Michele Marcolini (born 2 October 1975) is an Italian

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coach and former

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, who played as a

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. He is currently the manager of the

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Club career

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youth system product, Marcolini made his senior debut with Sora in 1994. In 1997, he joined

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...

, with whom he spent four seasons and also made his

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debut. He then played at Serie B level for two seasons with

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, and then back to top flight football with

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and

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 ...

. On 27 June 2011, he mutually terminated his contract with Chievo. He then signed a one-year contract with

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side

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on 4 July 2011, and ended his career in 2013 after a lone season with

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club

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Coaching career

In June 2013 Marcolini took his first managerial role, replacing

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as head coach of

. In June 2014 he was named new head coach of

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club Real Vicenza, being however sacked later in January 2015 and then re-appointed in February to complete the season in seventh place. He successively served as head coach of

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from August to December 2015, and then took over at Santarcangelo for the club's full

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campaign. On 21 November 2017, he was appointed at the helm of

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club

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, in place of

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. On 27 November 2018, he was hired as head coach of

club AlbinoLeffe, with the team in the relegation zone. On 4 July 2019, he was hired as head coach of his former club, freshly relegated

club,

. On 1 March 2020, he was fired by Chievo, with the team in 8th place. On 2 November 2020, he signed with

club

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. He was fired on 14 December 2020 after the club gained 4 points in 7 games under his helm. On 5 July 2021, Marcolini returned to AlbinoLeffe. After completing the season with the Lombardian club, he was dismissed on 24 May 2022. On 15 December 2022, Marcolini was hired as the new head coach of the

, succeeding

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to the role, agreeing a contract until the end of 2024.

Honours

Player

;Atalanta *

: 2005–06 ;Chievo Verona *

: 2007–08

Coach

; Alessandria *

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: 2017–18

References

External links

Statistics

Gazzetta Dello Sport profile
1975 births Living people People from Savona Italian footballers Italian football managers S.S.C. Bari players L.R. Vicenza players Atalanta B.C. players A.C. ChievoVerona players Calcio Padova players F.C. Lumezzane V.G.Z. A.S.D. players Association football midfielders Serie A players Serie B players U.C. AlbinoLeffe managers Serie B managers Serie C managers Footballers from Liguria Sportspeople from the Province of Savona Malta national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Malta {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub