Maurizio D'Angelo (born 29 September 1969) is an Italian

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and former player, who played as a

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, best known for his career as

Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona, which competes in the second ...

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during the 1990s. He is currently in charge as Filippo Inzaghi's assistant manager at

Reggina Reggina 1914 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Reggina, is an Italian football club based in Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo. They are n ...

Career

Playing

, D'Angelo started his career playing for amateur team Trissino in 1986; he then joined

Marzotto Valdagno A.S.D. Boca Ascesa Val Liona is an Italian association football club located in Val Liona, Veneto. It currently plays in Eccellenza. History The origins of football in Grancona go back to 1969 when was founded A.C. Grancona Calcio that was ...

, another amateur team, one year later, and finally signed for

in 1988. During his first season with the ''gialloblù'', D'Angelo made 17 appearances in the

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league. He then spent a couple of seasons on loan to Serie C2 teams Marzotto Valdagno and Derthona respectively. He returned to Chievo in 1991, finding his team in

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and quickly establishing himself as a mainstay for the ''Ceo'', captaining his side to two promotions, and also in their subsequent

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campaigns. He made his Serie A debut, together with several of his fellow Chievo players, on 26 August 2001, in a surprise away victory against

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. In 2002, he became a back-up player, and consequently chose to leave the captaincy to

Lorenzo D'Anna Lorenzo D'Anna (born 29 January 1972) is an Italian football manager and former player, last in charge as head coach of Serie C club Trento. Playing career D'Anna was a centre back, and was the captain of A.C. ChievoVerona of Serie A, with over ...

, another long-time Chievo player. In January 2003 he decided to leave Chievo, after twelve consecutive seasons with them, in order to join his hometown club

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, who were playing

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football at the time. He returned to Chievo later on in the summer, mainly helping

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to his coaching duties. He made his lone and final appearance with Chievo on 16 May 2004, in a Serie A home match against

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Coaching

Following his retirement in 2004, D'Angelo stayed at Chievo, joining the non-playing staff as assistant to new head coach

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. However, despite a good start, Chievo found themselves to be in serious danger of relegation in the final Serie A weeks, and the club management decided to sack Beretta and appoint D'Angelo as caretaker for the three remaining matches. Under D'Angelo, Chievo ultimately managed to recover from their poor results, and escaped relegation in the end. For the following season, D'Angelo returned to serve as Chievo's assistant coach, this time working alongside

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. He then served as team scout from October 2006 to June 2008, leaving Chievo in order to become head coach of

team

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. He was however sacked only a few months later, on 12 November 2008, due to poor results. In summer 2010, D'Angelo was hired as a part of the coaching staff at

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, serving as the assistant of new head coach Luigi Delneri. He stayed there the season out before he left the club. D'Angelo followed Delneri, when he was appointed as the new head coach of

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on 1 December 2015. D'Angelo became the technical coach of the club in Delneri's staff. He left the club again at the end of the season. D'Angelo joined the staff of Filippo Inzaghi at

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for the 2016/17 season as his assistant coach. On 13 June 2018 it was announced, Inzaghi would leave the club and continue with

, where he took D'Angelo with him. On 28 January 2019, Inzaghi and his staff, including D'Angelo, were fired.Filippo Inzaghi replaced by Sinisa Mihajlovic as Bologna manager
bbc.com, 28 January 2019 Subsequently he kept working under Inzaghi's wing at

Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

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and

References

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