Roberto Breda (born 21 October 1969) is an Italian football coach and former player, currently in charge of Serie B club Ternana.

Roberto Breda
Roberto Breda
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-10-21) 21 October 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Treviso, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ternana (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Ospitaletto 3 (0)
1987–1990 Sampdoria 1 (0)
1990–1991 Messina 24 (1)
1991 Udinese 0 (0)
1991–1992 Messina 15 (1)
1992–1993 SPAL 19 (0)
1993 Sampdoria 0 (0)
1993–1999 Salernitana 192 (10)
1999–2000 Parma 16 (0)
2000–2002 Genoa 19 (0)
2002 Catania 18 (0)
2002–2003 Genoa 18 (2)
2003–2005 Salernitana 38 (0)
Total 363 (14)
International career
1991–1992 Italy U21 3 (0)
Managerial career
2010 Reggina
2010–2011 Salernitana
2011–2012 Reggina
2012 Reggina
2012–2013 Vicenza
2013–2014 Latina
2014–2015 Latina
2015–2016 Ternana
2016–2017 Virtus Entella
2017–2018 Perugia
2018–2019 Livorno
2020 Livorno
2020–2021 Pescara
2023 Ascoli
2023– Ternana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career edit

A midfielder, Breda made his Serie A debut with Sampdoria and later played with several other teams ranging from the top flight to Serie C clubs, most notably spending two long stints at Salernitana, being also a key member of the team who played a Serie A season during his first period at the club.

Coaching career edit

Breda served as head youth coach for the Reggina Primavera from 2007 to 2010, Breda was promoted as head coach of Reggina on 8 February 2010 after the dismissal of Ivo Iaconi.[1][2] Breda's first game as head coach of Reggina was on home turf against Mantova (3–1) on 13 February.[3] He guided the team to safety after a troublesome start of season. Still, he was not confirmed as head coach and left Reggina in June 2010.

Later, in July 2010, he was appointed the new boss of his former club Salernitana. He guided his club to third place in the regular season but then lost the promotion playoff finals to Verona in a 2–1 aggregate win for the Venetians.

He then left Salernitana at the end of the 2010–11 season to return to Reggina, replacing Gianluca Atzori at the helm of the Calabrians for the club's 2011–12 Serie B campaign.[4] On 8 January 2012 he was stripped from his managerial duties allegedly due to poor results,[5] being however appointed back at the helm of the club just three months later, on 15 April, in place for Angelo Gregucci until the end of the season.[6]

In the summer of 2012, he was appointed head coach of Vicenza for the team's Serie B campaign, only to be sacked later in January 2013 due to poor results. He returned to management in September 2013, succeeding to Gaetano Auteri at newly promoted Serie B outsiders Latina and guiding them to a surprise league run that led the club to end the season in third place, only to be defeated by Cesena in the Serie A promotion playoff finals. After missing on top-flight promotion, Breda decided to leave Latina, only to return at the helm of the club later in October 2014 in place for Mario Beretta.[7] However, his second stint at Latina turned out to be largely unsuccessful and ended with him being dismissed on 5 January 2015, leaving the club in 21st place.[8]

On 7 November 2018 he was named new head coach of last-placed Serie B club Livorno.[9] On 9 December 2019, he was dismissed by Livorno following a string of poor results, including seven losses in previous ten games and 1 point in previous four games.[10] On 3 February 2020, he was reappointed as head coach of Livorno.[11] He was however sacked for a second time only one month later, on 8 March 2020.[12]

On 29 November 2020, he was hired by Serie B club Pescara.[13] He was sacked on 14 February 2021 after a 0–2 home loss to Venezia that left Pescara bottom of the league.[14]

Breda returned to management on 6 February 2023 as the new head coach of Serie B side Ascoli, taking over from Cristian Bucchi.[15] He left the club by the end of the season after guiding Ascoli to safety.

On 6 November 2023, Breda took over at Ternana, being appointed as the club's new head coach in place of outgoing Cristiano Lucarelli.[16]

Managerial statistics edit

As of match played 27 April 2024[17][18]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Reggina   8 February 2010 16 June 2010 18 8 4 6 23 19 +4 044.44
Salernitana   17 July 2010 23 June 2011 40 19 9 12 55 47 +8 047.50
Reggina   23 June 2011 8 January 2012 23 9 7 7 36 26 +10 039.13
Reggina   15 April 2012 2 July 2012 8 2 1 5 10 15 −5 025.00
Vicenza   14 July 2012 28 January 2013 26 5 10 11 36 40 −4 019.23
Latina   12 September 2013 23 June 2014 43 18 15 10 48 37 +11 041.86
Latina   6 October 2014 4 January 2015 14 2 7 5 10 15 −5 014.29
Ternana   28 September 2015 10 June 2016 37 15 7 15 46 46 +0 040.54
Virtus Entella   10 June 2016 30 April 2017 41 13 15 13 51 49 +2 031.71
Perugia   26 October 2017 12 May 2018 31 12 11 8 50 43 +7 038.71
Livorno   7 November 2018 9 December 2019 42 11 12 19 42 55 −13 026.19
Livorno   3 February 2020 8 March 2020 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 016.67
Pescara   29 November 2020 14 February 2021 14 3 4 7 12 22 −10 021.43
Ascoli   6 February 2023 19 June 2023 15 6 3 6 14 17 −3 040.00
Ternana   6 November 2023 Present 23 8 7 8 28 30 −2 034.78
Total 381 132 114 135 466 470 −4 034.65

Honours edit

Sampdoria:

Parma

Salernitana

References edit

  1. ^ "Breda nuovo tecnico" (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Iaconi sollevato dall'incarico" (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Reggina 3-1 Mantova". domJuventus @ CalcioUK. 14 February 2010. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Roberto Breda è il nuovo tecnico della Reggina" (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Ufficiale, Reggina a Gregucci" (in Italian). Sportitalia. 8 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Reggina, via Gregucci - Foti, richiama Breda" [Reggina, Gregucci off; Foti recalls Breda] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 15 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Breda è il nuovo tecnico: conferenza alle 12.30" (in Italian). US Latina Calcio. 6 October 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Breda sollevato dall'incarico, squadra affidata a Mark Iuliano" (in Italian). US Latina Calcio. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Serie B, Livorno: Breda è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Comunicato AS Livorno Calcio" (Press release) (in Italian). Livorno. 9 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Breda torna sulla panchina amaranto" (Press release) (in Italian). Livorno. 3 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Livorno, esonerato Breda. Filippini è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Roberto Breda è il nuovo allenatore #BiancAzzurro" [Roberto Breda is the new coach] (in Italian). Pescara. 29 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Roberto Breda saluta il Pescara" (in Italian). Pescara Calcio. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  15. ^ "ROBERTO BREDA È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DELL'ASCOLI" (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  16. ^ "Roberto Breda è il nuovo allenatore della Ternana Calcio" (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  17. ^ Roberto Breda coach profile at Soccerway
  18. ^ "Roberto Breda career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

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