Marco Giampaolo
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| Marco Giampaolo | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Giampaolo | |
| Date of birth | 2 August 1967 | |
| Place of birth | Bellinzona, Switzerland | |
| Playing position | Manager | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Cagliari | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1986-1990 1990-1992 1992-1993 1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 |
Giulianova Gubbio Licata Siracusa Fidelis Andria Gualdo |
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| Teams managed | ||
| 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2004 2004-2006 2006, 2007- |
Pescara (assistant coach) Giulianova (assistant coach) Treviso (assistant coach) Ascoli (assistant coach) Cagliari |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Marco Giampaolo (born August 2, 1967 in Bellinzona, Switzerland) is an Italian football (soccer) manager. In the current football season, he coached Serie A club Cagliari Calcio until December 17, 2006.
[edit] Playing career
Born in Bellinzona, Switzerland, but originary from Giulianova, Giampaolo is a former midfielder who played for several Serie C teams, including Giulianova Calcio, Gubbio, Licata and Siracusa, before to make his Serie B debut for Fidelis Andria in 1995. He retired in 1997, after a season played with Gualdo, following an ankle injury.
[edit] Managing career
After his retirement, Giampaolo was signed as scout for Serie B side Pescara Calcio, and successively promoted as assistant coach in 2000. In 2001, he was appointed assistant coach of Serie C1 side Giulianova Calcio, in support of Adriano Buffoni. Both left on April 2002, despite the team was fully involved in a fight for a playoff placement, citing bad relationships with the club's management. In 2002/2003, both Buffoni and Giampaolo signed for Treviso of Serie C1, leading the team to an immediate promotion to Serie B and saving the team from relegation the following season.
In 2004/2005, Giampaolo moved to Ascoli, where he again acted as assistant coach of unknown manager Massimo Silva. This was often cited as a trick in order to allow Giampaolo to coach the team, as he was not in possess of a valid coaching licence at the time. The season ended in a good sixth place, which allowed Ascoli to play promotion playoffs, where it was defeated by Torino Calcio. However, following a serie of cancellations by the federation, Ascoli was admitted to play Serie A the next season, and both Giampaolo and Silva were confirmed to coach a team built in only two weeks, with the only goal to maintain a place in Italian top division. On February 2006, Giampaolo was disqualified for two months by the Italian Football Federation for having acted as first team head coach without a valid coaching licence. Successively, Giampaolo was admitted to join the Coverciano coaching course, and, after having saved Ascoli from relegation, he was announced as coach of Cagliari Calcio.
On September 2006, Marco Giampaolo was involved in a freak training ground accident, the 39-year-old boss was hit on the head by a wayward ball and, despite continuing with the training session, developed symptoms of concussion soon after. The coach was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.
On December 17, 2006, after a 3-1 away defeat to Udinese in a league match, Cagliari boss Massimo Cellino announced to have sacked Giampaolo, citing coach's loss of confidence with the team. However on February 26, 2007 Cellino decided to sack Franco Colomba and reinstate Giampaolo back at the Cagliari head coach position.
He has a brother, Federico Giampaolo, who is currently a Serie B footballer for F.C. Crotone.
