Massimo Silva

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Massimo Silva
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-08-24) 24 August 1951 (age 72)
Place of birth Pinarolo Po, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Vastese (head coach)
Youth career
Internazionale
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1968–1971 Internazionale 0 (0)
1969–1970Monza (loan) 0 (0)
1970–1971Rovereto (loan) 23 (7)
1971–1972 Cremonese 22 (9)
1972 Lazio 0 (0)
1972–1976 Ascoli 108 (23)
1976–1977 Milan 20 (4)
1977–1979 Monza 70 (30)
1979–1982 Pescara 87 (19)
1982–1983 Sambenedettese 23 (4)
1983–1984 Messina 20 (1)
1984–1986 Monopoli 40 (5)
Managerial career
1988–1989 Comunanza
1989–1990 Martinsicuro
1990–1991 Grottazzolina
1991–1994 Maceratese
1994–1996 Ternana
1996–1998 Benevento
1998–1999 Sambenedettese
2001 Taranto
2001–2002 Sant'Anastasia
2002–2003 Frosinone
2003–2004 Cavese
2004–2006 Ascoli
2007–2009 Brindisi
2010 Casarano
2011–2013 Ascoli
2013 Ascoli
2014 Grosseto
2015 Grosseto
2017 Campobasso
2018–2019 Isernia
2020 Vastese
2020 Vastese
2022 Grosseto
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Massimo Silva (born 24 August 1951) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.

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Career

Player

He has played four seasons (90 games, 16 goals) in the Serie A for Ascoli Calcio 1898, A.C. Milan and Delfino Pescara 1936. He scored the goal in the first round of the 1976–77 UEFA Cup that put A.C. Milan past FC Dinamo București.

Coach

As a coach, he mostly managed lower-level teams, except for two seasons with Ascoli Calcio 1898, including one in the Serie A as the formal head coach tutoring for actual manager Marco Giampaolo, who did not possess the UEFA Pro coaching licence at the time.

On November 2, 2011 he was appointed head coach of Serie B club Ascoli Calcio 1898. [1] He was sacked on 20 March 2013 and replaced by Rosario Pergolizzi, but on 13 April 2013 he was reinstated as manager. [2]

In 2014, he took over at Lega Pro club Grosseto, serving on two stints during the 2014–15 season (August to November 2014, then March to June 2015). He then served at Serie D level for Campobasso (from February to June 2017) and Isernia (2018–19 season).

On 28 January 2020 he was named new head coach of Serie D club Vastese, replacing Marco Amelia. [3] He left the club at the end of the 2019–20 season and then was hired again on 5 September 2020. [4] He was fired by Vastese on 26 December 2020. [5]

He successively worked as the head coach of Serie D club Grosseto from July [6] to September 2022. [7]

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References

  1. "ASCOLI: VIA CASTORI, SILVA NUOVO TECNICO" (in Italian). Campionato Serie A. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  2. "Ascoli:esonerato Pergolizzi, torna Silva" (in Italian). Gazzetta dello Sport. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. "UFFICIALE: Vastese, esonerato Amelia. Silva nuovo tecnico" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  4. "Bentornato mister Massimo Silva!" (in Italian). Vastese. 5 September 2020.
  5. "La Vastese Calcio comunica di aver sollevato dall'incarico l'allenatore Massimo Silva" (in Italian). Vastese. 26 December 2020.
  6. "E' Massimo Silva il nuovo mister dell'Us Grosseto" (in Italian). MaremmaNews. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  7. "Grosseto, ufficiale l'esonero di Silva: il nuovo allenatore è un ex Napoli" (in Italian). SerieD24.com. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2023.