Maurizio Lanzaro (born 14 March 1982) is an Italian

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coach and former player. He is currently in charge as the

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Playing career

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, he made his professional debut with

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on a

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league game against

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on 9 May 1999. He successively moved to

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in the Italian top flight, and then went on to

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teams

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and

Cosenza Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...

. He returned in the Italian top flight with

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in 2003, and successively with

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 ...

. In 2010 he then moved to Spain to join then-

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club

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...

. He retired in 2018.

Coaching career

On 28 March 2022, he was named new caretaker of

club

, a club he had joined as a coaching staff member earlier in the summer of 2021, after head coach Alberto Mariani was forced to temporarily relinquish his position due to personal reasons.

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* * * 1982 births People from Avellino Footballers from Campania Living people Italian footballers Italy youth international footballers Italy under-21 international footballers Association football defenders A.S. Roma players Hellas Verona F.C. players Palermo F.C. players Cosenza Calcio 1914 players Empoli F.C. players U.S. Salernitana 1919 players Reggina 1914 players Real Zaragoza players S.S. Juve Stabia players Calcio Foggia 1920 players A.S. Melfi players SD Ejea players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players La Liga players Italian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Italian football managers Serie C managers Sportspeople from the Province of Avellino {{Italy-footy-defender-1980s-stub