Personal information | |||
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Full name | Giovanni Battista Ignoffo | ||
Date of birth | 3 April 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Monreale, Italy | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Acireale (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1999 | Palermo | 38 | (0) |
1996–1997 | → Leffe (loan) | 29 | (0) |
2000 | Marsala | 13 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Avellino | 93 | (4) |
2003–2004 | Perugia | 14 | (1) |
2004–2005 | Napoli | 32 | (3) |
2005–2006 | Salernitana | 32 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Foggia | 60 | (3) |
2008–2010 | Benevento | 43 | (1) |
2010–2012 | Siracusa | 50 | (2) |
2012–2014 | Messina | 50 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2016–2017 | Benevento U19 | ||
2017–2019 | Palermo U17 | ||
2019 | Avellino | ||
2020–2021 | Siracusa | ||
2021 | San Luca | ||
2022–2023 | Acireale | ||
2023– | Ragusa | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Giovanni Battista Ignoffo (born 3 April 1977) is an Italian professional football manager and a former player, currently in charge as head coach of Serie D club Ragusa.
A defender, Ignoffo started his career in his native Sicily, making his professional debut with Palermo.
He played 14 games and scored 1 goal in the Serie A in the 2003–04 season for Perugia Calcio.
After retirement, he joined Benevento as a youth coach in 2014. He left Benevento in 2017 to become the Under-17 coach of Palermo.
On 1 August 2019 he was named new head coach of Serie C club Avellino, a former club of his as a player. [1] The season started well, with 3 victories in first 4 games and 5th spot in the standings. However, on 16 October 2019, Avellino dismissed him, with the club gaining 1 point in 5 latest games and dropping to 14th position in the table. [2]
On 18 August 2021, he was hired as a head coach by Serie D club San Luca. [3] After starting the season with three victories, the club then gained four ties and three losses in the following seven games, and Ignoffo was fired on 9 November 2021. [4]
On 27 December 2022, Ignoffo was confirmed as the new head coach of Serie D club Acireale. [5]
After completing the season with Acireale, on 25 June 2023 Ignoffo signed for fellow Serie D club Ragusa. [6]
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