Salvatore "Sasà" Campilongo (born 1 August 1961) is an Italian

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manager and a former striker. He is currently managing

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in the

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league.

Playing career

Born in

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, Campilongo started his career with Juve Stabia, then joining

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in 1980 and making his

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debut on 4 May 1980 with the ''biancazzurri'' jersey. He successively played another Serie A season, this time with

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, in 1980–1981 with little success. He then went on to play for lower league teams from

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and Interregionale. He then returned into high level football with

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, being a protagonist of the ''rossoblus promotion to

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. He then spent his later years with

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in Serie B,

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in Serie C1, and more Serie C teams from

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and

before to retire in 2000.

Coaching career

In 2002 Campilongo was appointed head coach of

. In 2004, he went on to become

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boss, leading the Campanian team from

to a narrowly missed promotion to

. In 2007, he left Cavese to join

promotion hopefuls

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, only to be fired a few months later by the ''satanelli'' management. In October 2008,

low-table club

appointed Campilongo as new head coach; in his first weeks with the ''biancoverdi'', Campilongo led his new club to reviving, impressive results. However, financial troubles which ultimately led to the exclusion of Avellino from professional football in the summer 2009 prevented the team from ultimately escaping relegation, and the ''biancoverdi'' completed the league season in 21st place. In July 2009 Campilongo was appointed at the helm of ambitious Tuscan outfit

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, a team he was part of as a player from 1981 to 1983, with the aim to guide his new club back into the top flight. On 8 January 2011, he was named new head coach of relegation-threatened

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, taking over from Guido Carboni. On 7 January 2012, Campilongo was named new head coach of relegation-threatened Nocerina, taking over from

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, until 23 January 2012 when he rescinds the contract by mutual agreement with the company after two defeats in as many races and the last place in the ranking. On 6 July 2012, he was named new coach of

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; in January 2014 he was sacked from Ischia. On 2 July 2014, he signed to

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but about two months later, before the season, he rescinded the contract by mutual consent. On 24 November 2014, he became coach of

. In November 2015 he became coach of

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, but after about two months, is relieved. On 8 January 2017, he was appointed coach of Vibonese. On 17 September 2019, he returned to

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. He left Cavese at the end of the 2019–20 season. He returned at Cavese on 28 December 2020. He was sacked on 4 April 2021 after failing to overturn the club's fortunes, leaving Cavese at the bottom of the Serie C league table. On 14 December 2021, he took over the reins of Serie D club

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