| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bruno Giordano | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Manager (former striker) | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Pisa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1975–1985 | Lazio | 203 | (72) |
| 1985–1988 | Napoli | 78 | (23) |
| 1988–1989 | Ascoli | 26 | (10) |
| 1989–1990 | Bologna | 33 | (7) |
| 1990–1992 | Ascoli | 37 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 1976–1983 | Italy U-21 | 13 | (5) |
| 1979 | Italy Olympic | 2 | (3) |
| 1978–1985 | Italy | 13 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1993–1994 | Monterotondo | ||
| 1995–1996 | Fano | ||
| 1996–1997 | Crotone | ||
| 1997–1998 | Frosinone | ||
| 1998–1999 | Ancona | ||
| 1999–2000 | Nocerina | ||
| 2000–2001 | Lecco | ||
| 2001–2002 | Tivoli | ||
| 2002–2003 | L'Aquila | ||
| 2003–2005 | Reggiana | ||
| 2006 | Catanzaro | ||
| 2006–2007 | Messina | ||
| 2009 | Pisa | ||
| 2011– | Ternana | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Bruno Giordano (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbruno dʒorˈdano]; born 13 August 1956) is an Italian football manager and former player.
Born in Rome, Giordano played for most of his career with Lazio, debuting in Serie A on 5 October 1975. He made his debut on the Italian national team in 1978, and soon revealed himself to be one of the most effective Italian strikers.
In 1980 he was arrested for participating in a betting scandal and banned from the Italian championship until 1982. In 1985, after Lazio had been demoted to the Serie B, he was ceded to Napoli for 5 billion lire.
Together with Careca and Diego Maradona, with whom he formed the "Ma-Gi-Ca" line,[1] Giordano was instrumental in SSC Napoli's first scudetto of 1987. He later played for Bologna and Ascoli, before turning to a coaching career.
Giordano's managing career before coaching Messina was somewhat modest, starting in 1993/1994 with Monterotondo of Serie D, where he obtained his first (and only) promotion in 1996/1997 to coach 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, he ended in fifth place despite his club's serious financial troubles, which then led to its cancellation. On January 2006, he was called to coach the last-place Serie B team Catanzaro, in a situation widely similar to Reggiana's. Notably, Catanzaro was relegated to Serie C in that season, and declared bankruptcy soon after.
In the summer of 2006, Giordano was announced as the 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 series of poor results including a home loss to last-place Ascoli, Giordano was sacked, but then reappointed by Messina chairman Pietro Franza on 2 April, following the firing of Giordano's replacement Alberto Cavasin. In his second tenure at Messina, Giordano lost all four matches before being sacked again on 23 April, only 21 days after his reappointment. He was replaced by Bruno Bolchi.
On April 2009 he was appointed by Serie B club Pisa to replace Giampiero Ventura as head coach of the nerazzurri.[2]
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Paolo Rossi |
Serie A Top Scorer 1978–79 |
Succeeded by Roberto Bettega |