Antonio Di Gennaro

Antonio Di Gennaro ( born October 5, 1958 in Florence ) is an Italian former football player and coach.

During his playing career he played mostly as a playmaker in midfield.

Career

In the club

Antonio Di Gennaro began his career at Fiorentina, for which he / 77 18 -year-old made ​​his Serie A debut in 1976. Although the Fiorentina was occupied on the playmaker position with Giancarlo Antognoni more than good, Di Gennaro came into the following seasons regularly used. Nevertheless, he joined the 1980/81 season for AC Perugia, but with which he descended in the B series.

For the season 1981/82 Antonio Di Gennaro went to Hellas Verona, who also played in Serie B. Osvaldo Bagnoli, who took over as coach at the Gentlemen of Verona in the summer of 1981, led the team right away for promotion to the Serie A. Under him was Di Gennaro regulars and has become one of the pillars of the team. After the ranks of four 1982/83 and six in 1983/84 Hellas Verona won in the 1984/85 season surprisingly the Italian championship. Giuseppe Di Gennaro was next Galderisi, Roberto Tricella, Preben Elkjær Larsen and Hans -Peter Briegel doing one of the key figures in Bagolis team.

In 1988 Hellas Verona ran into financial difficulties and was forced to give some important players. Antonio Di Gennaro then moved to Bari, for whom he played until 1991, in the series as 1988/89 he joined the club from Apulia to Serie A. In the following two seasons you could keep it there. In 1991, the SS Barletta Calcio Di Gennaro in the Serie C1, where he ended his active career in 1992.

In the National Team

In 1979, Antonio Di Gennaro was appointed to the squad of the Italian U- 21 team. For this, and for the Olympic team, for which he was nominated, however, he did not play.

His debut in the Italian national team gave the midfielder on November 3, 1984 Enzo Bearzot 's 1-1 draw against Switzerland. As a result, he was a regular force of the Azzurri and was also appointed to the squad for the FIFA World Cup 1986 in Mexico. At the tournament Di Gennaro completed all four games and retired with his team in the second round 0-2 against France from.

After the World Cup he was never recalled to the Squadra Azzurra. Overall, Di Gennaro played 15 times by Italy, where he scored four goals.

After the active career

After the end of his playing career Antonio Di Gennaro worked in the management of Fiorentina. After sporting crisis that led to the dismissal of the then coach Fatih Terim, he left the club in 2001 in the direction of AC Milan, where he briefly worked as a coach Terim.

Thereafter, Di Gennaro TV commentator.

Achievements

  • Italian Champion: 1984 /85 ( with Hellas Verona)
  • Italian Serie B Championship: 1981 /82 ( with Hellas Verona)
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