Stefano Pioli

Stefano Pioli in 2012

Stefano Pioli (born 19 October 1965 Parma, Italy ) is an Italian football coach and former player.

Biography

Playing career

Pioli began his football career in his native city of Parma, he already played the youth for the resident AC Parma. In 1982 he was appointed to the first team that played at present in the C series. There he played until 1984 and was in his last season even celebrate promotion to the B series. He then signed for Italian champions Juventus. The first season with Juventus was highly successful, although the team was only sixth in Serie A, but to win the European Champions Cup. Finally, in the following season, he managed to become champion, and further because to win World Cup with Juventus. After another season he left Juventus and Hellas Verona joined them, for whom he played two years in Serie A. From there he moved to the 1989/90 season for Fiorentina. In Florence he spent a successful period and peaked in the first season, even the UEFA Cup final, which was against his former club, Juventus lost. In the coming years, Florence sank into mediocrity and had now risen from even to Serie B, but could ascend directly. In 1995 he walked away from Florence and moved to newly promoted from Padova and he left to Serie B after only a year and relegated again. Instead of playing in Serie B moved Pioli in the C series, where he played for two different clubs before he ended his active career in 1998.

Coaching career

A year after Pioli had ended his playing career was youth coach at FC Bologna. From there he moved after three years to AC Chievo Verona, where for a year he also worked as a youth coach. In 2003 he went as a coach in Serie B, and trained there Salernitana Calcio. After a weak season in Salernitana he went to Modena FC, ​​who also played in the B series. In Modena he remained for two years, but did not make the hoped-for promotion back to the Serie A. Pioli himself but made ​​the jump to Serie A, as he for the season 2006 /07 during his youth club, AC Parma hired. In the UEFA Cup with Parma succeeded him the Spring while in the round of 32, but in the series he was unsuccessful and was after a 0-3 defeat against AS Roma Claudio Ranieri replaced.

After he was released in Parma he went to the 2007-2008 season in the Serie B for U.S. Grosseto. He stayed there for one season before moving within the league to Piacenza Calcio. After Piacenza out to tenth place, he moved again within the League to U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. This he even led to fourth place and missed just three points adrift of Brescia Calcio the rise in short supply. On 10 June 2010 he was appointed head coach of AC Chievo Verona.

In Verona, but it kept Pioli only one season and already in June 2011 he was appointed as coach of Palermo the 2011/12 season unveiled. In the Sicilians Pioli signed a two-year contract with an option for a third year. After Pioli had already failed with Palermo in the third qualifying round of the Europa League FC Thun, he was on September 1, 2011 - even before the first league game - fired.

Achievements

  • Italian Championship: 1985/86
  • European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1984/85
  • World Cup: 1985
  • Italian Serie C Cup: 1983/84
Defender (association football) Hellas Verona F.C. US Fiorenzuola 1922 Modena F.C. U.S. Grosseto F.C. Lega Pro Prima Divisione 1984–85 Serie A 1984–85 European Cup 1985–86 Serie A 1986–87 Serie A 1989–90 Serie A 2006–07 Serie A 2006–07 UEFA Cup 2007–08 Serie B 2011–12 Serie A 2013–14 Serie A Gianluca Curci Mikael Antonsson Rolando Bianchi Davide Moscardelli Diego Laxalt Andrea Mantovani Michele Pazienza
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