Giampaolo Mazza (born 26 February 1956) is a former

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

of the

San Marino national football team The San Marino national football team ( it, Nazionale di calcio di San Marino) represents San Marino in men's international association football competitions. The team is controlled by the San Marino Football Federation and represents the sma ...

. Mazza was in charge of the San Marino national team between 1998 and 2013. When not managing the team, Mazza works as a PE teacher at a school near

San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

. A former player who played as a midfielder, he was the longest serving manager in Europe, having spent 15 years managing San Marino. However, he retired in October, 2013 after only winning one game in his tenure. Mazza was born in

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

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. Before going into management at the age of 21, Mazza was a player for Italian

Serie C 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 ...

club

San Marino Calcio Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Victor San Marino, better known as Victor San Marino, is a San Marino, Sammarinese professional association football club based in the city of Acquaviva, San Marino, Acquaviva, that competes in the Eccellenz ...

. He was

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five times by San Marino in 1991.

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* * * http://metro.co.uk/2013/10/18/san-marino-coach-quits-after-earning-one-point-in-15-years-4152154/ 1956 births Living people Footballers from Genoa Sammarinese footballers San Marino international footballers Italian footballers Italian people of Sammarinese descent Association football midfielders A.S.D. Victor San Marino players Sammarinese football managers A.S.D. Victor San Marino managers San Marino national football team managers Italian football managers Italian expatriate football managers {{SanMarino-footy-bio-stub