Giuseppe Porzio

Giuseppe Porzio
Personal information
Born (1967-02-26) February 26, 1967
Naples, Italy
Nationality Italian
Position

Coach and Italian former water polo player

 Italy
Career history
Player career :
/ Posillipo Youth
1982–1998 Posillipo
1986–1994 Posillipo
Coaching :
1999–2000 Salerno
2000–2001 Bogliasco
2001–2003 Ortigia
2003–2005 Posillipo
2005–2012 Pro Recco

Giuseppe Porzio (born Naples; February 26, 1967) is a coach and a former Italian water polo player. He is one of the most titled European coaches of all time, and, as his list of prizes demonstrates, is one of the most winning sportsmen among Italian athletes. He has won, both as a player and as a coach, 43 titles including: Olympics, World Cup, European Championships, World Championships, 2 Mediterranean Games, 7 Champions League, 3 European Super Cup, Adriatic League 1, 2 Comen Cup, 16 League titles, 7 Italian Championships.

Playing career

Franco Porzio, Cris Humbert and Pino Porzio at team Posillipo

For 16 years, from 1982 to 1998, he played in the top flight with the Posillipo with his brother Franco, winning almost everything: 8 Italian Championships, 2 LEN Champions Cup and LEN Cup Winners' Cup, with the national team won the Olympic gold medal in '92, won two editions of the Mediterranean Games in 1991 and in 1993, 1 European Championships in the 1993, World Cup in the 1993 and the 1 World Championships in 1994.

In the book "Nel nome del padre del figlio e dello sport" (finalist for the Bancarella 2013 award) dedicated to the great families of Italian sport, the journalist Franco Esposito writes about Pino Porzio as "a tactical leader, the organizer of the defense. A Beckenbauer's water polo. Knowing, timely and decisive with his shot hurts your opponents. "

His brother Franco says: "Pino is apparently thoughtful, cold, calculating but basically it's a mask... We believe in the group, in the union of men."

Coaching

Pine Porzio confirms his talent as a coach, winning the championship in 2003-2004 and the European Cup in 2004-2005 with the 'Posillipo Team' before switching to Pro Recco in 2005, where he won 7 Italian Championships, 4 Champions League, 6 Italy cups, 3 European Super Cups and 1 Adriatic League. June 6, 2012 he resigned as manager of the recchelina team.

"Giuseppe Porzio wins everything, absolutely everything.'s Victory is a gift of nature. A matter of DNA. Pacato and thoughtful, Pino Porzio is born coach. Takes from all: De Crescenzo, Dennerlein, Rudic." From teachers Marsili Mino and Mino Cacace."

"Study Basketball, Rugby provides you with interesting ideas. << The water polo moves into his shell. Unique & inimitable >>. Pino Porzio left Posillipo as champion of Europe and goes to coach Recco. Pineo Porzio ruler and dictator in Recco, the world capital of water polo.

Record

Pino Porzio wins it all. He won, both as a player and as a coach, 43 titles including: Olympics, World Cup, European Championships, World Championships, 2 Mediterranean Games, 7 Champions League, 3 European Super Cup, Adriatic League 1, 2 Comen Cup, 16 League titles, 7 Italian Championships.

Palmarès

Playing career

Coaching

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