Stefano Colantuono
Colantuono at Atalanta Bergamo
Stefano Colantuono ( born October 23, 1962 in Rome, Italy ) is a retired Italian footballer and current coach.
As a player, among other things, for the U.S. Avellino, Como Calcio Ascoli Calcio and active, he coached later, among others, U.S. Palermo, Catania Calcio and FC Turin. Currently Colantuono is engaged in second term at the first division club Atalanta.
Playing career
Stefano Colantuono went through in his career as a football player a variety of club stations. He began his career in 1980 at the Roman club VJS Velletri, who played but only at amateur level. There acted Stefano Colantuono, who was to find the position of a libero for three years until 1983. Afterwards he moved to third division Ternana Calcio. After a year in Terni, he went to AC Arezzo, where he was employed in the B series. After a year in Arezzo Colantuono changed again the club. This time he joined the SC Pisa, where he first played as a regular player in the Serie A class. The season 1985/86 ended for the SC Pisa, who had previously risen only from the second division, with the direct relegated again as third from bottom of the table.
Then left Stefano Colantuono the SC Pisa and joined the U.S. Avellino on, who was then at the height of his athletic achievements. Under coach Luís Vinício the province of Campania club reached the eighth place, what the best placement Avellino corresponded in its Erstligageschichte in Serie A 1986/87. Stefano Colantuono here was involved with as a regular player crucial. The following year, it was still so good for the U.S. Avellino and you had to stay after ten years of excellence in the B series. To date, Avellino failed to return to Italy's top flight football.
After the descent with Avellino Colantuono moved to Como Calcio. However, with the team from northern Italy as he dismounted from Serie A Table. Then went to Ascoli Calcio Colantuono. With the club from the brands he had just relegated to the second- highest division, his employer was in contrast to previous descents faithful and still played a year in the second division for Ascoli. With fourth place in Serie B and failed to re- ascent. During the ascent season Stefano Colantuono, however, had lost his place. Because of this, he entered initially from active football back and played for a year Futsal AS Roma.
From 1992 to Colantuono was traveling as a real football player on the playing fields of Italy again, but was unable to repeat his old performances. He played nurmehr for amateur teams in the lower Italian football leagues. In 2001, the Libero ended his career as a football player wearing the jersey of SS Sambenedettese Calcio at the age of 39 years and became a coach.
Coaching career
In Samebenedettese the coaching career of Stefano Colantuono began. In March 2002, he succeeded the dismissed Giovanni Mei at the club and completed the already initiated by his predecessor rise from Serie C2 to Serie C1. Also in the third division galangen the team of Stefano Colantuono good success. It was in Serie C1 2002/ 03 in Girona B in fifth and failed only in the playoffs for the second division promotion at later promoted Pescara Calcio 1-0 and 0-2. With the surprise success with Stefano Colantuono Samebenedettese was interesting for bigger clubs and was in the summer of 2003, an offer from the second division Catania Calcio, he accepted also. Colantuono led Catania to a ninth place in Serie B 2003/04. Nevertheless, the employment of Catania Calcio and Stefano Colantuono separated after the season. The coach took over in succession by Serse Cosmi as coach at just relegated from Serie A AC Perugia, he would have actually coached in Serie B 2004/ 05 for direct return to the Serie A. However Perugia did not get the license for the upcoming Erstligasaison due to massive financial problems and was forced to declare bankruptcy. It started under the name of Perugia Calcio new to the series C1. Stefano Colantuono but not more involved in coaching then, he left Perugia towards Bergamo.
In Atalanta Bergamo Stefano Colantuono became a successful coach. He led the club with a first place and for Bergamo club record significant 81 points in Serie B 2005/ 06 back in the top flight. Also in the Serie A team Atalanta Bergamo showed pleasing performance. With a ranking of fifty-eight points of the relegation had already been reached long before the end of the season and also again a new club record, this time in terms of the number of points obtained in the Italian first division, situated. Among other defeated Stefano Colantuonos team top teams such as AS Roma, AC Milan or Sampdoria and could primarily have in home games is very positive. With the success at Atalanta Bergamo Colantuono was of course also of interest to other clubs. Finally to 2007/08 season he signed a contract with the U.S. Palermo.
Stefano Colantuonos activities in Palermo was characterized by frequent coach dismissals. Between 2008 and 2009 he was presented a total of three times by club president Maurizio Zamparini as the new coach, but was dismissed three times after a few months. His shortest term in Sicily lasted only a few weeks before, after the first season game of the Serie A 2008/ 09, the sacking came. Similarly Colantuonos was time at FC Turin, where he trained in the sequence. Here he had served two terms in the series B and missed in his second term until the endgame, the rise Playoffs against Brescia Calcio made it into the series A. Then left Colantuono Torino and was appointed coach of his old club Atalanta.
Atalanta was previously relegated as Achtzehnter of the Italian first division. With coach Stefano Colantuono succeeded in Serie B 2010/11 with a comfortable first place with 79 points from 42 games and nine points ahead of a relegation place along with the AC Siena and Novara Calcio the rise. The rise was overshadowed by the involvement of Atalanta Bergamo in the Italian match-fixing scandal in 2010, where Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni proved to be involved. The club had to start as an effect of the scandal with a deduction of six points in the new season. Despite the negative points managed the club, relatively early and safely to avoid relegation at the end jumped out twelfth place, where you would have played without the point deduction for participation in the European Cup. These satisfactory results meant that Stefano Colantuonos was originally extended to 2012 in Bergamo already existing contract in February 2012 by two years until 2014.
Achievements
As a player
- Mitropa Cup: 1x
- Italian Futsal Championship: 1x
As a coach
- Series B: 2x