Luigi Cagni
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| Luigi Cagni | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Luigi Cagni | |
| Date of birth | June 14, 1950 (age 56) | |
| Place of birth | Brescia, Italy | |
| Nickname | Gigi | |
| Playing position | Manager | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Empoli | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1969-1978 1978-1987 1987-1988 |
Brescia Sambenedettese Ospitaletto |
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| Teams managed | ||
| 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1996 1996-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2003-2004 2004-2005 2006- |
Brescia (youth team) Centese Piacenza Verona Genoa Salernitana Sampdoria Piacenza Catanzaro Empoli |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Luigi "Gigi" Cagni (born June 14, 1950 in Brescia) is an Italian football (soccer) manager and former player. He is currently head coach of Serie A club Empoli.
[edit] Playing career
Cagni, a defender, made his Serie A debut for Brescia in 1970, in a league match lost 4-0 to Cagliari. He played only eight Serie A matches, but gained a deep experience of Serie B, where he played 473 matches and scored 5 goals.
[edit] Managing career
After a season as youth team coach in his home team Brescia, Cagni coached Centese of Serie C2 in 1989/1990, and successively signed for Piacenza of Serie C1 in 1990/1991, becoming one of the main authors of Piacenza's first appearance in Serie A, in 1993. Cagni stayed at Piacenza until 1996, when he moved to Hellas Verona F.C., again in Serie A. However, Cagni was not able to maintain his team to the top division, and Verona relegated. Since then, Cagni mostly served for Serie B teams, with the exception of Piacenza, who rehired him in 2002/2003 in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid relegation. In January 2006, after the dismissal of Mario Somma, Empoli appointed him as head coach. Cagni was able to lead the team up to tenth place, then become seventh following the Calciopoli scandal. His contract with Empoli was extended on March 2007 for another year, following impressive performances which led the team to fight for a UEFA Cup placement.
