Stefano Colantuono

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Stefano Colantuono
Stefano Colantuono
Personal information
Full name Stefano Colantuono
Date of birth October 23, 1962 (1962-10-23) (age 45)
Place of birth    Rome, Italy
Playing position Manager
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1981-1983
1983-1984
1984-1985
1985-1986
1986-1988
1988-1989
1989-1991
1991-1992
1992-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
1995-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001		 Velletri
Ternana
Arezzo
Pisa
Avellino
Como
Ascoli
BNL Roma (futsal)
Frosinone
Fermana
Sambenedettese
Maceratese
Sestrese
Sambenedettese		 46 (2)
16 (3)
36 (1)
24 (0)
53 (2)
23 (1)
38 (0)
? (?)
27 (1)
28 (5)
25 (2)
112 (6)
34 (2)
31 (5)   
Teams managed
2001-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2007
2007
2008-		 Sambenedettese
Catania
Perugia
Atalanta
Palermo
Palermo

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Stefano Colantuono (born October 23, 1962 in Rome) is an Italian football manager, currently managing U.S. Palermo

[edit] 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 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 1994/1995. After a long list of experiences in different Italian regions, Colantuono returned to play for Sambenedettese in November 2000, leading his team to an immediate promotion to Serie C2.

[edit] Managing career

The 2001/2002 Serie C2 season for Sambenedettese was going to be very hard, with two coaches fired throughout the season. After the sack of 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, in 2002/2003, 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. Colantuono, again supported by Matricciani because of his lack of a regular coaching license, led Catania to a fairly good season in ninth place. In 2004/2005, after Catania was sold by the Gaucci family, Colantuono, finally authorized to act as first team coach, signed for Perugia, 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 2005/2006 Colantuono accepted the offer of Atalanta, leading the nerazzurri to a clear Serie B win. In the season 2006-2007 he led Atalanta to an impressive seventh place in the Serie A table.

On May 31, 2007, he was announced as new Palermo head coach to replace Francesco Guidolin.[1] 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 November 26, 2007.[2] Almost comedically, he was once again recalled on March 24, 2008 to replace Guidolin as head coach of Palermo.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Palermo confirm Colantuono deal (Football Italia)
  2. ^ Palermo, via Colantuono. Guidolin pronto al ritorno (Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport (2007-11-26). Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  3. ^ Zamparini spiega l'ennesimo esonero (Italian). Yahoo! Eurosport Italia (2008-03-25). Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
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1 Agliardi • 3 Capuano • 4 Tedesco • 7 Cavani • 8 Migliaccio • 9 Çani • 10 Miccoli • 11 Amauri • 12 Fontana • 14 Guana • 16 Cassani • 17 Janković • 18 Carbonaro • 20 Caserta • 21 Biava • 22 Di Matteo • 23 Bresciano • 30 Simplício • 42 Balzaretti • 43 Barzagli • 53 Cossentino • 88 Ujkani • -- Nocerino • -- Liverani • -- Giovio • -- Amelia • -- Raggi • -- Túlio de Melo • Coach: Colantuono


Persondata
NAME Colantuono, Stefano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Colantuono, Stefano
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer, football manager
DATE OF BIRTH 1962-10-23
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome, Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH