Diego Garzitto

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Diego Garzitto
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-01-19) 19 January 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Lestizza, Italy
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Al-Ittihad (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1971–1972 Louhans-Cuiseaux 30 (1)
1972–1973 Ajaccio 36 (0)
1973–1983 Louhans-Cuiseaux
Total66(1)
Managerial career
1984–1985 Louhans-Cuiseaux
1986–1992 Lons-le-Saunier
1992–1995 Besançon RC
1995–1996 Bourg-Péronnas
1996–1997 FC Vaulx-en-Velin
1998–1999 Jura Sud Lavans
2000 Chasselay
2001 Ethiopia U20
2001–2002 Mâcon
2002 Togo
2003–2004 TP Mazembe
2004–2006 Louhans-Cuiseaux
2006–2007 Ethiopia
2007–2009 Jura Sud Lavans
2009–2010 TP Mazembe
2010 Wydad Casablanca
2012–2013 Al-Hilal Omdurman
2013 CS Constantine
2014–2015 Al-Merrikh
2017 Al-Merrikh
2017–2018 Al-Ittihad
2020 FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Garzitto (born 19 January 1950) is a French football coach and former professional player.

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Playing career

Born in Italy, Garzitto was raised in France, and spent his entire professional career in his adopted nation, playing as a defender for CS Louhans-Cuiseaux and AC Ajaccio. [1]

Coaching career

After coaching in the lower-leagues of France, [2] Garzitto took charge of the under-20 national team of Ethiopia, leaving that position in August 2001. [3] He then took charge of the national team of Togo in July 2002, leaving two months later. [4] After returning to French club football for a period, Garzitto took charge of Ethiopia in December 2006, resigning two months later. [5] Garzitto later led the Congolese side TP Mazembe to the 2009 CAF Champions League title, [6] before later coaching Moroccan side Wydad Casablanca. [7]

He became manager of Sudanese club Al-Merrikh in December 2014. [8] He won the 2015 Sudan Premier League and 2015 Sudan Cup, and reached the semi-finals of 2015 CAF Champions League for the first time in the club's history, only losing to the eventual champions TP Mazembe. [9] He left the club in November 2015 due to late salary payments. [9]

In January 2017, he came back to manage Al-Merrikh in a hope to retrieve money allegedly owed to him. [10] In August, he became manager of Libyan club Al-Ittihad. [11]

He became the manager of Libyan club Al-Ittihad in August 2017. He became the manager of Saint-Eloi Lupopo in April 2020. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN   2-7384-6608-7.
  2. ↑ "Tpmazembe.com :: Entente Urbaine de Football de Lubumbashi". Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Garzitto's time is up". BBC Sport. 30 August 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Togo coach Garzitto resigns". BBC Sport. 17 September 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Garzitto quits as Ethiopia coach". BBC Sport. 4 February 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  6. ↑ Steve Vickers (7 November 2009). "Mazembe clinch Champs Lge title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Moroccan champions fire coach Diego Garzitto". BBC Sport. 2 January 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  8. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (5 December 2014). "Al Merreikh appoint Diego Garzitto as coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  9. 1 2 "المريخ السوداني يعلن رسميا رحيل الفرنسي جارزيتو". kooora (in Arabic). 30 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "جارزيتو: المال سبب رحيلي عن المريخ". kooora (in Arabic). 23 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "الاتحاد الليبي يعلن عن مدربه الجديد". kooora (in Arabic). 30 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Diego Garzitto : nouvel entraineur du FC Saint Eloi Lupopo". 13 April 2020.


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