Stefano Colantuono

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Stefano Colantuono
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Personal information
Date of birth (1962-10-23) 23 October 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Salernitana (head coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1983 Velletri 46 (2)
1983–1984 Ternana 16 (3)
1984–1985 Arezzo 36 (1)
1985–1986 Pisa 24 (0)
1986–1988 Avellino 53 (2)
1988–1989 Como 23 (1)
1989–1991 Ascoli 38 (0)
1991–1992 BNL Roma ( futsal ) ? (?)
1992–1993 Frosinone 27 (1)
1993–1994 Fermana 28 (5)
1994–1995 Sambenedettese 25 (2)
1995–1999 Maceratese 112 (6)
1999–2000 Sestrese 34 (2)
2000–2002 Sambenedettese 31 (5)
Managerial career
2002–2003 Sambenedettese
2003–2004 Catania
2004–2005 Perugia
2005–2007 Atalanta
2007 Palermo
2008 Palermo
2009 Torino
2010 Torino
2010–2015 Atalanta
2015–2016 Udinese
2016–2017 Bari
2017–2018 Salernitana
2021–2022 Salernitana
2024– Salernitana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefano Colantuono (born 23 October 1962) is an Italian football professional football manager and former player, who played as a defender, currently in charge as head coach of Salernitana.

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Playing career

Colantuono, a centre back, started his playing career for Serie D side Velletri in 1981. In 1983, he moved to Ternana of Serie C1, then Arezzo of Serie B, and finally made his Serie A debut for Pisa. He played in Serie A until 1990 for several teams. In 1991, he accepted to play in the national futsal league for BNL Roma, winning a scudetto. Following this experience, Colantuono played mostly at lower levels, especially Serie C2 and Serie D, and even Eccellenza for Sambenedettese in 1994–95. After many experiences in different Italian regions, Colantuono returned to play for Sambenedettese in November 2000, leading his team to an immediate promotion to Serie C2.

Managerial career

The 2001–02 Serie C2 season for Sambenedettese was going to be very hard, with two coaches fired. After the sack of the third coach Enrico Nicolini, Colantuono, a player for the team, was appointed to manage Sambenedettese together with Gabriele Matricciani for the last nine matches. Surprisingly, Colantuono managed to win all these nine matches, leading his team to a fifth place, qualifying and successively even winning the promotion playoffs.

Colantuono's Serie C1 coaching debut, during the 2002–03 season, ended in another fifth place, securing a place in the promotion playoff, then lost to Pescara. In the meanwhile, Luciano Gaucci, owner of Sambenedettese, Serie B team Catania and Serie A team Perugia at the time, appointed Colantuono at the helm of the Sicilian side. Again, supported by Matricciani because of his lack of a regular coaching license, Colantuono led Catania to a reasonably good season in ninth place. In 2004–05, after the Gaucci family sold Catania, Colantuono was finally authorized to act as the first team coach, signed for Perugia, and was just relegated to Serie B. He led the team to a spot in the promotion playoff, then lost to Torino. After the cancellation of Perugia, in 2005–06 Colantuono accepted the offer of Atalanta, leading the nerazzurri to a clear Serie B win. In the 2006–07 season, he led Atalanta to an eighth-place finish in the Serie A table. [1]

On 31 May 2007, he was announced as the new Palermo head coach to replace Francesco Guidolin. [2] However, after a number of unimpressive performances ended by a crushing 5–0 loss to Juventus persuaded club chairman Maurizio Zamparini to sack him on 26 November 2007. [3] He was once again recalled on 24 March 2008 to replace Guidolin as head coach of Palermo. [4] However, Colantuono was sacked again after just one game of the 2008–09 season, and was replaced by Davide Ballardini on 4 September.

On 15 June 2009, he was appointed as the new head coach of Torino, replacing Giancarlo Camolese. He guided the granata through their 2009–10 Serie B campaign, with the aim to promptly lead the historical Turin club back into the top flight. [5] He was however fired on 29 November due to poor results and replaced by Mario Beretta. [6] On 10 January 2010 he was then reappointed as head coach to replace Beretta himself. [7] He announced his resignation after losing the promotion playoff finals to Brescia, contemporaneously confirming he was in talks for the vacant coaching post at his previous club Atalanta. [8] Colantuono's comeback at Atalanta was officially announced the next day. [9] Under his tenure, Atalanta promptly won the "Cadetti" and promotion back to Serie A in his first season in charge during the 2010–11 Serie B season.

Colantuono led Atalanta's successful return to the top flight during the 2011–12 Serie A season, [1] resulting in a comfortable 12th-place finish, despite the club beginning the season with a six-point deduction for its involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal. An additional deduction of 2 points followed before the 2012–13 Serie A season; however, Colantuono still managed to guide Atalanta to safety with a 15th-place finish. Keeping with their manager for the 2013–14 Serie A campaign, Coulantuono secured 11th place and some impressive performances, including victories of local rivals Internazionale and A.C. Milan. Before the start of the 2014–15 Serie A season, Coulantuono committed his future to Atalanta; however, the season did not go well and after a poor run of form he was dismissed on 4 March 2015 and replaced by Edy Reja, [10] leaving Atalanta only 3 points above the relegation zone. He took up the head coach position soon after at Udinese. [11]

He then guided Bari from November 2016 until June 2017, only achieving twelfth place with one of the clubs more widely expected to fight for a promotion spot. He was subsequently appointed head coach of Salernitana in December 2017, taking over from Alberto Bollini, guiding the club to a mid-table finish.

After being confirmed in charge of Salernitana for the 2018–19 season, Colantuono resigned on 18 December 2018 after three consecutive defeats, leaving the promotion hopefuls in a mid-table position in the league table. [12]

In September 2020 he accepted a non-coaching managerial role at his former club Sambenedettese, being appointed as technical director. [13] He was removed from his role on 11 January 2021. [14]

On 17 October 2021, he was appointed new head coach of his former team Salernitana, replacing Fabrizio Castori and taking over with the club being at the bottom of the 2021–22 Serie A table. [15] He was removed from his managerial duties on 15 February 2022, a few weeks after a club takeover, after failing to improve the club's fortunes. [16] On 8 August 2022, he was re-hired by Salernitana as the club's new youth system chief. [17]

On 19 March 2024, Colantuono was appointed as head coach of Salernitana until the end of the season following the dismissal of Fabio Liverani. [18]

Managerial statistics

As of 25 May 2024 [19]
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Sambenedettese 1 March 20021 July 200357301898547+38052.63
Catania 1 July 20031 July 2004492014156054+6040.82
Perugia 1 July 200430 June 2005492512126438+26051.02
Atalanta 30 June 20057 June 20078842232313399+34047.73
Palermo 7 June 200726 November 2007155641822−4033.33
Palermo 25 March 20084 September 2008103251014−4030.00
Torino 15 June 200929 November 2009187562317+6038.89
Torino 10 January 201013 June 20102513753320+13052.00
Atalanta 14 June 20104 March 2015193734872228238−10037.82
Udinese 4 June 201514 March 201632106163248−16031.25
Bari 7 November 201613 June 201729910102629−3031.03
Salernitana 12 December 201718 December 2018411312164855−7031.71
Salernitana 17 October 202115 February 20221623111137−26012.50
Salernitana 19 March 2024Present9036922−13000.00
Total631252169210780740+40039.94

Honours

Manager

Atalanta

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