Cristiano Scazzola

Cristiano Scazzola
Personal information
Full name Cristiano Scazzola[1]
Date of birth (1971-07-20) 20 July 1971 (age 53)[2]
Place of birth Loano, Italy[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Monterosi (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 Genoa 0 (0)
1991–1993 Massese 27 (1)
1993–1994 Spezia 30 (6)
1994–1996 Fiorenzuola 59 (4)
1996–1997 Genoa 10 (0)
1997–1998 Modena 39 (3)
1998–1999 Lecco 24 (5)
1999–2001 Alessandria 55 (15)
2001–2002 Monza 30 (4)
2002–2003 Lumezzane 14 (0)
2003 Paternò 11 (2)
2003–2004 Ivrea 28 (2)
2004–2006 Monza 40 (4)
2006 Pisa 6 (1)
2006–2010 Pro Belvedere Vercelli 100 (16)
Managerial career
2013–2015 Pro Vercelli
2016–2017 Robur Siena
2017 Casertana
2018–2019 Cuneo
2019–2020 Alessandria
2021–2022 Piacenza
2022–2023 Piacenza
2024– Monterosi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristiano Scazzola (born 20 July 1971) is an Italian football coach and former player, currently in charge of Serie D club Monterosi.

Playing career

A Genoa youth product, Scazzola made his professional debut in a 1990–91 Coppa Italia game against Roma. He successively left Genoa to pursue a long career in the lower divisions, starting with Massese (Serie C1) in 1991. He made his Serie B debut in 1996, in what was a short comeback of his at Genoa. He left professional football in 2006 after a short stint with Pisa to join Vercelli-based amateurs Pro Belvedere, with whom he served as a captain in the club's historical Serie D promotion in 2009. He retired in 2010, aged 39, after a Serie C2 season in which he served contemporaneously as both player and assistant head coach.

Coaching career

After retirement, Scazzola accepted a youth coach position at the club after it merged with and changed denomination to Pro Vercelli. In 2012, he took charge of the Primavera under-19 club at the club, and in 2013 he was named new head coach for the club's 2013–14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione campaign.

In his first season as a head coach, Scazzola succeeded in guiding Pro Vercelli to second place in the league, behind champions Virtus Entella, and then won the promotion playoffs to bring his club swiftly back to Serie B. He was successively confirmed as head coach of Pro Vercelli for the 2014–15 Serie B season.

As head coach of a newly promoted Serie B club, Scazzola was also successfully admitted to the yearly UEFA Pro Licence course to be held in Coverciano.[1]

On 19 January 2020, he was dismissed by Serie C club Alessandria.[3]

On 26 January 2021, he was hired by Serie C club Piacenza.[4] He parted ways with Piacenza on 20 May 2022, after guiding the club to escape relegation by the end of the 2020–21 season and a mid-table placement in the following one.[5] On 3 October 2022, he was re-hired as Piacenza manager.[6][7] He was sacked on 18 February 2023 after failing to lead Piacenza out of the direct relegation zone.[8]

On 5 February 2024, Scazzola took over at relegation-battling Serie C club Monterosi until the end of the season.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ammessi Corso Prima Categoria - Uefa Pro (2014/2015)" [Admitted to First Grade Course - UEFA Pro (2014/2015)] (PDF). Settore Tecnico FIGC. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Scheda anagrafica di Cristiano Scazzola" (in Italian). AIC.football.it. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  3. ^ "ESONERATO MISTER SCAZZOLA" (Press release) (in Italian). Alessandria. 19 January 2020.
  4. ^ "CRISTIANO SCAZZOLA E' IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL PIACENZA CALCIO" (in Italian). Piacenza. 26 January 2021.
  5. ^ "SI CONCLUDE IL RAPPORTO PROFESSIONALE CON MISTER CRISTIANO SCAZZOLA" (in Italian). Piacenza Calcio 1919. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Piacenza - Ufficiale: Manuel Scalise è esonerato. Torna Cristiano Scazzola: società in silenzio stampa" (in Italian). SportPiacenza.it. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  7. ^ "CRISTIANO SCAZZOLA TORNA SULLA PANCHINA DEL PIACENZA" (in Italian). Piacenza Calcio 1919. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  8. ^ "COMUNICATO STAMPA - CRISTIANO SCAZZOLA" (in Italian). Piacenza Calcio 1919. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  9. ^ "UFFICIALE - Monterosi Tuscia, Cristiano Scazzola è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). TuttoC.com. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.


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