Pioli as Lazio manager in 2015
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 20 October 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Parma, Italy | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Internazionale (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1979–1982 | Parma | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1984 | Parma | 42 | (1) |
1984–1987 | Juventus | 35 | (0) |
1987–1989 | Verona | 42 | (0) |
1989–1995 | Fiorentina | 154 | (1) |
1995–1996 | Padova | 4 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Pistoiese | 14 | (1) |
1997–1998 | Fiorenzuola | 21 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Colorno | ? | (?) |
Total | 312 | (3) | |
National team | |||
1985–1987 | Italy U21 | 5 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1999–2002 | Bologna (youth team) | ||
2002–2003 | Chievo (youth team) | ||
2003–2004 | Salernitana | ||
2004–2006 | Modena | ||
2006–2007 | Parma | ||
2007–2008 | Grosseto | ||
2008–2009 | Piacenza | ||
2009–2010 | Sassuolo | ||
2010–2011 | Chievo | ||
2011 | Palermo | ||
2011–2014 | Bologna | ||
2014–2016 | Lazio | ||
2016– | Internazionale | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Stefano Pioli (born 20 October 1965) is an Italian football manager and a former footballer who played as a defender. He is currently in charge of Serie A club Internazionale.
Pioli, a native of Parma, started his own playing career for his home city team, Parma. Successively, he was signed by Juventus, with whom he had his Serie A debut in 1984. Sold to Verona in 1987, Pioli moved to Fiorentina in 1989, where he spent six years of his career. He ended his career in 1999 for Colorno of Campionato Eccellenza, after three experiences with Padova, Pistoiese and Fiorenzuola. He concluded his career playing in Colorno on the team with his brother Leonardo.
From 1999 to 2002 Pioli coached Bologna's youth team (winning a championship with Allievi Nazionali's team), and Chievo's in 2002–03. In 2003–04, he was appointed as head coach of Serie B club Salernitana. He moved to Modena, still of Serie B, in 2004.
In 2006, Pioli was named as Parma's head coach, therefore returning to his home city and marking his Serie A debut as a manager. He was however sacked on 12 February 2007 after a 3–0 loss to Roma which brought Parma down to second-last place and replaced by Claudio Ranieri.
On 11 September 2007 he was unveiled as new head coach of Serie B club Grosseto, replacing Giorgio Roselli, sacked after three consecutive defeats in the first three league matches, and managed to lead the Tuscan minnows to an impressive mid-table finish in their first season in the Serie B. He then served as head coach of Piacenza for their 2008–09 Serie B campaign. In July 2009 he left Piacenza to join Sassuolo as new head coach of the neroverdi.