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Francesco Pedone
Personal information
Full name	Francesco Pedone
Date of birth	6 June 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Milan, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Como
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987–1988	Como
1988–1989	Centese
1989–1990	Barletta
1990–1993	Como
1993–1996	Bari
1996	Reggiana
1997–2001	Venezia
2001–2002	Como
2002–2004	Sampdoria
Total
Managerial career
2004–2007	Sampdoria (assistant)
2007–2009	Torino (assistant)
2009	Reggina (assistant)
2010–2011	Sampdoria (assistant)
2011–2017	Sampdoria (youth)
2013	Sampdoria (caretaker)
2017–2022	Juventus (youth)
2022–2024	Sassuolo (youth)
2024–	Sampdoria (youth)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024

Francesco Pedone (born 6 June 1968), is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Revealed in Como's youth categories, Pedone became famous playing for the club, where he was champion of the 2001–02 Serie B. He also stood out for Bari, where in 1994–95, he played for the first time in Serie A, and for Venezia where he scored 147 appearances. He ended his career with Sampdoria in 2004.^[1]

After retiring, Pedone joined Sampdoria coaching staff alongside coach Walter Novellino. He repeated the partnership at Torino, at Reggina and again at Sampdoria, when in 2013 Pedone became coach of the club's youth teams. In November 2013, Pedone was caretaker coach of Sampdoria first team after Delio Rossi be sacked.^[2] He also coached the youth sectors of Juventus^[3] and Sassuolo, where he won the traditional Torneo di Viareggio in 2023.^[4]