Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francesco Guidolin | ||
Date of birth | 3 October 1955 | ||
Place of birth | Castelfranco Veneto, Italy | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1984 | Verona | 102 | (14) |
1977–1978 | → Sambenedettese (loan) | 35 | (3) |
1979–1980 | → Pistoiese (loan) | 35 | (5) |
1982–1983 | → Bologna (loan) | 24 | (1) |
1984–1986 | Venezia | 41 | (1) |
Total | 237 | (24) | |
National team | |||
1976–1977 | Italy U21 | 5 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1986–1988 | Giorgione (youth team) | ||
1988–1989 | Giorgione | ||
1989–1990 | Treviso | ||
1990–1991 | Fano | ||
1991–1992 | Empoli | ||
1992–1993 | Ravenna | ||
1993 | Atalanta | ||
1994–1998 | Vicenza | ||
1998–1999 | Udinese | ||
1999–2003 | Bologna | ||
2004–2005 | Palermo | ||
2005 | Genoa | ||
2005–2006 | Monaco | ||
2006–2007 | Palermo | ||
2007 | Palermo | ||
2007–2008 | Palermo | ||
2008–2010 | Parma | ||
2010–2014 | Udinese | ||
2016 | Swansea City | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Francesco Guidolin (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko ɡwidoˈlin]; born 3 October 1955) is an Italian football manager and former player, who was recently manager of Premier League team Swansea City. He has coached various Italian club sides in Serie A, winning the 1996–97 Coppa Italia with Vicenza, while also competing in European competitions with Vicenza, Udinese, Bologna and Palermo, as well as managing French side Monaco.
Guidolin made his professional debut in 1975 with the Serie A club Hellas Verona, with whom he spent the majority of his career, save for loan moves to clubs Sambenedettese, Pistoiese and Bologna. Latterly spending two seasons with Serie C2 club Venezia, he retired in 1986.
Internationally, Guidolin played for the Italy under-21 national team between 1976 and 1977.
Guidolin's managerial debut came in 1988 as head coach of Serie C2 team Giorgione, the main club of his native city, Castelfranco Veneto. Between 1989 and 1993, he then coached Treviso (Serie C2), Fano, Empoli and Ravenna, all in Serie C1.