Corrado Orrico

Corrado Orrico
Personal information
Date of birthApril 16, 1940
Place of birthMassa, Italy
Playing positionManager
Club information
Current team
Gavorrano (head coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1960–1966Sarzanese
Teams managed
1966–1969Sarzanese
1969–1970Carrarese
1970–1972Massese
1972–1975Camaiore
1975–1979Carrarese
1979–1980Udinese
1980–1983Carrarese
1983–1984Brescia
1984–1986Carrarese
1986–1987Prato
1987–1988Carrarese
1988–1991Lucchese
1991–1992Inter
1994–1995Carrarese
1995–1996Avellino
1996–1997Siena
1997–1998Alessandria
1998–1999Empoli
1999–2000Lucchese
2001–2002Treviso
2002–2003Massese
2006–2007Carrarese
2008–2009Prato
2013–Gavorrano
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Corrado Orrico (born April 16, 1940 in Massa) is an Italian football coach, best known for coaching Inter Milan in 1991–92. He is currently head coach of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Gavorrano.

Career

Orrico started his coaching career by serving as head in a number of minor division clubs in his native Tuscany, and he gained popularity after guiding Lucchese to impressive results in the Italian Serie B, narrowly missing a historic promotion in the top-flight; such results led Internazionale chairman Ernesto Pellegrini to appoint him as new head coach for the 1991–92 season as a replacement for Giovanni Trapattoni, who had just won the scudetto with the nerazzurri side. One of his first moves was to assign the #5 shirt to German captain Lothar Matthäus, instead of his usual #8. However, his career at Inter turned out to be extremely unsatisfactory and he was sacked after a few games in the national league and a disappointing UEFA Cup campaign, ended with an early elimination by Boavista FC. His position was taken by Luis Suárez.

He then coached with little success a number of minor league teams, mostly from his native Tuscany. In 2008 he marked his football comeback, accepting an offer from Serie C2 team Prato. He left Carrarese in June 2009, after his son committed suicide; his dead body was found by Corrado Orrico himself.[1]

In April 2013, following the sacking of Renato Buso, 73-year old Corrado Orrico was appointed new head coach of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione strugglers Gavorrano, in deep relegation zone with four remaining games to the end of season.[2]


References

  1. ↑ "Dramma Orrico Si suicida il figlio" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  2. ↑ "Orrico torna in panchina: l'ex Inter cercherà di salvare il Gavorrano" [Orrico back on the dugout: the former Inter coach will try to save Gavorrano] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.