Bruno Giordano

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Bruno Giordano

Full name	Bruno Giordano
Date of birth	August 13, 1956 (age 50)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	167 cm
Playing position	Manager (former striker)
Club information
Current club	none
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1975-1985 1985-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1992	Lazio Napoli Ascoli Bologna Ascoli	203 (72) 78 (23) 26 (10) 33 (7) 37 (3)
Teams managed
1993-1994 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 2006 2006-2007	Monterotondo Fano Crotone Frosinone Ancona Nocerina Lecco Tivoli L'Aquila Reggiana Catanzaro Messina
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Bruno Giordano (born August 13, 1956) is an Italian former football player, and currently a coach.

[edit] Playing career

Born in Rome, Giordano played for most of his career with Lazio, debuting in Serie A on October 5, 1975. Soon revealing one of the most effective Italian strikers, he made his debut in the Italian national team in 1978.

In 1980 he was arrested for a betting scandal, and banned from the Italian championship until 1982. In 1985, after Lazio had downed to the Serie B, he was ceded to Napoli for 5 billions lire.

Together with Diego Armando Maradona, Giordano was instrumental to SSC Napoli's first scudetto of 1987. He later played for Bologna and Ascoli, before turning to the coaching career.

[edit] Managing career

Giordano's managing career before Messina was somewhat modest: he started coaching in 1993/1994 with Monterotondo of Serie D, and obtained his first (and only) promotion in 1996/1997 with Crotone (from Serie D to Serie C2). Sacked six times in his career, he remained unemployed after a good season with Reggiana in 2004/2005, ended in fifth place despite serious financial troubles in his club which then led to its cancellation. On January 2006, he was called to coach last-placed Serie B team Catanzaro, in a situation widely similar to Reggiana's. Notably, Catanzaro, relegated to Serie C in that season, declared bankruptcy soon after.

In the summer of 2006, Bruno Giordano was announced as new coach of Messina, just relegated to Serie B. However, following the 2006 Serie A scandal, Messina was readmitted to Serie A, therefore allowing Giordano to finally coach a Serie A side. On 30 January 2007, following a serie of poor results including a home loss to last-placed Ascoli, Giordano was however sacked.