Gianpiero Piovani (born January 12 June 1968 in

Orzinuovi Orzinuovi (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. History It was founded in 1193 by statute of the ''comune'' of Brescia, as a boundary fortress with the name of "Orci Novi". Its history thenceforth cl ...

) is an Italian retired footballer and manager of Sassuolo Femminile. He played as a forward.

Career

Career a player

The early years

Piovani's long football career began in the football season of 1985 - 1986, when, although he was still very young, he joined Brescia Calcio and played 13 matches. He then moved to

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, which had just returned to B under

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. He was trained by the famous coach 1 year long and had 30 appearances and shot 4 goals. When the coach went

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Piovani returned to Brescia. He was then fetched by coach

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, where he helped to promote to

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Piacenza

11 years Piovani played for Piacenza Calcio. In this period Piacenza achieved its best so far: 12th in

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1997/1998.

International team

Aged 41 Piovani was capped for the first time for the

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, which hosted the

2009 VIVA World Cup The 2009 VIVA World Cup was the third VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football open to non-FIFA-affiliated teams, played in Padania. Three venues were bidding to host the tournament in 2010 : * Padania ( Italy) * Iraqi Kurdista ...

. In his first international match June 22, 2009 he achieved the winning goal.

Career as a manager

After his retirement, in the season 2009-10 he became the manager of

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. He in the season 2010-11 became the head coach of A.C. Rodengo Saiano, in place of resigning ''Paolo Rodolfi'', in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Group A. He in the season 2011-12 became the head coach of Darfo Boario until the end of the season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piovani, Gianpiero 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Brescia Italian footballers Piacenza Calcio 1919 players A.C. Rodengo Saiano players A.S.D. Calcio Ivrea players Association football midfielders Footballers from Lombardy Serie A (women's football) managers