Giuseppe Iachini (; born 7 May 1964) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who most recently managed

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club

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. He played as a

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Club career

Iachini was born in Ascoli Piceno. He started his playing career at

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, and made his

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and professional debut during the 1981–82 season, at the age of 17. He played for Ascoli until 1987, when he signed for

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. In 1989, Iachini moved to

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and played five seasons with the ''viola'', four of them in Serie A. From 1994 to 1996 he played for Palermo of

. After a single Serie B season with

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, in 1997 Iachini transferred to

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, where he played for three years, two of them in Serie A. He retired in 2001, after a Serie C1 season with Alessandria. As a player, he represented the

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Olympic side at the

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at international level, where they finished in fourth place.

Managerial career

Venezia

Iachini started his coaching career in October 2001, when he was called to coach

, despite not being in possession of a coaching license yet. Assisted by "official" head coach Alfredo Magni, Iachini left his position as assistant coach at

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in order to join Venezia, in spite of the Italian football regulation laws, and was successively disqualified for six months because of that. In the end, Venezia were relegated to

Cesena

In the 2002–03 season, Iachini coached

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of Serie C1, leading his team to a spot in the promotion playoffs.

Vicenza

In the 2003–04 season, Iachini moved at

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, in Serie B, where he managed a team composed mostly by youngsters and led them to a mid-table place.

Piacenza

He coached

, another Serie B club, from 2004–05 to 2006–07 with good results, including a notable fourth place, only behind Juventus,

Napoli Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

and

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, in his latest season with the ''biancorossi''.

Chievo Verona: promotion to Serie A

He was announced in June 2007 as new Chievo Verona boss for their 2007–08 Serie B campaign, and successfully led the ''gialloblu'' to become league champions and promptly mark their return in the top flight. On 4 November 2008, following an unimpressive start in the 2008–09 Serie A campaign, and two days after a 3–0 loss to Palermo, Iachini was dismissed from his coaching post by the club management.

Brescia: promotion to Serie A

On 4 October 2009, he was appointed new head coach of

outfit

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, replacing

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. Under his tenure, Brescia ended the regular season in third place, missing automatic promotion in the final game of the season. The team however went back to win the promotion playoffs and claim a place in the 2010–11 Serie A after defeating Torino F.C. in the finals. After a wave of bad results, resulting on the team's dropdown to the relegation zone near the winter, on 6 December 2010, he was sacked; However, he was called back at the helm of Brescia boss less than two months later, following the dismissal of his successor

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on 30 January 2011.

Sampdoria: promotion to Serie A

On 14 November 2011, Iachini was named as the new head coach of Sampdoria, after a disastrous start to the season in

, in place of the sacked

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. He charged the team, strongly depressed under the psychological profile and in winter market with radically revised to players motivated and adapted to the category. On 9 June 2012 the team, ranked only 6th in the league with an incredible recover, was promoted after playoffs to

defeating

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in the finals.

Siena

On 17 December 2012, Iachini was appointed the new coach of

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in place of the sacked Serse Cosmi. He left the club by the end of the season.

Palermo

On 25 September 2013, he was announced as new head coach of Palermo, a former team of his as a player, signing a two-year contract and taking over from dismissed

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. During his tenure, he succeeded in turning the Sicilians' fortunes and won his personal fourth top flight promotion, guiding Palermo to be crowned Serie B champions on 3 May, five matches before the end of season. He was successively confirmed as Palermo head coach for the upcoming 2014–15 Serie A season. He was sacked on 10 November 2015.Palermo: Iachini out, Ballardini in
/ref> Following a confusing period where Palermo owner Maurizio Zamparini appointed four different managers in a month after the sacking of

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, Iachini returned as manager of the club on 15 February 2016,Palermo bring back Beppe Iachini in seventh managerial change
/ref> but was sacked once again on 10 March.

Udinese

He was appointed manager of

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on 19 May 2016. He was sacked on 2 October 2016.

Sassuolo

On 27 November 2017, Iachini was named manager of

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following the sacking of Christian Bucchi. He left the club on 5 June 2018 by mutual consent.

Empoli

On 6 November 2018, he was appointed manager of Empoli, replacing Aurelio Andreazzoli who was sacked the day before. He was sacked on 13 March 2019.

Fiorentina

On 23 December 2019, Iachini was unveiled as the new manager of Fiorentina, his former club as a player. He succeeded Vincenzo Montella. On 9 November 2020, Iachini was sacked. On 24 March 2021, Iachini was rehired as Fiorentina manager after Cesare Prandelli resigned.

Parma

On 23 November 2021, Iachini returned into management as the new head coach of ambitious

club

, replacing

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. On 17 May 2022, after failing to ensure qualification to the promotion playoffs despite having been touted as title favourites before the start of the season, Parma announced their decision not to confirm Iachini as their manager.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Playing

; Ascoli *

: 1985–86 *

Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former Austria-Hunga ...

: 1986–87 ; Fiorentina *

: 1993–94

Managerial

; ChievoVerona *

: 2007–08 ; Palermo *

: 2013–14 ; Individual * Panchina d'Argento: 2007–08

References

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