Raffaele Longo

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Raffaele Longo
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-09-06) 6 September 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lyon (assistant manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1998 Napoli 57 (0)
1998–2000 Parma 13 (0)
2000–2001 → Vicenza (loan) 10 (0)
2001–2006 Roma 0 (0)
2001–2002 → Palermo (loan) 8 (0)
2002–2003 → Florentia Viola (loan) 29 (2)
2003–2005 → Salernitana (loan) 70 (6)
2005–2006 → Torino (loan) 26 (4)
2006 Genoa 11 (1)
2007–2009 Modena 47 (9)
2010 Benevento 0 (0)
International career
1993–1995 Italy U17 10 (0)
1995 Italy U19 7 (1)
1996–2000 Italy U21 12 (3)
Managerial career
2022–2023 Padova (caretaker)
2023– Lyon (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raffaele Longo (born 6 September 1977) is an Italian football coach and former player who is assistant manager at Olympique Lyonnais.

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Playing career

Longo was born in Naples. A midfielder, he started his career with hometown club Napoli, making his debut in the 1994–95 Serie A season under head coach Vujadin Boškov. He left Napoli for Parma in 1998 and then Vicenza in 2000, and later went on to a career in the minor leagues of professional football.

With the Italy Olympic team, he won the 1997 Mediterranean Games on home soil.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Longo took on a coaching career, first as a technical collaborator to Cristiano Bergodi at Modena and Brescia and then as a youth coach at Bari.

In 2019, Longo joined Padova's coaching staff. On 21 February 2022, following the dismissal of head coach Massimo Pavanel, he was appointed caretaker in charge of the first team. [1] After having been in charge for a 1–1 home draw against Legnago, [2] he left his caretaker role on 24 February following the announcement of Massimo Oddo as the new manager. [3]

In October 2023 he sustained injuries from projectiles thrown at the team bus by opposing fans while serving as assistant to Lyon manager Fabio Grosso. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sollevato dall'incarico mister Massimo Pavanel ed il suo staff" (in Italian). Calcio Padova. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Serie C, Padova-Legnago 1-1: delusione per i biancoscudati" (in Italian). Corriere del Veneto. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Massimo Oddo è il nuovo allenatore del Calcio Padova" (in Italian). Calcio Padova. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Fabio Grosso: Lyon manager 'seriously injured' as team bus attacked in Marseille". BBC. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.


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