Fabrizio Piccareta
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fabrizio Piccareta | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Genoa, Italy | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sunderland | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2004-2005 | Sanremese | ||
| 2013 | Swindon Town (Caretaker Manager) | ||
Fabrizio Piccareta (born 15 November 1965) is an Italian UEFA A licensed coach currently studying for the UEFA Pro Licence.[1] Under the tenure of Paolo Di Canio, he served as both Assistant Manager, and later Caretaker Manager following Di Canio's resignation at Swindon Town. Following the announcement of Di Canio as Head Coach at Sunderland on 31 March 2013, it was confirmed Piccareta would reprise his role as Assistant Manager at the club a position he still holds.
Coaching career
In 2001, Piccareta obtained his UEFA B license [2] and went on to coach with Italian lower league outfit Sanremese.
Piccareta left Biancoazzurri in 2005 to take up a position with Serie A giants Internazionale.[3] His role at Inter involved working within the Inter Campus Abroad project. It was a job that took him all over the world coaching in China, Cambodia, Iran, Colombia, Cuba and Slovakia among others.[4] Between 2008 and 2011 Piccareta focused his time coaching fellow coaches and acting as a first team coach at Italian lower league clubs.[2]
In May 2011, Piccareta was named assistant manager to Paolo Di Canio at English lower league club, Swindon Town. Piccareta spoke of sharing footballing philosophies with Di Canio setting out a plan to bring a "strong identity" to Swindon along with an "Italian methodology in training" and that their "kind of football won't be boring for the fans".[5] During their first season in charge of Swindon, Di Canio and Piccareta managed to win the League Two championship[6] and finish runners-up in the 2012 Football League Trophy played at Wembley Stadium.
On 18 February 2013, Paolo Di Canio announced his resignation from Swindon Town, leaving Piccareta in caretaker charge. He oversaw the club's 3–1 win away at promotion rivals Tranmere Rovers but after the game announced himself and the rest of the coaching staff would be leaving the club the following morning.[7]
On 31 March 2013, after Paulo Di Canio was announced as the new Head Coach of Sunderland, it was confirmed that Piccareta would be following Di Canio to the Stadium of Light. On 31 May 2014 he obtained the UEFA A licence from the Scottish FA course in Largs. In November 2014 he started his Pro Licence course with the Scottish FA.
Managerial statistics
- As of 19 February 2013
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Swindon Town (Caretaker) | 18 February 2013 | 20 February 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
References
- ↑ "Fabrizio Piccareta: Assistant Manager and Chief Scout at Swindon Town Football Club". Linkedin.com. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fabrizio Piccareta: Assistant Manager at Swindon Town Football Club". Linkedin.com. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ↑ "Fabrizio Piccareta". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ↑ "Assistant Manager - Fabrizio Piccareta". Swindon Town F.C. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ↑ "Swindon Town won't play Italian game - Piccareta". BBC Football. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ↑ "Swindon Town 5-0 Port Vale". BBC Football. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ↑ "BBC Sport - Tranmere 1-3 Swindon". BBC Sport. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
External links
- Profile at the official Swindon Town website
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