Fabrizio Castori

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Fabrizio Castori
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-07-11) 11 July 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth San Severino Marche, Italy
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Managerial career
Years Team
1980–1981 Belfortese
1981–1982 San Vicino
1982–1983 Urbisaglia
1983–1984 Belfortese
1984–1985
Tolentino
(Under-19 team)
1985–1987 Camerino
1987–1988 Grottese
1988–1991 Cerreto
1991–1992 Monturanese
1992–1998
Tolentino
1998–1999
Lanciano
1999
Castel di Sangro
2000–2003
Lanciano
2003–2007
Cesena
2008
Cesena
2008
Salernitana
2009
Salernitana
2009
Piacenza
2010–2011
Ascoli
2012–2013
Varese
2013
Reggina
2014–2015
Carpi
2015–2017
Carpi
2017–2018
Cesena
2018–2019
Carpi
2019–2020
Trapani
2020–2021
Salernitana
2022
Perugia
2022–2023
Perugia
2023–2024
Ascoli

Fabrizio Castori (born 11 July 1954) is an Italian football coach.

Career

Castori was born in

Serie C2
. In 1998-1999 he won a Serie D league and a Scudetto Dilettanti with
Serie C2
league. He stayed at Lanciano until 2003.

Cesena

In the summer of 2003, he was appointed head coach of

Lumezzane. The ban was successively reduced to 2 years following a pardon request by Castori himself;[1] during this time, Castori was unable to serve as head coach but, despite this, he was confirmed as Cesena's boss, with assistant manager Massimo Gadda serving at his place on the dugout until 23 January 2006.[2]

On 11 November 2007, following a 1–4 loss to

Serie C1
at the end of the season.

Salernitana

Castori served the

Salernitana.[5] He was successively sacked later in December, to be replaced by Bortolo Mutti, and then re-called on February, only to be dismissed again on April and replaced by Fabio Brini
, who guided the club to safety.

Piacenza

He was then appointed in June 2009 as the new head coach of

Piacenza for the upcoming 2009–10 Serie B season, being however dismissed in November due to poor results.[6]

Ascoli

On 3 November 2010 he returned into management as head coach of Serie B relegation-threatened club

Ascoli.[7] On 2 November 2011 he was sacked because of bad results. Ascoli is currently last in Serie B.[8]

Varese

Since 12 June 2012 he is the new head coach of

.

Reggina

From October 2013 until December 2013 he had a brief stint as manager of

.

Carpi

On 30 June 2014, Castori was announced as the new manager of

Carpi, on a one-year deal.[9] He started his Carpi experience in a hugely successful way, leading the small outsider club top of the league table by the end of the first season half and turning them into strong contenders to a historical first Serie A promotion. He was relieved of his duties on 28 September 2015.[10] He was reinstated as manager a month later on 3 November 2015.[11]
He was successively recalled to attempt to escape the club from relegation, which he failed on the final weekday of the season.

He was confirmed as Carpi boss for the 2016–17 Serie B season, which ended with the club narrowly missing a top-flight return, being defeated by Benevento in the promotion playoff finals; he left Carpi by mutual consent successively.[12]

Back to Cesena

On 1 October 2017, Castori agreed to move back to

Cesena, taking over at the bottom of the Serie B league with the goal of saving the club from relegation.[13]
In July 2018 the club was declared bankrupt and banned from participating in the Serie B.

Third stint at Carpi

On 18 September 2018, Castori was signed by Carpi, making his second return to the club.[14] The team was relegated to Serie C at the end of the 2018–19 season and he departed from the club.

Trapani

On 19 December 2019 he signed with

Trapani.[15]

Second stint at Salernitana

After one season at Trapani, he left for fellow

Salernitana
. Under his tenure, the Campanians completed the season in second place, winning direct promotion to Serie A.

Castori guided Salernitana for the first eight games of the 2021–22 Serie A season, being relieved from his duties on 17 October following a 1–2 loss to Spezia which left the Granata at the bottom of the league table.[16]

Perugia

On 8 June 2022, Castori returned into management as the new head coach of Serie B club

Perugia, replacing Massimiliano Alvini.[17] He was dismissed on 19 September 2022 following a dismal start in the 2022–23 Serie B campaign.[18]

On 19 October 2022, following the resignation of his replacement Silvio Baldini, Castori was called back in charge of Perugia.[19] He left Perugia at the end of the 2022–23 season as they were relegated to Serie C.

Second stint at Ascoli

On 13 November 2023, Castori returned to management as the new head coach of Ascoli, a former club of his, replacing outgoing manager William Viali.[20] He was dismissed on 12 March 2024, leaving Ascoli involved in the battle to escape relegation.[21]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 11 March 2024[22]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Monturanese Italy 1 July 1991 20 June 1992 34 18 11 5 46 24 +22 052.94
Tolentino
Italy 20 June 1992 19 May 1998 220 71 94 55 220 196 +24 032.27
Lanciano
Italy 19 May 1998 30 June 1999 40 28 11 1 78 17 +61 070.00
Castel di Sangro
Italy 30 June 1999 24 December 1999 20 4 8 8 18 25 −7 020.00
Lanciano
Italy 16 May 2000 3 June 2003 123 52 41 30 149 122 +27 042.28
Cesena
Italy 3 June 2003 11 November 2007 198 70 67 61 253 257 −4 035.35
Cesena
Italy 25 February 2008 6 June 2008 15 2 6 7 13 24 −11 013.33
Salernitana
Italy 7 June 2008 6 December 2008 21 7 5 9 23 30 −7 033.33
Salernitana
Italy 24 January 2009 4 April 2009 12 4 2 6 15 17 −2 033.33
Piacenza
Italy 3 July 2009 10 November 2009 14 2 3 9 11 23 −12 014.29
Ascoli
Italy 4 November 2010 2 November 2011 45 15 13 17 48 54 −6 033.33
Varese
Italy 13 June 2012 17 April 2013 39 15 11 13 52 51 +1 038.46
Reggina
Italy 21 October 2013 3 December 2013 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 016.67
Carpi
Italy 30 June 2014 28 September 2015 50 23 16 11 68 45 +23 046.00
Carpi
Italy 3 November 2015 12 June 2017 79 29 24 26 79 83 −4 036.71
Cesena
Italy 1 October 2017 24 July 2018 35 10 16 9 50 45 +5 028.57
Carpi
Italy 18 September 2018 30 June 2019 33 7 8 18 36 58 −22 021.21
Trapani
Italy 19 December 2019 10 August 2020 22 8 9 5 32 30 +2 036.36
Salernitana
Italy 10 August 2020 17 October 2021 49 22 13 14 57 52 +5 044.90
Perugia
Italy 8 June 2022 19 September 2022 7 1 1 5 5 11 −6 014.29
Perugia
Italy 19 October 2022 30 June 2023 29 9 8 12 35 38 −3 031.03
Ascoli
Italy 13 November 2023 12 March 2024 16 3 7 6 15 18 −3 018.75
Total 1,107 401 375 331 1,308 1,229 +79 036.22

References

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