Francesco Magnanelli

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Francesco Magnanelli
Personal information
Full name Francesco Magnanelli [1]
Date of birth (1984-11-12) 12 November 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Umbertide, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Juventus (technical collaborator)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2002 Gubbio 15 (0)
2002–2003 Chievo 0 (0)
2003–2004 Fiorentina 0 (0)
2004–2005 Sangiovannese 7 (0)
2005–2022 Sassuolo 448 (8)
Total470(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francesco Magnanelli (born 12 November 1984) is an Italian football coach and former player, currently in charge as a technical collaborator for Juventus.

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A midfielder in his playing days, he is the all-time record appearance holder for Sassuolo. [2]

Playing career

Throughout his club career, Magnanelli has played for several Italian sides: he began his career with Gubbio in 2000, and later played for Chievo, Fiorentina, and Sangiovannese, before joining Sassuolo in 2005, where he helped the team from Serie C2 to Serie A promotion; he won the Serie C1 and Serie B titles with the club in 2008 and 2013 respectively, and was later named the team's captain. [3] [4] In June 2015 he signed a new two-year contract with Sassuolo. [5]

On 29 October 2019, Magnanelli was given a one-match ban for blasphemy during Serie A matches. Italy has a strict ban on taking God's name in vain. [6]

On 19 May 2022, Magnanelli announced his retirement from playing at the end of the season. [7]

Style of play

Magnanelli has been described as a talented, purposeful, humble and hard-working midfielder. He is usually deployed in the centre and is known in particular for his leadership and passing range, as well as his tactical awareness and reading of the game, in addition to his tenacity and ability to win back possession or intercept passes as a defensive midfielder. [4] [8]

Coaching career

After retirement, Magnanelli stayed at Sassuolo as part of Alessio Dionisi's first team coaching staff.

He left Sassuolo in the summer of 2023 to rejoin Massimiliano Allegri, a former manager of his, as his technical collaborator at Juventus. Since then, he has been hailed as a key appointment for the Bianconeri due to his fresh tactical ideas that were deemed as reminiscent of the playing style of Roberto De Zerbi, another former coach of his at Sassuolo, [9] and for having pushed towards different and more modern playing strategies involving key players such as Federico Chiesa and Dušan Vlahović. [10]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sangiovannese 2004–05 Serie C 7000——70
Sassuolo 2006–07 21110—20241
2007–08 29100—20311
2008–09 Serie B 37010——380
2009–10 38020—20420
2010–11 39210——402
2011–12 36020—10390
2012–13 40120——421
2013–14 Serie A 28000——280
2014–15 29120——311
2015–16 34110——351
2016–17 1510090—241
2017–18 32020——340
2018–19 26021——281
2019–20 22000——220
2020–21 10000——100
2021–22 12010——130
Total448817190704819
Career total455817190704889

Honours

Sassuolo [4] [11]

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  2. ↑ "Ten claims to fame: Sassuolo". UEFA.com. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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  5. ↑ "Ufficiali i rinnovi di Francesco Magnanelli e Alberto Pomini" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Serie A blasphemy bans: Francesco Magnanelli & Matteo Scozzarella suspended". BBC Sport. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "ULTIMA GARA IN CARRIERA PER FRANCESCO MAGNANELLI. SABATO LA CONFERENZA" (in Italian). Sassuolo. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  8. ↑ Luca Cetta (2 May 2016). "Euro 2016 Squad Selector: Magnanelli". Football Italia. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Chi è Magnanelli, la nuova mente della Juventus voluta da Allegri: c'è lo zampino di De Zerbi" (in Italian). Fanpage.it. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Juventus, l'estate americana e le idee di Magnanelli: così Allegri ha cambiato la filosofia bianconera" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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