Diego Garzitto

Diego Garzitto

Personal information
Date of birth	(1950-01-19) 19 January 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth	Lestizza, Italy
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Al-Ittihad (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1972	Louhans-Cuiseaux	30	(1)
1972–1973	Ajaccio	36	(0)
1973–1983	Louhans-Cuiseaux
Total		66	(1)
Managerial career
1984–1985	Louhans-Cuiseaux
1986–1992	Lons-le-Saunier
1992–1995	Besançon RC
1995–1996	Bourg-Péronnas
1996–1997	FC Vaulx-en-Velin
1998–1999	Jura Sud Lavans
2000	Chasselay
2001	Ethiopia U20
2001–2002	Mâcon
2002	Togo
2003–2004	TP Mazembe
2004–2006	Louhans-Cuiseaux
2006–2007	Ethiopia
2007–2009	Jura Sud Lavans
2009–2010	TP Mazembe
2010	Wydad Casablanca
2012–2013	Al-Hilal Omdurman
2013	CS Constantine
2014–2015	Al-Merrikh
2017	Al-Merrikh
2017–2018	Al-Ittihad
2020	FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Garzitto (born 19 January 1950) is a French football coach and former professional player.

Playing career

Born in Italy, Garzitto was raised in France, and spent his entire professional career in his adopted nation, playing as a defender for CS Louhans-Cuiseaux and AC Ajaccio.^[1]

Coaching career

After coaching in the lower-leagues of France,^[2] Garzitto took charge of the under-20 national team of Ethiopia, leaving that position in August 2001.^[3] He then took charge of the national team of Togo in July 2002, leaving two months later.^[4] After returning to French club football for a period, Garzitto took charge of Ethiopia in December 2006, resigning two months later.^[5] Garzitto later led the Congolese side TP Mazembe to the 2009 CAF Champions League title,^[6] before later coaching Moroccan side Wydad Casablanca.^[7]

He became manager of Sudanese club Al-Merrikh in December 2014.^[8] He won the 2015 Sudan Premier League and 2015 Sudan Cup, and reached the semi-finals of 2015 CAF Champions League for the first time in the club's history, only losing to the eventual champions TP Mazembe.^[9] He left the club in November 2015 due to late salary payments.^[9]

In January 2017, he came back to manage Al-Merrikh in a hope to retrieve money allegedly owed to him.^[10] In August, he became manager of Libyan club Al-Ittihad.^[11]

He became the manager of Libyan club Al-Ittihad in August 2017. He became the manager of Saint-Eloi Lupopo in April 2020.^[12]

References

1. Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.
2. "Tpmazembe.com :: Entente Urbaine de Football de Lubumbashi". Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
3. "Garzitto's time is up". BBC Sport. 30 August 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
4. "Togo coach Garzitto resigns". BBC Sport. 17 September 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
5. "Garzitto quits as Ethiopia coach". BBC Sport. 4 February 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
6. Steve Vickers (7 November 2009). "Mazembe clinch Champs Lge title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
7. "Moroccan champions fire coach Diego Garzitto". BBC Sport. 2 January 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
8. Oluwashina Okeleji (5 December 2014). "Al Merreikh appoint Diego Garzitto as coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
9. "المريخ السوداني يعلن رسميا رحيل الفرنسي جارزيتو". kooora (in Arabic). 30 November 2015.
10. "جارزيتو: المال سبب رحيلي عن المريخ". kooora (in Arabic). 23 August 2017.
11. "الاتحاد الليبي يعلن عن مدربه الجديد". kooora (in Arabic). 30 August 2017.
12. "Diego Garzitto : nouvel entraineur du FC Saint Eloi Lupopo". 13 April 2020.

External links

• Diego Garzitto Interview