Gianluca Grassadonia (born 20 May 1972) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player. He is the head coach of Lazio Women.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 May 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Salerno, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lazio Women (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1989 | Salernitana | 3 | (0) |
| 1989–1991 | AC Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Salernitana | 16 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Foggia | 9 | (0) |
| 1993–1996 | Salernitana | 61 | (0) |
| 1996 | Cagliari | 3 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Cosenza | 23 | (0) |
| 1997–2003 | Cagliari | 135 | (2) |
| 2003 | Chievo | 2 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Venezia | 16 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Fidelis Andria | 7 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Juve Stabia | 22 | (0) |
| 2006 | Sant'Antonio Abate | 10 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Salernitana | 10 | (0) |
| Total | 317 | (2) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Salernitana | ||
| 2011 | Casertana | ||
| 2011–2012 | Paganese | ||
| 2012–2013 | Paganese | ||
| 2013–2015 | Messina | ||
| 2015–2017 | Paganese | ||
| 2017 | Pro Vercelli | ||
| 2018 | Pro Vercelli | ||
| 2018 | Foggia | ||
| 2019 | Foggia | ||
| 2019–2020 | Catanzaro | ||
| 2021 | Pescara | ||
| 2021–2022 | Paganese | ||
| 2023– | Lazio Women | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editBorn in Salerno, Grassadonia started his playing career by growing from the youth ranks of hometown club Salernitana and then making his senior debut in 1988. In 1992, he made his Serie A debut as a Foggia player. His longest stint as a player was between 1997 and 2003 with Cagliari, with whom he played 135 league games.
Coaching career
editAfter retirement, Grassadonia took over a youth coaching role at Salernitana. In November 2009 he replaced Marco Cari as head coach, being however sacked later in March 2010 due to poor results. He successively served as head coach of Serie D club Casertana from February to June 2011.
In July 2011 he was named new head coach of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Paganese. After resigning from his post in January 2012, he returned to Paganese later in April and guided them to promotion through playoffs by the end of the season.
In December 2013 he took over at Messina, guiding them to win the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season. He was sacked in March 2015 due to poor results.
In August 2015 he accepted to return to Paganese, guiding the small Campanian club to a surprising qualification to the promotion playoffs during the 2016–17 Lega Pro season.
In June 2017 he was named new head coach of Serie B club Pro Vercelli, replacing Moreno Longo.[1] On 17 December 2017 he was sacked due to the poor results of the team and replaced by Gianluca Atzori.[2] On 22 January 2018 he came back to Vercelli replacing Atzori.[3] On 7 May 2018 he was resacked after the 5–1 away defeat against Spezia and replaced by Vito Grieco with the team in the relegation zone in 22nd place with 37 points.[4][5] However Grieco, even if he won against the relegated team Ternana (2–1) did not avoid Pro Vercelli's relegation to Serie C.[6]
On 30 June 2018 he was appointed as new Foggia head coach.[7] He was removed from his managerial duties on 11 December 2018 after a string of negative results.[8]
On 11 March 2019 he was appointed as new Foggia head coach.[9]
On 21 October 2019 he signed a contract until the end of the 2019–20 season with Serie C club Catanzaro which will be automatically extended if Catanzaro achieves promotion to Serie B.[10] He was dismissed by Catanzaro on 24 January 2020 following two consecutive losses.[11]
On 14 February 2021 he was named new head coach of bottom-placed Serie B club Pescara, signing a contract until the end of the season.[12]
On 5 September 2021, Grassadonia agreed to return in charge of his past club Paganese in the Serie C league.[13] He was dismissed on 11 April 2022, leaving Paganese third-last placed in the league table.[14]
On 8 May 2023, he took on his first managerial role in women's football, accepting the head coaching job at Lazio Women.[15]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 20 October 2021[16]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Salernitana | 
|
1 November 2009 | 14 March 2010 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 23.53 |
| Casertana |
|
8 February 2011 | 6 June 2011 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 41.67 |
| Paganese |
|
20 July 2011 | 18 January 2012 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 46.43 |
| Paganese |
|
30 April 2012 | 18 June 2013 | 37 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 35.14 |
| Messina |
|
3 December 2013 | 12 March 2015 | 53 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 64 | 70 | −6 | 33.96 |
| Paganese |
|
6 August 2015 | 19 May 2017 | 77 | 25 | 22 | 30 | 93 | 97 | −4 | 32.47 |
| Pro Vercelli |
|
14 June 2017 | 17 December 2017 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 20.00 |
| Pro Vercelli |
|
22 January 2018 | 7 May 2018 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 22.22 |
| Foggia |
|
30 June 2018 | 11 December 2018 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 26.67 |
| Foggia |
|
11 March 2019 | 12 May 2019 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | +0 | 33.33 |
| Catanzaro |
|
21 October 2019 | 24 January 2020 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 40.00 |
| Pescara |
|
14 February 2021 | 19 June 2021 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 20.00 |
| Paganese |
|
5 September 2021 | 11 April 2022 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 50.00 |
| Total | 324 | 106 | 97 | 121 | 381 | 397 | −16 | 32.72 | |||
References
edit- ^ "UFFICIALE: GIANLUCA GRASSADONIA NUOVO ALLENATORE DEI LEONI" (in Italian). FC Pro Vercelli 1892. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pro Vercelli, UFFICIALE Atzori". www.calciomercato.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ Calciomercato Pro Vercelli, esonerato Atzori. Torna Grassadonia‚ corrieredellosport.it, 22 January 2018
- ^ "Pro Vercelli: Grassadonia esonerato, lo sostituisce Grieco (Primavera) – PiemonteTopNews". www.piemontetopnews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Grassadonia, i perché di un esonero". Infovercelli24.it (in Italian). 7 May 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Serie B: Frosinone sees A, Ternana and Pro Vercelli Lega Pro | Football Magazine | Football and Sports News". Football Magazine | Football and Sports News. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Gianluca Grassadonia è il nuovo allenatore del Foggia". Foggia Calcio (in Italian). 30 June 2018. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Serie B: Foggia, esonerato Grassadonia" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "Serie B, Foggia: notte di follia. Incendiata l'auto di Iemmello". Foggia Calcio (in Italian). 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Grassadonia nuovo tecnico delle Aquile: "Massimo impegno per raggiungere obiettivi importanti"" (Press release) (in Italian). Catanzaro. 21 October 2019. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "Il Catanzaro richiama in panchina mister Auteri" (Press release) (in Italian). Catanzaro. 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Gianluca Grassadonia è il nuovo allenatore del Pescara" (in Italian). Pescara Calcio. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Paganese, panchina affidata a Grassadonia dopo l'esonero di Di Napoli" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Paganese, torna Di Napoli in panchina. Esonerato Grassadonia" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Lazio Women, cambio in panchina. Esonerato Catini, al suo posto Grassadonia" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Gianluca Grassadonia career sheet". footballdatabase. Retrieved 24 February 2021.