Marco Giampaolo

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Marco Giampaolo
Personal information
Full name	Marco Giampaolo
Date of birth	2 August 1967
Place of birth	Bellinzona, Switzerland
Position	Manager
Club information
Current club	Cagliari
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1986-1990 1990-1992 1992-1993 1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997	Giulianova Gubbio Licata Siracusa Fidelis Andria Gualdo
Teams managed
2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2004 2004-2006 2006-	Pescara (assistant coach) Giulianova (assistant coach) Treviso (assistant coach) Ascoli (assistant coach) Cagliari
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Marco Giampaolo (born August 2, 1967 in Bellinzona, Switzerland) is an Italian football (soccer) manager. He is currently head coach of Serie A club Cagliari Calcio.

[edit] Playing career

Born in Bellinzona, Switzerland, but originary from Giulianova, Giampaolo is a former midfielder who played for several Serie C teams, including Giulianova Calcio, Gubbio, Licata and Siracusa, before to make his Serie B debut for Fidelis Andria in 1995. He retired in 1997, after a season played with Gualdo, following an ankle injury.

[edit] Managing career

After his retirement, Giampaolo was signed as scout for Serie B side Pescara Calcio, and successively promoted as assistant coach in 2000. In 2001, he was appointed assistant coach of Serie C1 side Giulianova Calcio, in support of Adriano Buffoni. Both left on April 2002, despite the team was fully involved in a fight for a playoff placement, citing bad relationships with the club's management. In 2002/2003, both Buffoni and Giampaolo signed for Treviso of Serie C1, leading the team to an immediate promotion to Serie B and saving the team from relegation the following season.

In 2004/2005, Giampaolo moved to Ascoli, where he again acted as assistant coach of unknown manager Massimo Silva. This was often cited as a trick in order to allow Giampaolo to coach the team, as he was not in possess of a valid coaching licence at the time. The season ended in a good sixth place, which allowed Ascoli to play promotion playoffs, where it was defeated by Torino Calcio. However, following a serie of cancellations by the federation, Ascoli was admitted to play Serie A the next season, and both Giampaolo and Silva were confirmed to coach a team built in only two weeks, with the only goal to maintain a place in Italian top division. On February 2006, Giampaolo was disqualified for two months by the Italian Football Federation for having acted as first team head coach without a valid coaching licence. Successively, Giampaolo was admitted to join the Coverciano coaching course, and, after having saved Ascoli from relegation, he was announced as coach of Cagliari Calcio.

On September 2006, Marco Giampaolo was involved in a freak training ground accident, the 39-year-old boss was hit on the head by a wayward ball and, despite continuing with the training session, developed symptoms of concussion soon after. The coach was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.

He has a brother, Federico Giampaolo, who is currently a Serie B footballer for F.C. Crotone.