Antonio Di Salvo

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Antonio Di Salvo
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Di Salvo in 2021
Personal information
Full name Antonio Di Salvo [1]
Date of birth (1979-06-05) 5 June 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Paderborn, West Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Germany U21 (manager)
Youth career
1985–1991 BV Bad Lippspringe
1991–2000 SC Paderborn
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–2000 SC Paderborn 53 (16)
2000–2001 Bayern Munich (A) 44 (29)
2000–2001 Bayern Munich 6 (0)
2002–2006 Hansa Rostock 112 (20)
2006–2009 1860 Munich 65 (11)
2010 Kapfenberger SV 7 (0)
Total287(76)
Managerial career
2021– Germany U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio Di Salvo (born 5 June 1979) is a German football manager and former forward. He is the manager of the Germany U21 national team.

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Playing career

Di Salvo began his senior career with played with his local club SC Paderborn from 1996 to 2000. He had a brief stints with Bayern Munich from 2000 to 2001, before moving to Hansa Rostock until 2006. He transferred to 1860 Munich shortly after. After scoring eight goals in the 2007–08 season, he suffered a knee injury that kept him out of football for a while. He ended his career with Kapfenberger SV, making seven appearances in 2010.[ citation needed ]

Managerial career

After his playing career, Di Salvo worked on his coaching badges and worked as assistant with the Bayern Munich U17 from 2011 to 2013. He was named the assistant for the Germany U19s shortly thereafter in 2013. In 2016, he was named the assistant manager for the Germany U21s under Stefan Kuntz, and held the post for five years. He formally passed his coaching license in 2018, receiving a DFB manager license. [2] On 23 September 2021, Di Salvo was named the manager for the Germany U21s, as Kuntz left to manage the Turkey national team. [3]

Personal life

Born in Germany, Di Salvo is of Italian descent with roots in Sicily. [4]

Honours

Bayern Munich

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References

  1. "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Germany (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 7. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. "DFB vergibt 25 neue Fußball-Lehrer-Lizenzen". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
  3. "Antonio Di Salvo neuer U 21-Trainer". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. 23 September 2021.
  4. Zeitung, Süddeutsche. "U21-Trainer Kuntz über Italien: Lässt sich hier aushalten". Süddeutsche.de.