Onofrio Barone (born 4 July 1964) is an Italian

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coach and former player.

Playing career

Barone started his career at hometown club

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, a club he left in 1986 after it went bankrupt. He then joined

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in 1987 after a single negative season at

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, and played 164 games in five seasons at the club, with whom he made his

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debut under the tenure of

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. In 1992, he joined

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, with whom he enjoyed a promotion to Serie A in his first season and another taste of top flight in 1993–94. He then won a personal third promotion to Serie A with

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in 1996, but only played at Serie B level and lower since then. This was then followed by a number of footballing seasons with several other teams, mostly from Southern Italy, including a comeback stint at Palermo under head coach

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. Barone retired in 2006 after playing a single season at

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club Carini, then coached by his friend and former Palermo teammate Rosario Compagno.

Coaching career

In 2007 Barone returned to

as assistant to head coach

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. In July 2009, he was appointed head coach of

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club Ibiza-Eivissa after recommendation of Materazzi himself, who was serving as managing director at the time; he however left by the end of the season after the club went bankrupt. In July 2011 he was announced as new member of the

youth coaching staff, working initially as assistant to Under-20 youth coach

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. On 31 August 2011, following Mangia's appointment as new Palermo caretaker, Barone was assigned first team duties too. He successively followed Mangia after the latter's appointment as new head coach of the

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between 2012 and 2013. He successively made a brief comeback at Palermo as part of the youth team during the 2018–19 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barone, Onofrio Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Palermo FC players ACR Messina players Calcio Foggia 1920 players SSC Bari players Lucchese 1905 players Hellas Verona FC players SSD FC Trapani 1905 players ASG Nocerina players Men's association football midfielders 1964 births Living people Italian football managers Footballers from Palermo