Giuseppe Iachini

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Giuseppe Iachini
Personal information
Full name	Giuseppe Iachini
Date of birth	May 7, 1964 (age 42)
Place of birth	Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Height	1.74 m
Nickname	Beppe
Playing position	Manager (former Midfielder)
Club information
Current club	Piacenza
Youth clubs
	Ascoli
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1981-1987 1987-1989 1989-1994 1994-1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 2000-2001	Ascoli Verona Fiorentina Palermo Ravenna Venezia Alessandria	81 (9) 47 (1) 126 (2) 62 (1) 31 (1) 65 (0) 14 (0)
Teams managed
2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-	Venezia Cesena Vicenza Piacenza
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Giuseppe Iachini (born 7 May 1964 in Ascoli Piceno) is an Italian football coach and former player. He is currently head coach of Serie B side Piacenza Calcio since 2004.

[edit] Playing career

Iachini started his playing career at Ascoli, and made his Serie A and professional debut in 1981/1982, at the age of 17. He played for Ascoli until 1987, when he signed for Verona.

In 1989, Iachini moved to Fiorentina and played five seasons with the viola, four of them in Serie A. From 1994 to 1996 he played for Palermo of Serie B. After a single Serie B season with Ravenna, in 1997 Iachini transferred to Venezia, where he played for three years, two of them in Serie A. He retired in 2001, after a Serie C1 season with Alessandria.

[edit] Managing career

Iachini started his coaching career in October 2001, when he was called to coach Venezia of Serie A, despite not having been in possession of a coaching license yet. Assisted by "official" head coach Alfredo Magni, Iachini left his position as assistant coach at Piacenza in order to join Venezia, in spite of the Italian football laws, and was successively disqualified for six months because of that. In the end, Venezia relegated to Serie B.

In 2002/2003, Iachini coached Cesena of Serie C1, leading his team to a spot in the promotion playoffs. In 2003/2004, Iachini moved at Vicenza of Serie B, where he coached a team composed mostly by youngsters and led them to a mid-table place. He is now coaching Piacenza, always in Serie B, since 2004 with good results.