Massimo Morales (born 20 April 1964) is an Italian

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manager.

Coaching career

Morales was born in

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. He managed 1. FK Příbram from March 2008, and led the Czech team to 2nd place in

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, thus ensuring promotion back to the national top flight. On 5 May 2009 1. FK Příbram owner Jaroslav Starka and the Italian coach mutually decided to part ways because the club was delaying the payment of the salaries. On 29 October 2009, he was named as the new head coach of

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, replacing Tibor Sisa. In season 2010, after

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defeated his team, he resigned. He later worked for the staff of English team

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. In 2019 he was named head coach of Daytona SC.

Career

''Coaching career history''

References

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