Brunello Iacopetta

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Brunello Iacopetta
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-10-28) 28 October 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Team information
Current team
Aarau (manager)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2002–2009 Frauenfeld (youth)
2009–2012 Wil (youth)
2013–2020 St. Gallen (youth)
2020–2021 Rapperswil-Jona
2021–2024 Wil
2024– Aarau

Brunello Iacopetta (born 28 October 1984) [1] is an Italian-Swiss football manager who is the manager of Aarau. He also holds Italian citizenship.

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Managerial career

Iacopetta began his career managing various youth teams of FC Frauenfeld in 2002, before switching to FC Wil youth in 2009. He consequently worked his way up the youth teams of FC St. Gallen, starting with the U-16s up to the U-21 team, before being announced as the manager of Promotion League team FC Rapperswil-Jona in 2020. [2]

In November 2021, he replaced Alex Frei as manager of FC Wil. [3] [4]

On 20 May 2024, Iacopetta signed a three-year contract with Aarau. [5]

Managerial statistics

As of 31 August 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNat.FromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Rapperswil-Jona Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 8 September 20208 November 20213214810043.75
Wil Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 9 November 202130 June 2024100362539036.00
Aarau Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 19 July 2024Present7223028.57
Total139523552037.41

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References

  1. Brunello Iacopetta coach profile at Soccerway
  2. "FC Wil: Brunello Iacopetta Neuer Trainer" (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  3. "Trainerwechsel: FC Wil denkt langfristig". Hallowil.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  4. "Fussball: Brunello Iacopetta ist neuer Trainer des FC Wil 1900". St.Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  5. "Brunello Iacopetta wird neuer FCA-Cheftrainer" [Brunello Iacopetta becomes new FCA head coach] (in German). FC Aarau. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.