Giuseppe Scienza (born 14 October 1966) is an Italian

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manager and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Scienza played

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level for Reggiana,

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and

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. He retired in 2002 to pursue a career as a coach.

Coaching career

In 2011, following two stints at minor clubs

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and

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, Scienza was named new head coach of

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club

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, guiding them until December of that year. He successively worked regularly at

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clubs, being in charge of teams such as Cremonese, FeralpiSalò and

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. He then moved to Switzerland to guide Challenge League club

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during the 2016–17 season. In 2017 he took over at Serie C club

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, which he coached for four seasons, apart from a short break in 2019. During his tenure at Monopoli, he achieved a third place by the end of the 2019–20 Serie C season, and consistently guiding the small Apulian club to the promotion playoffs. On 23 June 2021, he joined

club

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on a two-year contract. He was dismissed on 5 December 2021 following a string of negative results.

References

1966 births Living people Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Torino FC players ASD Puteolana 1902 players Calcio Foggia 1920 players Catania FC players Reggina 1914 players AC Reggiana 1919 players Venezia FC players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players AC Cesena players ACD Castel di Sangro Cep 1953 players Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players Serie A players Serie B players Italian football managers Torino FC non-playing staff AC Legnano managers Brescia Calcio managers US Cremonese managers US Alessandria Calcio 1912 managers FC Chiasso managers FC Pro Vercelli 1892 managers Serie C managers Italian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Switzerland Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland People from Domodossola Footballers from Piedmont {{Italy-footy-bio-stub