Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 September 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Termini Imerese, Italy | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Como | ||
Youth career | |||
Juventus | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1974 | Sampdoria | 14 | (1) |
1974–1975 | Brindisi | 34 | (4) |
1975–1977 | Atalanta | 39 | (6) |
1977–1978 | Avellino | 31 | (6) |
1978–1979 | Atalanta | 10 | (0) |
1979–1980 | Bari | 37 | (3) |
1980–1981 | Taranto | 35 | (1) |
1981–1982 | Lazio | 42 | (0) |
1982–1983 | Udinese | 16 | (0) |
1983 | Lazio | 3 | (0) |
1983–1985 | Triestina | 60 | (0) |
1985–1987 | Taranto | 22 | (0) |
1987–1988 | Legnano | 18 | (0) |
1988–1989 | Novara | 26 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
2008 | Ascoli | ||
2010 | Sanremese | ||
2012 | Como | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Vincenzo Chiarenza (born 27 September 1954 in Termini Imerese) is a former Italian football coach of Como and former player.
Chiarenza started his professional playing career in 1973–74 with Sampdoria in the Italian Serie A, then playing mostly at Serie B level with Brindisi, Avellino, Bari, Taranto, Triestina, Atalanta and Lazio. He successively played for Serie C2 teams Legnano and Novara before to retire from active football.
Throughout his career, Chiarenza made a total 43 appearances in the Italian Serie A, also scoring a goal.
Chiarenza spent the majority of his coaching career working in the Juventus youth system. In 2003 he succeeded long-serving youth coach Gian Piero Gasperini. He is credited with masterminding the Primavera squad's most successful period in the 2000s and bringing through players such as Antonio Mirante, Raffaele Palladino, Domenico Criscito, Sebastian Giovinco and current first team players Paolo De Ceglie and Claudio Marchisio, all of whom have made the first team at some point. All have been Italian youth internationals and Marchisio, Criscito and Giovinco have broken into the senior team. Under him, the Primavera squad won all competitions in the age group, including the 2005–06 Campionato Primavera, the 2006–07 Coppa Italia Primavera, two consecutive Supercoppa Primavera in 2006 and 2007 and winning the 2004-05 Torneo di Viareggio and reaching the final the following year. The Primavera have yet to win the championship since his departure.