021, he was promoted to the position of head coach at

(now in

), he returned to the club earlier in the year to manage the Under-19 squad.

Manager career

Transfers

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sussi, Andrea 1973 births Footballers from Florence Living people 20th-century Italian people Italian footballers Men's association football fullbacks A.C. Cesena players S.P.A.L. players A.C. Perugia Calcio players Reggina 1914 players Genoa C.F.C. players Brescia Calcio players U.S. Avellino 1912 players Ternana Calcio players Bologna F.C. 1909 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Italian football managers S.S. Arezzo managers Serie D managers