Andrea Pisanu

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Andrea Pisanu
Montreal Impact
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-01-07) 7 January 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Cagliari, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Cagliari
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Cagliari 2 (0)
1999–2000 →
Siena
(loan)		 11 (0)
2001–2004
Verona
 26 (2)
2004 →
Varese
(loan)		 13 (1)
2004–2010 Parma 82 (8)
2010–2015
Bologna
 2 (0)
2011–2012 →
Prato
(loan)		 23 (11)
2013 →
Montreal Impact
(loan)		 14 (1)
2014 →
Prato
(loan)		 10 (2)
2014–2015 → Sliema Wanderers (loan) 25 (5)
Total 208 (30)
Managerial career
2016–2018 Melita
2019–2020 Balzan (assistant)
2020–2021 Sliema Wanderers
2022–2023 Hibernians
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrea Pisanu (born 7 January 1982) is an Italian football coach and former player.

Club career

Pisanu joined

Varese.[5]

In mid-2004 Pisanu joined Serie A club

Parma F.C. along with Alessandro Elia and Marco Fanna. During his 5+1⁄2 year stay he played an average of 15 games per seasons. He failed to play any game during the 2009–10 Serie A after winning promotion for the club in 2009 as the runner-up of the 2008–09 Serie B
.

Bologna

In January 2010 he joined Bologna in a

co-ownership deal, in a direct swap with Francesco Valiani. Both players were valued at €2.5 million for half of the registration rights.[6][7] It allowed both clubs to make a profit with the move, notably about €3.5 million for Valiani[8] and €4,919,160 for Pisanu.[9] In the same window both clubs also swapped Alessandro Elia and Riccardo Pasi
.

In June 2011 Parma acquired Valiani outright and Pisanu jointed Bologna outright. Elia and Pasi also returned to their mother club. Elia was valued an aggressive price of €1.5 million and Pasi's 50% rights were valued at an aggressive price of €1.6 million; Valiani's residual rights for €2.8 million and co-currently sold Pisanu outright for €2.5 million. The four deals netted Bologna €200,000.[10][11]

In August 2011 Pisanu joined Prato. While with Prato the midfielder had a fine season scoring 11 goals in 23 matches in

Montreal Impact in MLS to loan Pisanu to the Canadian club.[12] In January 2014 Pisanu returned to Prato,[13] as well as in August 2014 to Malta.[14]

Malta

Pisanu spent one year at Sliema Wanderers from 2014 to 2015.[15][16]

Managerial career

Pisanu makes alternate use of the

3-4-3 and 4-4-2 system, depending on tactical situations. He is nicknamed "Il colto maltese" (the Cultured from Malta) for his philosophy system, inspired by Marcelo Bielsa, which requires great teamwork and understanding between teammates.[17][18]

In 2016, following the end of his career as a player, Pisanu was appointed as the coach of Malta Division One team Melita.[15] He left Melita in June 2018 to make room for new head coach Edmond Lufi[19]

After a short spell as assistant coach of Jacques Scerri at Balzan, in February 2020 Pisanu was named head coach of the Maltese Premier League club Sliema Wanderers.[20]

In July 2022 became manager of Hibernians. In December 2022 Andrea Pisanu won his first trophy (Maltese Super Cup) since entering Maltese football.[21] In February 2023 Hibernians FC have announced that they have parted ways with Andrea Pisanu.[22]

Honours

Player

Montreal Impact

Manager

Hibernians F.C.

Further reading

  • Farinotti, Luca, Andrea Pisanu, l'allenatore che vorrei, Italia sul podio, 2021.[23]

References

  1. ^ Hellas Verona FC SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2001 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA
  2. ^ "Campagna Acquisti: All'Hellas Anche Pisanu" (in Italian). Hellas Verona FC. 9 February 2001. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Primavera: Cossu e Pisanu mettono K.O. il Venezia" (in Italian). Hellas Verona FC. 4 November 2001. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Comproprietà: Aperte le buste, Andrea Pisanu resta all'Hellas, Luca Girelli a L'Aquila" (in Italian). Hellas Verona FC. 28 June 2002. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Calciomercato: Andrea Pisanu ceduto in prestito al Varese" (in Italian). Hellas Verona FC. 13 January 2004. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Bilancio intermedio al 31 dicembre 2010: Nota integrativa: parte 1" (PDF). Bologna FC 1909 (in Italian). 4 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Bilancio intermedio al 31 dicembre 2010: Nota integrativa: parte 2" (PDF). Bologna FC 1909 (in Italian). 4 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Ju29ro.com – Bilancio Bologna 2009/10: continuità grazie alla nuova proprietà". Ju29ro.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  9. ^ Parma FC SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2010 (in Italian)
  10. ^ Bologna FC 1909 Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (in Italian)
  11. ^ Parma FC Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (in Italian)
  12. ^ "Bologna sends Pisanu on loan to the Montreal Impact - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  13. ^ "Pisanu al Prato" (in Italian). Bologna FC 1909. 3 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  14. ^ "Pisanu allo Sliema" (in Italian). Bologna FC 1909. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  15. ^ a b Ltd, Allied Newspapers. "Melita to appoint Pisanu as coach". Times of Malta. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  16. ^ Ltd, Allied Newspapers. "Retiring Pisanu has no regrets". Times of Malta. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  17. ^ Farinotti, Luca (4 November 2020). "La filosofia di mister Pisanu, il Colto maltese". Avvenire. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Andrea Pisanu: Intervista – Il Megafono Quotidiano". www.ilmegafonoquotidiano.it (in Italian). 20 December 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  19. ^ "New coaching set-up at Melita FC". Timesofmalta.com.
  20. ^ "Pisanu named as Sliema Wanderers coach". Timesofmalta.com. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Goalkeeper Kone scores winning penalty to hand Hibs Super Cup". Times of Malta. 8 December 2022.
  22. ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (6 February 2023). "Hibernians part ways with first-team coach Andrea Pisanu". SportsDesk. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  23. ^ "Calcio: Andrea Pisanu, l'allenatore che vorrei... (Luca Farinotti)". Italia sul Podio (in Italian). 25 July 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

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