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Gianni de Biasi

Gianni De Biasi
Personal information
Full name Giovanni De Biasi
Date of birth (1956-06-16) 16 June 1956 (age 60)
Place of birth Sarmede, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Albania (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1975 Treviso 25 (5)
1975–1976 Inter 10 (0)
1976–1977 Reggiana (loan) 24 (0)
1977–1978 Pescara (loan) 24 (0)
1978–1983 Brescia 161 (14)
1983–1986 Palermo 105 (9)
1986–1987 Vicenza 19 (0)
1987–1989 Treviso 51 (3)
1989–1990 Bassano ? (?)
Teams managed
1990–1991 Bassano (youth team)
1991–1992 Vicenza (youth team)
1992–1993 Vastese
1993–1996 Carpi
1996–1997 Cosenza
1997–1999 SPAL
1999–2003 Modena
2003–2005 Brescia
2005–2006 Torino
2007 Torino
2007–2008 Levante
2008 Torino
2009–2010 Udinese
2011– Albania
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Giovanni De Biasi or Gianni De Biasi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒanni de ˈbjaːzi]; born 16 June 1956 in Sarmede, Treviso, Italy) is an Italian and Albanian football coach and former player, who serves as head coach of Albania national team. He holds dual Italian and Albanian citizenship. De Biasi was the first coach of Albania to qualify them for a major tournament, and he achieved that by qualifying the team for the Euro 2016 championship.

On March 28, 2015 De Biasi obtained Albanian citizenship.

De Biasi, a midfielder, started his professional playing career for Inter Milan; he was part of the first team squad but, despite this, never played for the nerazzurri and was then loaned to Serie C team Reggiana in 1975 and newly promoted Serie A club Pescara Calcio one year later. He was sold to Brescia in 1977 as partial compensation for the signing of Evaristo Beccalossi by Inter. De Biasi played in Brescia for five seasons, only one of them in Serie A. He then moved to Palermo in 1983, but abruptly left it three years later following the cancellation of the Sicilian club in the summer of 1986. This was followed by a single season with Vicenza and two Serie C2 seasons for Treviso. De Biasi retired from active football in 1990, after a Serie D season with Bassano.


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