Giuseppe Iachini (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe jaˈkiːni]; born 7 May 1964) is an Italian professional football manager and former player in the role of midfielder.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Giuseppe Iachini[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Ascoli Piceno, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ascoli | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1987 | Ascoli | 81 | (9) |
| 1987–1989 | Verona | 47 | (1) |
| 1989–1994 | Fiorentina | 126 | (2) |
| 1994–1996 | Palermo | 62 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Ravenna | 31 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | Venezia | 65 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Alessandria | 14 | (0) |
| Total | 426 | (14) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Venezia (Director of football) | ||
| 2002–2003 | Cesena | ||
| 2003–2004 | Vicenza | ||
| 2004–2007 | Piacenza | ||
| 2007–2008 | Chievo | ||
| 2009–2010 | Brescia | ||
| 2011 | Brescia | ||
| 2011–2012 | Sampdoria | ||
| 2012–2013 | Siena | ||
| 2013–2015 | Palermo | ||
| 2016 | Palermo | ||
| 2016 | Udinese | ||
| 2017–2018 | Sassuolo | ||
| 2018–2019 | Empoli | ||
| 2019–2020 | Fiorentina | ||
| 2021 | Fiorentina | ||
| 2021–2022 | Parma | ||
| 2024 | Bari | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editIachini was born in Ascoli Piceno. He started his playing career at Ascoli and made his Serie A and professional debut at the age of 17 during the 1981–82 season. He played for Ascoli until 1987, when he signed for Verona.
In 1989, Iachini left Verona, moved to Fiorentina, and played five seasons with the viola, four in Serie A. From 1994 to 1996, he played for Palermo of Serie B. After a single Serie B season with Ravenna, in 1997, Iachini transferred to Venezia, where he played for three years, two of them in Serie A. He retired in 2001, after a Serie C1 season with Alessandria.
As a player, he represented the Italy Olympic side at the 1988 Summer Olympics at international level, where they finished in fourth place.
Managerial career
editVenezia
editIachini started his coaching career in October 2001, when he was called to coach Venezia of Serie A, despite not having a coaching license yet. Assisted by "official" head coach Alfredo Magni, Iachini left his position as assistant coach at Piacenza to join Venezia, despite the Italian football regulation laws and was successively disqualified for six months because of that. Ultimately, Venezia were relegated to Serie B.
Cesena
editIn the 2002–03 season, Iachini coached Cesena of Serie C1, leading his team to a spot in the promotion playoffs.
Vicenza
editIn the 2003–04 season, Iachini moved to Vicenza, in Serie B, where he managed a team composed mostly of youngsters and led them to a mid-table place.
Piacenza
editHe coached Piacenza, another Serie B club, from 2004–05 to 2006–07 with good results, including a notable fourth place, only behind Juventus, Napoli and Genoa, in his latest season with the biancorossi.
Chievo Verona: promotion to Serie A
editHe was announced in June 2007 as the new Chievo Verona boss for their 2007–08 Serie B campaign and successfully led the Gialloblu to become league champions and promptly mark their return in the top flight.
On 4 November 2008, following an unimpressive start in the 2008–09 Serie A campaign, and two days after a 3–0 loss to Palermo, Iachini was dismissed from his coaching post by the club management.[2]
Brescia: promotion to Serie A
editOn 4 October 2009, he was appointed new head coach of Serie B outfit Brescia, replacing Alberto Cavasin.[3] Under his tenure, Brescia ended the regular season in third place, missing automatic promotion in the final game of the season. The team, however, went back to win the promotion playoffs and claim a place in the 2010–11 Serie A after defeating Torino in the finals.
After a wave of bad results, resulting in the team's dropdown to the relegation zone near the winter, on 6 December 2010, he was sacked;[4] However, he was called back at the helm of Brescia boss less than two months later, following the dismissal of his successor Mario Beretta on 30 January 2011.[5]
Sampdoria: promotion to Serie A
editOn 14 November 2011, Iachini was named as the new head coach of Sampdoria, after a disastrous start to the season in Serie B, in place of the sacked Gianluca Atzori.[6] He charged the team, strongly depressed under the psychological profile and in winter market with radically revised to players motivated and adapted to the category. On 9 June 2012, the team, ranked only 6th in the league with an incredible recovery, was promoted after playoffs to Serie A, defeating Varese in the finals.
Siena
editOn 17 December 2012, Iachini was appointed the new coach of Siena in Serie A in place of the sacked Serse Cosmi.[7] He left the club by the end of the season.
Palermo
editOn 25 September 2013, he was announced as the new head coach of Palermo, a former team of his as a player, signing a two-year contract and taking over from dismissed Gennaro Gattuso. During his tenure, he succeeded in turning the Sicilians' fortunes, eventually winning his fourth top-flight promotion, guiding Palermo to be crowned Serie B champions on May 3, five matches before the end of the season. He was successively confirmed as Palermo's head coach for the upcoming 2014–15 Serie A season. He was sacked on 10 November 2015.[8]
Following a confusing period where Palermo owner Maurizio Zamparini appointed four different managers in a month after the sacking of Davide Ballardini, Iachini returned as manager of the club on 15 February 2016,[9] but was sacked once again on 10 March.[10]
Udinese
editHe was appointed manager of Udinese on 19 May 2016.[11] He was sacked on 2 October 2016.[12]
Sassuolo
editOn 27 November 2017, Iachini was named manager of Sassuolo following the sacking of Christian Bucchi.[13] He left the club on 5 June 2018 by mutual consent.[14]
Empoli
editOn 6 November 2018, he was appointed manager of Empoli, replacing Aurelio Andreazzoli, who was sacked the day before.[15] He was sacked on 13 March 2019.[16]
Fiorentina
editOn 23 December 2019, Iachini was unveiled as the new manager of Fiorentina, his former club as a player. He succeeded Vincenzo Montella.[17] On 9 November 2020, Iachini was sacked.[18]
On 24 March 2021, Iachini was rehired as Fiorentina manager after Cesare Prandelli resigned.[19]
Parma
editOn 23 November 2021, Iachini returned into management as the new head coach of Serie B club Parma, replacing Enzo Maresca.[20]
On 17 May 2022, after failing to ensure qualification to the promotion playoffs, despite being touted as title favourites before the start of the season, Parma announced their decision not to continue with Iachini as their manager.[21]
Bari
editOn 6 February 2024, Iachini was hired by Serie B club Bari, signing a contract until 30 June 2025.[22] He was however dismissed only two months later, on 15 April 2024, leaving Bari in the relegation zone.[23]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 13 April 2024[citation needed]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Cesena | 
|
1 July 2002 | 3 June 2003 | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 45.24 |
| Vicenza |
|
1 July 2003 | 1 July 2004 | 47 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 25.53 |
| Piacenza |
|
1 July 2004 | 15 June 2007 | 134 | 54 | 32 | 48 | 170 | 156 | +14 | 40.30 |
| Chievo |
|
15 June 2007 | 3 November 2008 | 54 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 84 | 62 | +22 | 46.30 |
| Brescia |
|
4 October 2009 | 6 December 2010 | 55 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 41.82 |
| Brescia |
|
30 January 2011 | 29 June 2011 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 12.50 |
| Sampdoria |
|
14 November 2011 | 2 July 2012 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 48.39 |
| Siena |
|
17 December 2012 | 14 July 2013 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 22.73 |
| Palermo |
|
25 September 2013 | 10 November 2015 | 88 | 40 | 25 | 23 | 121 | 96 | +25 | 45.45 |
| Palermo |
|
15 February 2016 | 9 March 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0.00 |
| Udinese |
|
19 May 2016 | 2 October 2016 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 25.00 |
| Sassuolo |
|
27 November 2017 | 5 June 2018 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 34.62 |
| Empoli |
|
6 November 2018 | 13 March 2019 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 25.00 |
| Fiorentina |
|
23 December 2019 | 9 November 2020 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 38.71 |
| Fiorentina |
|
24 March 2021 | 23 May 2021 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 20.00 |
| Parma |
|
23 November 2021 | 17 May 2022 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 28.00 |
| Bari |
|
6 February 2024 | Present | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 20.00 |
| Total | 618 | 233 | 185 | 200 | 779 | 727 | +52 | 37.70 | |||
Honours
editPlaying
edit- Ascoli
- Serie B: 1985–86
- Mitropa Cup: 1986–87
- Fiorentina
Managerial
edit- ChievoVerona
- Palermo
- Individual
- Panchina d'Argento: 2007–08
References
edit- ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 148" [Official Press Release No. 148] (PDF). Lega Serie A. 17 January 2020. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "LA SQUADRA AFFIDATA A DOMENICO DI CARLO. OGGI ALLE 14 LA PRESENTAZIONE" (in Italian). AC ChievoVerona. 4 November 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- ^ "Ufficiale, esonerato Alberto Cavasin" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 4 October 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ^ "Ufficiale: esonerato Giuseppe Iachini" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Ufficiale: esonerato Beretta. Iachini torna alla guida" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 30 January 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ^ "Iachini è il nuovo tecnico della Sampdoria" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ "Quotidiano Nazionale - Notizie in tempo reale".
- ^ Palermo: Iachini out, Ballardini in
- ^ Palermo bring back Beppe Iachini in seventh managerial change
- ^ "Official: Palermo appoint Novellino | Football Italia". Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Official: Udinese appoint Iachini | Football Italia". Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Official: Udinese sack Iachini | Football Italia". Archived from the original on 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Official: Sassuolo appoint Iachini | Football Italia". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Official: Iachini leaves Sassuolo | Football Italia". Archived from the original on 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Official: Iachini in at Empoli | Football Italia". Archived from the original on 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Official: Andreazzoli back at Empoli". Football Italia. 13 March 2019.
- ^ "L'entraîneur à la casquette Iachini remplace Montella à la Fiorentina". RTBF (in French). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "OFFICIAL: FIORENTINA ANNOUNCE PRANDELLI". Football Italia. 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Official: Iachini returns to Fiorentina". Football Italia. 24 March 2021.
- ^ "GIUSEPPE IACHINI È L'ALLENATORE CROCIATO" (in Italian). Parma Calcio 1913. 23 November 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Parma, è separazione con Iachini. Con lui via anche il suo staff" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Benvenuto mister Giuseppe Iachini !" (in Italian). Bari. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Mister Iachini sollevato dall'incarico. Prima Squadra affidata a mister Giampaolo" (in Italian). SSC Bari. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.