Vincenzo Torrente (born 12 February 1966) is an Italian

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coach and former defender, currently working as head coach of club

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Playing career

After starting his career at minor league club Nocerina, Torrente joined

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at the age of 19. He quickly became a mainstay for the club, spending 15 consecutive seasons with the ''Rossoblu'' at both Serie A and Serie B level, playing also at European level during the

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period in the early 1990s. He left Genoa in 2000, after having collected more than 400 games with the club, in order to join

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, where he ended his career in 2011 at the age of 35.

Coaching career

After retirement, Torrente became a coach and promptly returned to Genoa, heading the ''Allievi Nazionali'' (under-17 youth squad). Later in 2002 he was appointed as caretaker coach together with Rino Lavezzini in what turned out to be a troublesome season that ultimately ended in relegation (then annulled due to the so-called

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) for the club. He then returned working as youth coach for Genoa until 2009, when his former boss

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offered him a head coaching post at

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club

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. Under his two-year tenure, Gubbio achieved a surprising feat of two consecutive promotions, thus reaching

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in June 2011 as league champions. In June 2011 he left Gubbio to become new head coach at

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, again at Serie B level. On 13 December 2018, he signed with

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club

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. He left Sicula Leonzio at the end of the 2018–19 season. On 16 October 2019, he returned to the club he had the most success with,

, now in the

. After three positive seasons in charge of Gubbio, on 17 June 2022 the club terminated Torrente's contract. On 13 December 2022, Torrente was hired as the new head coach of Serie C club

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Torrente, Vincenzo 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Salerno Italian footballers Association football defenders Serie A players Serie B players A.S.G. Nocerina players Genoa C.F.C. players U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912 players Italian football managers Genoa C.F.C. managers S.S.C. Bari managers U.S. Cremonese managers Calcio Padova managers Serie B managers Serie C managers Footballers from Campania