Corrado Orrico (born 16 April 1940) is an Italian

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Career

Orrico started his coaching career by serving as head in a number of minor division clubs in his native Tuscany, and he gained popularity after guiding Lucchese to impressive results in the Italian

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, narrowly missing a historic promotion in the top-flight; such results led

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chairman

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to appoint him as new head coach for the 1991–92 season as a replacement for

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, who had won the

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with the ''nerazzurri'' side in the 1988-89 season. One of his first moves was to assign the #5 shirt to

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captain

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, instead of his usual #10. However, his career at Inter turned out to be extremely unsatisfactory and he was sacked after a few games in the national league and a disappointing UEFA Cup campaign, ended with an early elimination by

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. His position was taken by

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. He then coached with little success a number of minor league teams, mostly from his native

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. In 2008, he marked his football comeback, accepting an offer from

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. He left Carrarese in June 2009, after his son committed suicide; his dead body was found by Orrico himself. In April 2013, following the sacking of

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, 73-year-old Orrico was appointed new head coach of

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strugglers

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, in deep relegation zone with four remaining games to the end of season. He failed to escape relegation, with Gavorrano being defeated in the relegation playoffs.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orrico, Corrado 1940 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Massa-Carrara Italian men's footballers Italian football managers Inter Milan managers Udinese Calcio managers Treviso FBC 1993 managers Serie A managers Carrarese Calcio managers US Alessandria Calcio 1912 managers Empoli FC managers US Avellino 1912 managers Brescia Calcio managers Lucchese 1905 managers Men's association football players not categorized by position Footballers from Tuscany