Gennaro Ruotolo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 March 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Maria a Vico, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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A.S.D. SanGiovanniValdarno | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1986 | Sorrento | 42 | (0) |
| 1986–1988 | Arezzo | 70 | (2) |
| 1988–2002 | Genoa | 444 | (35) |
| 2002–2003 | Livorno | 31 | (1) |
| 2003 | Al-Ittihad | 10 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Livorno | 83 | (4) |
| 2006–2007 | Sorrento | 18 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Massa Lubrense | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1991 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009 | Livorno (caretaker) | ||
| 2010 | Livorno (caretaker) | ||
| 2010 | Savona | ||
| 2011–2012 | Sorrento | ||
| 2012–2013 | Treviso | ||
| 2015– | A.S.D. SanGiovanniValdarno | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 October 2008. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 October 2008 |
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Gennaro Ruotolo (born 20 March 1967 in Santa Maria a Vico, Province of Caserta) is an Italian former footballer and former manager of Treviso.
Ruotolo started his career with Sorrento in 1984, but is best known for having been a key player for Genoa for over a decade; he joined the Grifone in 1988 to left it only in 2002 to join Livorno of Serie C1. During his spell at Genoa he lifted the 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup. He played for Livorno until 2006, except for a four-months time at Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad (February–June 2003), being part of both rosters which gained promotion to Serie B and then Serie A, and playing two top division seasons with the amaranto. He left Livorno in 2006 to join newly promoted Serie C2 club Sorrento in a comeback to his first professional team. He left Sorrento on December 2007 by mutual consent and then joined amateur Promozione side Massa Lubrense for the remainder of the season.
In his playing career, Ruotolo received three call-ups for the Italian national team, all in 1991, with a single appearance, a 2–0 home win against Denmark on 12 June.
In July 2008, he returned to Livorno, this time as assistant to the newly appointed coach Leonardo Acori.
On 23 May 2009 Ruotolo was appointed on an interim basis to replace Leonardo Acori at the helm of Livorno for the final Serie B league game and the following promotion play-offs in an attempt to bring his side back to the top flight. He debuted with a late 3–2 away win to Ascoli that left his side in third place at the end of the regular season. In the promotion play-offs, Livorno was coupled with Tuscan rivals Grosseto in the semifinals: after a shock 0–2 loss in the first leg, Ruotolo's side managed to make an impressive comeback by defeating their opponent in a 4–1 home win that ensured Livorno a place in the playoff finals against Brescia. In the finals, Ruotolo then managed to guide Livorno to defeat Brescia 5–2 on aggregate, thus marking an immediate Serie A return for the amaranto club. He subsequently accepted an offer from Livonro to become the club's head coach on a permanent basis; however the move was later dismissed by the Italian Football Federation due to Ruotolo lacking the required UEFA Pro coaching badges, and Vittorio Russo was instead appointed as acting head coach, with Ruotolo being however often referred as the "real" Livorno boss.
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