Luigi Simoni

Luigi Simoni

Gigi Simoni with Torino FC
Personal information
Date of birth	(1939-01-22) 22 January 1939 (age 78)
Place of birth	Crevalcore, Italy
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Gubbio (technical director)
Youth career
	Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1961	Mantova	47	(10)
1961–1962	Napoli	11	(1)
1962–1964	Mantova	48	(8)
1964–1967	Torino	81	(18)
1967–1968	Juventus	11	(0)
1968–1971	Brescia	100	(12)
1971–1974	Genoa	88	(13)
Teams managed
1974–1978	Genoa
1978–1980	Brescia
1980–1984	Genoa
1984–1985	Pisa
1985–1986	Lazio
1986–1987	Pisa
1987–1988	Genoa
1988–1989	Empoli
1989–1990	Cosenza
1990–1992	Carrarese
1992–1996	Cremonese
1996–1997	Napoli
1997–1998	Internazionale
1999–2000	Piacenza
2000–2001	Torino
2001–2002	CSKA Sofia
2002–2003	Ancona
2003–2004	Napoli
2004–2005	Siena
2005–2006	Lucchese
2011–2012	Gubbio (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Luigi "Gigi" Simoni (born 22 January 1939) is an Italian football technical director, currently in office with Gubbio of Serie B, and a former player and coach. As manager of Italian club Internazionale, he won the UEFA Cup in 1998.

Luigi Simoni was born in Crevalcore, Emilia-Romagna, in Italy.

A good footballer, who played for Mantova, Napoli, Torino, Juventus, Brescia and Genoa, Simoni started his successful managing career with Genoa itself, in the 1974–75 season. The next year, he was able to bring the rossoblu back to Serie A.

After a long series of promotions, with Pisa, Brescia and Cremonese among them, and good results with outsider teams (Cremonese again, and Napoli), Simoni was called by Massimo Moratti to coach Internazionale of Milan in 1997. With an in-form Ronaldo on his side, Simoni won the UEFA Cup over Lazio in 1998, and managed a second-place finish in Serie A, behind Juventus.