Stefano Pioli

Stefano Pioli

Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-10-20) October 20, 1965
Place of birth	Parma, Italy
Playing position	Centre back (Retired)
Club information
Current team	Lazio (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1984	Parma	42	(1)
1984–1987	Juventus	35	(0)
1987–1989	Verona	42	(0)
1989–1995	Fiorentina	154	(1)
1995–1996	Padova	4	(0)
1996–1997	Pistoiese	14	(1)
1997–1998	Fiorenzuola	21	(0)
Total		312	(3)
Teams managed
1999–2002	Bologna (youth team)
2002–2003	Chievo Verona (youth team)
2003–2004	Salernitana
2004–2006	Modena
2006–2007	Parma
2007–2008	Grosseto
2008–2009	Piacenza
2009–2010	Sassuolo
2010–2011	Chievo
2011	Palermo
2011–2014	Bologna
2014–	Lazio
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Stefano Pioli (born October 20, 1965 in Parma) is an Italian former footballer and current manager. He is head coach of Serie A team Lazio, effective from 1 July 2014.^[1]

Career

Player

Pioli, a native of Parma, started his own playing career for his home city team, AC Parma. Successively, he was signed by Juventus, with whom he had his Serie A debut in 1984. Sold to Verona in 1987, Pioli moved to Fiorentina in 1989, where he spent six years of his career. He ended his career in 1998 for Fiorenzuola of Serie C1, after two experiences with Padova and Pistoiese.

Coach

From 1999 to 2002 Pioli coached Bologna's youth team (winning a championship with Allievi Nazionali's team), and Chievo Verona's in 2002-2003. In 2003-2004, he was appointed as head coach of Serie B club Salernitana. He moved to Modena, still of Serie B, in 2004. In 2006, Pioli was named as Parma's head coach, therefore returning to his home city and marking his Serie A debut as a manager. He was however sacked on February 12, 2007 after a 3-0 loss to AS Roma which brought Parma down to second-last place and replaced by Claudio Ranieri. On September 11, 2007 he was unveiled as new head coach of Serie B club Grosseto, replacing Giorgio Roselli, sacked after three consecutive defeats in the first three league matches,^[2] and managed to lead the Tuscan minnows to an impressive mid-table finish in their first season in the Serie B.

He then served as head coach of Piacenza for their 2008–09 Serie B campaign.^[3]

On July 2009 he left Piacenza to join Sassuolo as new head coach of the neroverdi.

On 10 June 2010, Pioli was named as head coach of Serie A club Chievo.^[4]

On 2 June 2011, Pioli was named head coach of Serie A club Palermo, but he was relieved of his duties just 90 days later.^[5]

On 4 October 2011 he was named new head coach of Bologna in Serie A, in place of the sacked Pierpaolo Bisoli.^[6] After two troublesome seasons with Bologna, both ended with the team struggling in the bottom half of the Serie A table but always escaping relegation, he was removed from his managerial duties on 8 January 2014, with Davide Ballardini appointed as his replacement.

On 12 June 2014, it was confirmed Pioli's appointment as new head coach of Lazio in place of Edoardo Reja.^[1]

Managerial statistics

All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches (including friendlies) are included.

As of 11 February 2016

Team	Nat	Year	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Salernitana		2003–2004	7001510000000000000♠51	7001160000000000000♠16	7001140000000000000♠14	7001210000000000000♠21	7001313700000000000♠31.37
Modena		2004–2006	7001870000000000000♠87	7001350000000000000♠35	7001320000000000000♠32	7001200000000000000♠20	7001402309999999999♠40.23
Parma		2006–2007	7001330000000000000♠33	7000900000000000000♠9	7000700000000000000♠7	7001170000000000000♠17	7001272700000000000♠27.27
Grosseto		2007–2008	7001390000000000000♠39	7001100000000000000♠10	7001190000000000000♠19	7001100000000000000♠10	7001256400000000000♠25.64
Piacenza		2008–2009	7001430000000000000♠43	7001140000000000000♠14	7001130000000000000♠13	7001160000000000000♠16	7001325600000000000♠32.56
Sassuolo		2009–2010	7001470000000000000♠47	7001200000000000000♠20	7001160000000000000♠16	7001110000000000000♠11	7001425509999900000♠42.55
Chievo		2010–2011	7001410000000000000♠41	7001130000000000000♠13	7001130000000000000♠13	7001150000000000000♠15	7001317100000000000♠31.71
Palermo		2011	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Bologna		2011–2014	7001970000000000000♠97	7001320000000000000♠32	7001280000000000000♠28	7001370000000000000♠37	7001329900000000000♠32.99
Lazio		2014–	7001810000000000000♠81	7001420000000000000♠42	7001150000000000000♠15	7001240000000000000♠24	7001518500000000000♠51.85
Career Total			7002521000000000000♠521	7002191000000000000♠191	7002159000000000000♠159	7002171000000000000♠171	7001366609999999999♠36.66

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