Giuseppe Iachini (; born 7 May 1964) is an Italian professional
football
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manager and former player who most recently managed
Serie B
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club
Parma
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. He played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
Iachini was born in
Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli Piceno (; la, Asculum; dialetto ascolano: Ascule) is a town and ''comune'' in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is around 46,000 but the urban area of the city has more than 93,000.
Geo ...
. He started his playing career at
Ascoli Ascoli may refer to:
Places in Italy
*Ascoli Satriano, a town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region
*Province of Ascoli Piceno, a province of the Marche region
**Ascoli Piceno, a city which is the seat of the province above
...
, and made his
Serie A
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and professional debut during the
1981–82 season, at the age of 17. He played for Ascoli until 1987, when he signed for
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
.
In 1989, Iachini moved to
Fiorentina
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and played five seasons with the ''viola'', four of them in Serie A. From 1994 to 1996 he played for
Palermo
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of
Serie B
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. After a single Serie B season with
Ravenna
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, in 1997 Iachini transferred to
Venezia
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, where he played for three years, two of them in Serie A. He retired in 2001, after a
Serie C1
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season with
Alessandria
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Alessandria ...
.
As a player, he represented the
Italy
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Olympic side at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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at international level, where they finished in fourth place.
Managerial career
Venezia
Iachini started his coaching career in October 2001, when he was called to coach
Venezia
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of
Serie A
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, despite not being in possession of a coaching license yet. Assisted by "official" head coach
Alfredo Magni, Iachini left his position as assistant coach at
Piacenza
Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...
in order to join Venezia, in spite of the Italian football regulation laws, and was successively disqualified for six months because of that. In the end, Venezia were relegated to
Serie B
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.
Cesena
In the 2002–03 season, Iachini coached
Cesena
Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137.
History
Cesena was o ...
of
Serie C1
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, leading his team to a spot in the promotion playoffs.
Vicenza
In the 2003–04 season, Iachini moved at
Vicenza
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Vicenza is a th ...
, in Serie B, where he managed a team composed mostly by youngsters and led them to a mid-table place.
Piacenza
He coached
Piacenza
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, another Serie B club, from 2004–05 to
2006–07 with good results, including a notable fourth place, only behind
Juventus
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,
Napoli
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and
Genoa
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, in his latest season with the ''biancorossi''.
Chievo Verona: promotion to Serie A
He was announced in June 2007 as new
Chievo Verona
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boss for their
2007–08 Serie B campaign, and successfully led the ''gialloblu'' to become league champions and promptly mark their return in the top flight.
On 4 November 2008, following an unimpressive start in the 2008–09 Serie A campaign, and two days after a 3–0 loss to
Palermo
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, Iachini was dismissed from his coaching post by the club management.
Brescia: promotion to Serie A
On 4 October 2009, he was appointed new head coach of
Serie B
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outfit
Brescia
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, replacing
Alberto Cavasin
Alberto Cavasin (born 9 January 1956) is an Italian football manager and former player.
Playing career
Cavasin, a right back, started his professional career in 1973 for Treviso; he then played for a number of Serie A, B and C clubs, with so ...
.
Under his tenure, Brescia ended the regular season in third place, missing automatic promotion in the final game of the season. The team however went back to win the promotion playoffs and claim a place in the
2010–11 Serie A
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after defeating
Torino F.C.
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Founded as ''Foot-Ball Club Torino'' in 1906, Torino are among the mos ...
in the finals.
After a wave of bad results, resulting on the team's dropdown to the relegation zone near the winter, on 6 December 2010, he was sacked; However, he was called back at the helm of Brescia boss less than two months later, following the dismissal of his successor
Mario Beretta
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Career
Playing career
Beretta had a short career as footballer, p ...
on 30 January 2011.
Sampdoria: promotion to Serie A
On 14 November 2011, Iachini was named as the new head coach of
Sampdoria
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The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...
, after a disastrous start to the season in
Serie B
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, in place of the sacked
Gianluca Atzori
Gianluca Atzori (born 6 March 1971) is an Italian football manager and former player, current coach of Floriana.
Career
Playing
Atzori started his professional playing career with Rome-based Serie C side Lodigiani in 1988, then playing mostly ...
. He charged the team, strongly depressed under the psychological profile and in winter market with radically revised to players motivated and adapted to the category. On 9 June 2012 the team, ranked only 6th in the league with an incredible recover, was promoted after playoffs to
Serie A
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defeating
Varese
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It is the c ...
in the finals.
Siena
On 17 December 2012, Iachini was appointed the new coach of
Siena
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The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
in
Serie A
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in place of the sacked
Serse Cosmi
Serse Cosmi (born 5 May 1958) is an Italian football coach, most recently in charge of Rijeka.
Career
Early career
Cosmi was born in 1958 in Ponte San Giovanni, a Perugia ''frazione''. His father, a cycling fan, called him Serse after Faust ...
. He left the club by the end of the season.
Palermo
On 25 September 2013, he was announced as new head coach of Palermo, a former team of his as a player, signing a two-year contract and taking over from dismissed
Gennaro Gattuso
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He was born in Corigliano (Calabria). As a player, he mainly played in the cent ...
. During his tenure, he succeeded in turning the Sicilians' fortunes and won his personal fourth top flight promotion, guiding Palermo to be crowned Serie B champions on 3 May, five matches before the end of season. He was successively confirmed as Palermo head coach for the upcoming
2014–15 Serie A season. He was sacked on 10 November 2015.
[Palermo: Iachini out, Ballardini in]
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Following a confusing period where Palermo owner Maurizio Zamparini
Maurizio Zamparini (9 June 1941 – 1 February 2022) was an Italian businessman. He was the owner and director of football club U.S. Città di Palermo between July 2002 – February 2017 and from July 2017 – December 2018.
Biography
Zampari ...
appointed four different managers in a month after the sacking of Davide Ballardini
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Playing career
A former midfielder, Ballardini spent seve ...
, Iachini returned as manager of the club on 15 February 2016,[Palermo bring back Beppe Iachini in seventh managerial change]
/ref> but was sacked once again on 10 March.
Udinese
He was appointed manager of Udinese
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on 19 May 2016. He was sacked on 2 October 2016.
Sassuolo
On 27 November 2017, Iachini was named manager of Sassuolo
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Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town ...
following the sacking of Christian Bucchi. He left the club on 5 June 2018 by mutual consent.
Empoli
On 6 November 2018, he was appointed manager of Empoli
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, replacing Aurelio Andreazzoli who was sacked the day before. He was sacked on 13 March 2019.
Fiorentina
On 23 December 2019, Iachini was unveiled as the new manager of Fiorentina, his former club as a player. He succeeded Vincenzo Montella
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Montella's nickname during his playing career was "Aeroplanino", i ...
. On 9 November 2020, Iachini was sacked.
On 24 March 2021, Iachini was rehired as Fiorentina manager after Cesare Prandelli
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Career Player
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resigned.
Parma
On 23 November 2021, Iachini returned into management as the new head coach of ambitious Serie B
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club Parma
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, replacing Enzo Maresca
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After starting out at West Bromwich Albion in 1998, he went on to play for several clubs in his country, includi ...
.
On 17 May 2022, after failing to ensure qualification to the promotion playoffs despite having been touted as title favourites before the start of the season, Parma announced their decision not to confirm Iachini as their manager.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Playing
; Ascoli
* Serie B
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: 1985–86
* Mitropa Cup
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: 1986–87
; Fiorentina
* Serie B
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: 1993–94
Managerial
; ChievoVerona
* Serie B
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: 2007–08
; Palermo
* Serie B
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: 2013–14
; Individual
* Panchina d'Argento: 2007–08
References
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1964 births
Living people
People from Ascoli Piceno
Italian footballers
Olympic footballers of Italy
Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Italy under-21 international footballers
Association football midfielders
Italian football managers
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Palermo F.C. players
ACF Fiorentina players
Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players
Hellas Verona F.C. players
Ravenna F.C. players
U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912 players
Venezia F.C. players
Venezia F.C. managers
A.C. Cesena managers
L.R. Vicenza managers
Piacenza Calcio 1919 managers
A.C. ChievoVerona managers
Brescia Calcio managers
U.C. Sampdoria managers
A.C.N. Siena 1904 managers
Palermo F.C. managers
Udinese Calcio managers
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio managers
Empoli F.C. managers
ACF Fiorentina managers
Parma Calcio 1913 managers
Serie A managers
Serie B managers
Sportspeople from the Province of Ascoli Piceno
Footballers from Marche