Gianluca Atzori

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Gianluca Atzori
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-03-06) 6 March 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Collepardo, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1990 Lodigiani 21 (0)
1990–1991 Torino 0 (0)
1991–1993 Ternana 50 (0)
1993–1996 Perugia 63 (1)
1996–1997 Reggina 24 (0)
1997–2001 Ravenna 110 (7)
2001–2003 Empoli 35 (3)
2003–2004 Palermo 17 (0)
Managerial career
2004 Parma (assistant)
2005–2006 Lecce (assistant)
2007–2008 Catania (assistant)
2008–2009 Ravenna
2009 Catania
2010–2011 Reggina
2011 Sampdoria
2013 Spezia
2013 Reggina
2013–2014 Reggina
2015 Siena
2017 Pistoiese
2017–2018 Pro Vercelli
2019–2020 Imolese
2021–2023 Floriana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gianluca Atzori (born 6 March 1971) is an Italian football manager and former player.

Contents

Career

Playing

Atzori started his professional playing career with Rome-based Serie C side Lodigiani in 1988, then playing mostly at Serie B level with several teams, including Perugia, Reggina and most notably Ravenna, where he spent a total four season. In 2001, he joined Empoli, being protagonist of the Tuscans' successful 2001–02 Serie B campaign which saw the team being crowned league winners under head coach Silvio Baldini. He then played another season with Empoli, in his personal first (and only) Serie A season. In 2003, he followed Silvio Baldini at Palermo, who later won the Serie B title in 2003–04; he played only 17 league games out of 46 with the rosanero, being relegated to the bench after Silvio Baldini's dismissal from the head coaching post.

Coaching

After being released by Palermo in June 2004, Atzori chose to retire from football and instead focus in a management career, becoming Silvio Baldini's assistant at Parma. He then followed again Baldini also in his unsuccessful stints at Lecce (2005–06) and Catania (2007–08), both ended in his boss and mentor being sacked in mid-season. However, after Baldini was sacked from Catania in April 2008, Atzori decided instead to stay under new boss Walter Zenga. [1]

In June 2008 Atzori left Catania to accept a head coaching offer from Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Ravenna, a team where he had already spent four seasons as a player. He guided Ravenna through a very impressive season and qualification into promotion playoffs, where Ravenna was defeated by Padova in the semi-finals. [1]

On 10 June 2009 Atzori accepted to return at Catania, this time as head coach, for the upcoming 2009–10 season, thus replacing his former head coach Walter Zenga at the helm of the rossoazzurri. [1] [2] However, his time back at Catania lasted only fifteen games, as he was dismissed on 8 December due to poor results. [3]

On 16 June 2010 Serie B club Reggina announced Gianluca Atzori as the club's new head coach, replacing Roberto Breda. [4]

On 9 June 2011 Atzori was named as the new head coach of Sampdoria have been relegated to Serie B, signing a two-year contract. [5] After a disappointing start of season, with Sampdoria in seventh place despite being tipped as one of the main direct promotion candidates during pre-season, Atzori was ultimately sacked on 13 November 2011. [6]

On 4 January 2013 he was named new coach of Spezia in Serie B en place of the sacked Michele Serena. His stint was however short-lived as he was sacked weeks later due to poor results and replaced by Luigi Cagni.

In June 2013 he was named as the new head coach of Serie B club Reggina, thus marking a personal second stint of his at the Calabrian club. [7] He was sacked in October 2013 and replaced by Fabrizio Castori, but reinstated in December 2013. [8]

He successively served as head coach of Serie B club Pro Vercelli from December 2017 to January 2018, in a short but unsuccessful stint in charge of the Bianche Casacche.

On 27 September 2019 he was hired by Serie C club Imolese. [9] He left Imolese at the end of the 2019–20 season.

On 17 June 2021 Atzori has been appointed as head coach of the Maltese Premier League side Floriana. [10] On 10 May 2023, after two years with the Maltese club during which he won the 2021–22 Maltese FA Trophy, Atzori parted ways with Floriana. [11] He successively declared to have left the club due to unpaid wages, not having received a salary since January 2023, despite still having another year of contract with Floriana. [12]

Honours

Manager

Floriana

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References

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  2. ↑ "Gianluca Atzori è il nuovo allenatore del Catania" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 10 June 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "Sinisa Mihajlovic è il nuovo allenatore del Catania" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "Atzori alla Reggina. Lunedi' la presentazione" (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. 16 June 2010. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "Gianluca Atzori è il nuovo tecnico" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "U.C. SAMPDORIA: COMUNICATO STAMPA 13 NOVEMBRE 2011" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 13 November 2011. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "LA REGGINA RIPARTE DA GIANLUCA ATZORI" [REGGINA STARTS AGAIN WITH GIANLUCA ATZORI] (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 21 June 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Reggina: in panchina torna Atzori" [Reggina: Atzori back on the bench] (in Italian). Gazzetta dello Sport. 3 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "COMUNICATO STAMPA" (Press release) (in Italian). Imolese. 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  10. ↑ Busuttil, Antoine (17 June 2021). "FLORIANA FC APPOINT GIANLUCA ATZORI AS THEIR NEW COACH" . Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Floriana FC part ways with coach Gianluca Atzori". Sportsdesk.com.mt. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "I left Floriana due to unpaid wages, Atzori says". Sportsdesk.com.mt. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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