Paolo Bianco

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Paolo Bianco
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Umberto Del Core, Orazio Russo, Cristian Silvestri and Paolo Bianco during a training of Catania Calcio, in Massannunziata
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-08-20) 20 August 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Foggia, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Foggia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1999 Foggia 98 (1)
1999–2004 Treviso 148 (6)
2004–2006 Catania 72 (2)
2006–2009 Cagliari 91 (4)
2009–2010 Atalanta 21 (0)
2010–2015 Sassuolo 96 (0)
International career
1998 Italy U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Sassuolo Primavera (assistant) [1]
2016–2017 Sassuolo (assistant)
2017–2018 Siracusa
2018 Leonzio
2019–2021 Sassuolo (technical coach)
2021–2022 Shakhtar Donetsk (technical coach)
2022–2023 Juventus (technical coach)
2023–2024 Modena
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paolo Bianco (born 20 August 1977) is an Italian football coach and former footballer who played as a defender.

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Career

Foggia

Bianco started his career within the junior ranks of Foggia in the Italian Serie B. In 1994, he was promoted to the first team and began to make official league appearances for his hometown club. He did not manage to break into the club's starting line-up in his first season, making just 13 appearances. Eventually, he made well over 100 appearances for the club in all competitions and netted two official goals. He was transferred to the Serie B side Treviso in the summer of 1999 for an undisclosed transfer fee.

Treviso

Bianco's transfer to the northern club was a big step in the player's career, as he instantly became a key team member and eventually earned the captain's armband for his club. In his first season in Treviso, Bianco made 16 appearances and followed up with 22 starts the following season. However, his efforts were not enough to save his club from relegation, and he spent the next two seasons in the Serie C1. After 60 Serie C1 appearances, Bianco captained his team to promotion back into the Italian second division and made 44 appearances for the club that season, more than any other player in the team. After five seasons with the club, Bianco made 148 league appearances alone and scored six goals while making over 160 appearances for his club in all competitions. His good form led to a 2004 transfer to Serie B rivals Catania.

Catania

The player arrived at the Sicilian club in the summer of 2004. He became a regular fixture in the club's line-up and made 37 league appearances in his first season in Sicily. His impressive displays continued the following season as he made an additional 35 league appearances and helped guide the club to a second-place finish in the Serie B table and, hence, Serie A promotion. Despite helping to lead the club into the Serie A, the player was loaned to fellow Serie A side Cagliari in August 2006. [2]

Cagliari

Following his transfer from one Italian island to the other, the defender was instantly inserted into the Sardinian club's starting eleven. His Serie A debut came against his former side, Catania. In his first season in the top flight, Bianco made 35 league appearances and scored a solo goal. In June 2007, the club excised the rights to buy him. [3] His second season, proved to be much of the same as the player made 31 appearances as both a central defender and a right back.[ citation needed ] Bianco entered the 2008–09 Serie A campaign with just one year left on his contract. In January 2010, he signed a pre-contract with Atalanta. [4]

Atalanta

Bianco made the move to Bergamo following the expiration of his contract with Cagliari on 1 July 2009. In his first season with Atalanta, Bianco made 21 league appearances, with 20 coming from the starting XI. Despite a close relegation battle towards the end of the 2009–10 campaign, between Livorno, Siena, Atalanta, Chievo, Udinese and Bologna, his club failed in their efforts to avoid the bad fate. On 19 July 2010, his contract was terminated in mutual consent. [5]

Sassuolo

Bianco made his debut on Sassuolo's defeat against Portogruaro. Bianco was re-signed by Sassuolo on a one-year contract on 17 July 2014. [6]

Coaching career

He was appointed head coach of Leonzio in Serie C on 18 June 2018. [7] On 9 December 2018, he resigned from Sicula Leonzio, with the club in 10th place in the table. [8] In October 2019, Bianco was hired as a part of Roberto De Zerbi's first team technical staff at Sassuolo. [9]

After having worked as a technical collaborator for Juventus, on 14 June 2023, Bianco was unveiled as the new head coach of Serie B club Modena on a two-year contract. [10] He was dismissed on 13 April 2024 following a negative string of results. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ ESCLUSIVA - Bianco, bandiera del Sassuolo: "Un anno fa la nostra peggior partita contro la Lazio!"‚ lalaziosiamonoi.it, 16 October 2015
  2. ↑ "Bianco: "Giampaolo è una garanzia"". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 26 August 2006. Retrieved 27 October 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Biondini e Bianco sono del Cagliari". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 20 June 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ Losapio, Andrea (8 January 2009). "Atalanta, Bianco arriva a giugno". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "MERCATO NERAZZURRO". Atalanta BC (in Italian). 19 July 2010. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Aggiornamenti dal calciomercato" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Bianco allenatore della Sicula Leonzio". Sicula Leonzio (in Italian). 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Dimissioni Paolo Bianco e squadra in ritiro" [Paolo Bianco resignation] (in Italian). Sicula Leonzio. 9 December 2018.
  9. ↑ Con Paolo Bianco si amplia lo staff tecnico di mister De Zerbi [ permanent dead link ], sassuolocalcio.it, 11 October 2019
  10. ↑ "PAOLO BIANCO: BENVENUTO A MODENA" (in Italian). Modena F.C. 2018. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE MODENA F.C." (in Italian). Modena FC 2018. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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