Antonio Giovanni Vincenzo Corbisiero (born 17 November 1984) is an English football manager and former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He previously played professionally for

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...

and semi-professionally for Newport County,

Aberystwyth Town Aberystwyth Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-Droed Tref Aberystwyth) is a Welsh semi-professional Association football, football team, currently playing in the Cymru Premier, the top tier of football in Wales. They are the only top flight men ...

Llanelli Llanelli ("St Elli's Parish"; ) is a market town and the largest community in Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is located on the Loughor estuary north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. ...

and

Penrhyncoch Penrhyn-coch is a small Welsh village, in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, located between the Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers, close to where they merge into the Afon Clarach. The village is approximately north-east of Aberystwyth. T ...

Career

Born in

Exmouth Exmouth is a harbor, port town, civil parishes in England, civil parish and seaside resort, sited on the east bank of the mouth of the River Exe and southeast of Exeter. In 2011 it had a population of 34,432, making Exmouth the List of town ...

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, Corbisiero, a right-footed midfielder of Irish-Italian parentage, began his career as a trainee with

, turning professional in August 2002. his league debut came on 30 August 2003 when he was a second-half substitute for

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in Swansea's 4–1 win at home to

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

. He played four more times that season, starting just one game, a 3–2 defeat at home to

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving ...

, although Corbisiero was replaced by

Leyton Maxwell Layton Jonathan Maxwell (born 3 October 1979) is a Welsh convicted criminal, and former professional footballer and manager. He played as a midfielder, notably for Liverpool where despite not featuring in the Premier League he would play and sc ...

at half-time. He was an awarded a new one-year contract in June 2004, but failed to appear in the Swansea first team the following season and had two loan spells with Newport County (in December 2004 and April 2005) before being released in May 2005 by Swansea manager

Kenny Jackett Kenneth Francis Jackett (born 5 January 1962) is a former professional football player and manager, who is currently Director of Football at club Gillingham. A skilful left-footed player, able to play in defence or midfield, Jackett was cappe ...

. He joined subsequently joined Newport County in August 2005, but was released in September 2005 and joined

the following month. In January 2013,

entered financial difficulties and Corbisiero was allowed to join

. Corbisiero signed a contract until July 2014. During the summer of 2013,

appointed Corbisiero as 'First Team Coach' in addition to his academy coaching duties. Corbisiero joined

Cymru Alliance The Cymru Alliance League (known for sponsorship reasons as Huws Gray Alliance) was a football league in north and central Wales which formed the second level of the Welsh football league system. From the 2019/20 season onwards, it was replaced ...

side

in 2016. Corbisiero retired from playing in 2020.

Coaching career

In June 2020, Corbisiero was appointed assistant manager at

. On 21 December 2020, Corbisiero was made interim manager of the club following Gavin Allen's departure, though this was reversed shortly after as Allen's position was reinstated. On 2 June 2021, Corbisiero was once again appointed manager after Gavin Allen's official departure. Following the conclusion of the 2021/22 Cymru Premier season and guiding the club to an 8th place finish, on the 12th May 2022 Corbisiero resigned from his role at the club as did his backroom staff; Gari Lewis,

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, Stuart Jones and Dave Owen.

References

External sources

Welsh Premier League Profile for Antonio Corbisiero
{{DEFAULTSORT:Corbisiero, Antonio 1984 births Living people English men's footballers English people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent Swansea City A.F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Cymru Premier players People from Exmouth English Football League players Aberystwyth Town F.C. players Llanelli Town A.F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Penrhyncoch F.C. players Footballers from Devon