Fabio Cordella (born in Italy) is an Italian sports director and businessman. He was the sporting director of Budapest Honved FC, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Treviso FC and Africa Sports d'Abidjan respectively.[1][2] He is also the founder of Fabio Cordella Cantine.[3][4]
| Full name | Fabio Cordella | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | Italy | ||
| Years | Role | ||
| 2006 | Sports Director at Africa Sports d'Abidjan | ||
| 2008 | Manager of Lanciano | ||
| 2008 | Sports director of A.C.D. Treviso | ||
| General manager of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | |||
| 2011 | Sporting director of Budapest Honvéd FC | ||
Career edit
Playing career edit
Cordella started his professional playing career from Pro Italia Galatina and afterwards he moved to Reggiana Calcio. He also played for one season at Palazzolo sull’ Oglio and in the Italian national championship, managed by Aldo Bet.
Managerial career edit
Fabio Cordella began his career as a manager in early 2006.[5] He was offered the role of Sports Director for an Ivory Coast professional team Africa Sports d'Abidjan. Francesco Moriero was the coach of the team as at the time of his appointment. In 2006 they won the championship after 18 years. In 2007 they played in CAF Champions League and won another time the Ivory Coast championship for the club. After his two years contract with the team expired, Cordella move to Italy where he was offered the role of Manager at Lanciano and served in the club as general manager till 2008.
In June 2008, he became the sports director of Treviso Calcio where he worked for only two months before moving to another club for personal reasons. Subsequently, after he left Treviso Calcio, he was hired at Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, a Belgium football club as general manager and advisor.[6] In 2010, he terminated his contract with Royale Union Saint-Gilloise for personal reasons.
In 2011, Cordella was appointed the sporting director of Budapest Honved FC.[7] He had signed a five years contract with the team which expired in 2016.
References edit
- ^ "Fabio Cordella anuncia que está fora da campanha de Leven Siano – Vasco Notícias". vasconoticias.com.br. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Redazione, La. "Dall'Honved alle Cantine: il salentino Fabio Cordella apre un ristorante a Bogotà | Pianeta Lecce" (in Italian). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ Redazione (3 October 2018). "Da Buffon a Ronaldinho: ecco il vino dei campioni di Fabio Cordella". Calcio e Finanza (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ Shkurko, Jonathan. "Grapes of success: Buffon ventures into wine business". CNN. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Fernando e Aloísio voltam a treinar no Vasco". SuperVasco (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 June 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Football: les retrouvailles pour l'UR Namur avec Fabio Cordella". sudinfo.be (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Fabio Cordella: " Vi racconto il Belgio, tra investimenti e scouting. Ma quella volta che mi ritrovai..."". gianlucadimarzio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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