Alessandro Spugna
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alessandro Spugna | ||
Date of birth | 22 November 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Turin, Italy | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2002-2014 |
Torino (youth coach) | ||
2014-2018 |
Juventus (youth coach) | ||
2018-2020 |
Juventus Women (U-19) | ||
2020-2021 |
Empoli Ladies | ||
2021- |
AS Roma Women |
Alessandro Spugna (born 22 November 1973) is an Italian
Coaching career
After spending 12 years as a youth coach with Torino, Spugna accepted an offer to coach within the youth ranks of cross-town rivals
In 2018, Juventus were searching for a successor to the departing Juventus Women's Primavera coach Daniele Diana and chose Spugna after he had spent 4 years as a youth coach within the men's side of the club. During his two seasons with the Juventus U-19 women's team, Spugna guided his side to two successive Viareggio Women's Cup trophies.[2]
Though Spugna never managed to win a Primavera league title with Juventus, he was credited with launching many young talents into women's senior football and accepted an offer to become the head coach of Serie A club
It was widely speculated that Empoli's decision was due to Spugna reaching a pre-contract agreement to become
Coaching style
Spugna has defined his preferred style of play as one made of aggressive, attacking and bold football.[6] Spugna consides himself a gestitore (talent manager) and not an integralista (system-based manager). He has claimed he has no preferred formation or system, and looks to adapt the formation to the playing talent at his disposal within any given match.
Honours
- Serie A
- Winners (1): 2022–23
- Supercoppa Italiana
- Winners (1): 2022
References
- ^ a b "Spugna va alla Juventus e saluta il Toro". Toro News (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ a b "Alessandro Spugna, dai successi con la Juventus Women Primavera alla Serie A". Calcio femminile italiano (in Italian). 2020-06-05. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Empoli Ladies, il curioso esonero di Alessandro Spugna" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Official: Bavagnoli Named Head of Women's Football, Alessandro Spugna New Manager". Chiesa Di Totti. 2021-06-02. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Official: Roma Swaps Agnese Bonfantini for Juve's Benedetta Glionna". Chiesa Di Totti. 2021-07-05. Archived from the original on 2021-07-05. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ a b "Official: Roma Signs Lucia Di Guglielmo". Chiesa Di Totti. 2021-07-16. Archived from the original on 2021-07-16. Retrieved 2021-07-25.