Domenico Botticella

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Domenico Botticella
Personal information
Full name Domenico Botticella
Date of birth (1976-03-02) 2 March 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Casertana (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1995–1997 Foggia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2000 Foggia 34 (0)
1997–1998Chieti (loan) 11 (0)
2000–2005 Salernitana 73 (0)
2005–2006 Manfredonia 1 (0)
2006–2007 Catanzaro 33 (0)
2007–2008 Paganese 34 (0)
2008–2009 Sorrento 15 (0)
2009 Arezzo 7 (0)
2010–2011 Cavese 2 (0)
2011–2013 Foggia 10 (0)
2013 Canosa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 2005

Domenico Botticella (born 2 March 1976 in San Giovanni Rotondo) is an Italian football coach and former player, who used to play as a goalkeeper. He is the current goalkeeping coach of Casertana.

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Playing career

Botticella played in Serie B with Salernitana between 2000 and 2005. In his last season, he competed for a starting spot with Marco Ambrosio and Alex Brunner.

He also played for Foggia in Serie C1 and Serie C2.

Before joining Paganese, he played for Manfredonia of Serie C1 and Catanzaro of Serie C2.

On 28 July 2011, he joined Foggia on a free transfer after being released by Cavese. [1]

In 2013 Botticella joined Apulian Prima Categoria amateur club Canosa. [2]

Coaching career

After retirement, Botticella embarked on a career as a goalkeeping coach, working alongside his former boss Delio Rossi in a number of clubs such as Levski Sofia, Palermo and Ascoli.

On 29 December 2022, he was hired as the new goalkeeping coach of Serie D club Casertana following the appointment of Vincenzo Cangelosi, former Zdeněk Zeman right-hand man, as new head coach. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "UFFICIALE: AGODIRIN, BOTTICELLA E CRUZ SONO ROSSONERI" [Agodirin, Botticella, and Cruz join red-and-blacks]. CalcioFoggia (in Italian). 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018.
  2. "Domenico Botticella ricomincia dalla Prima Categoria pugliese" [Domenico Botticella has a fresh start in the Puglia Prima Categoria]. Calcio Foggia (in Italian). 6 April 2013.
  3. "VINCENZO CANGELOSI NUOVO ALLENATORE DELLA CASERTANA" (in Italian). Casertana F.C. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  4. "Babù e Botticella, lo staff dello zemaniano Cangelosi si arricchisce con due fedelissimi per rilanciare la Casertana" (in Italian). SerieD24.com. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.