Francesco Tavano
Livorno in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 March 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Caserta, Italy | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
–1997 |
Nola | ||
1997–1999 | Fiorentina | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2000 |
Pisa | 11 | (0) |
2000–2001 |
Rondinella | 46 | (21) |
2001–2006 |
Empoli | 142 | (43) |
2006–2007 | Valencia | 3 | (0) |
2007 |
→ Roma (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2007–2011 |
Livorno | 128 | (48) |
2011–2015 |
Empoli | 118 | (63) |
2015–2016 |
Avellino | 22 | (3) |
2016–2017 |
Prato | 26 | (6) |
2017–2020 |
Carrarese | 79 | (39) |
2020–2021 |
Prato | 27 | (11) |
2021–2022 |
Ponsacco | 20 | (10) |
2022 |
Tuttocuoio | ? | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
2022–2023 |
Tuttocuoio | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francesco "Ciccio" Tavano (born 2 March 1979) is an Italian
Playing career
Tavano started his professional career with
His time in Spain, however, proved unsuccessful, as he fell out with the coaching staff after making statements in the press, which led to him being a sub-player for most of his short stay in Spain. Tavano then returned to Italy for a loan spell with
In 2007, he was permanently signed by
He scored a hat-trick against Avellino on the season's opening day, making it the first round 1 hat-trick since 1994. He would then score at Piacenza before standing back to back with a teammate in celebration. He missed a penalty against Empoli, his former club, with the score tied at 1–1 before Antonio Buscè scored Empoli's winner. Tavano would, however, get a goal in the 5–2 win over Frosinone on the way to 25 for the season, giving him the capocannoniere title and ensuring promotion through the playoffs after missing out on automatic promotion to Bari and Parma. However, he had a hard season in Serie A, as Livorno were the only newly promoted team to go down. He scored the winner at Roma, but only scored four more goals.
He retired in 2022 after starting the season with
Coaching career
On 15 November 2022, Tavano took on his first head coaching role, in charge of
Honours
Roma
References
- ^ Empoli's Tavano excited by Real Madrid interest[permanent dead link], tribalfootball.com, 5 January 2006
- ^ Empoli FC SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2007 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Convocazione Nazionale" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 30 April 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ "Test azzurro, Lippi richiama Inzaghi". corriere.it (in Italian). IlCorriere della Sera. 30 April 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ "Quattro nuovi acquisti del Livorno Calcio". AS Livorno Calcio (in Italian). 30 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ "Tavano e Rossini al Livorno Via Abbiati, Torino su Sereni". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 27 June 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Francesco Tavano si ritira: a 43 anni l'ex attaccante diventa il nuovo tecnico del Tuttocuoio" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Eccellenza, il Tuttocuoio esonera Ciccio Tavano, al suo posto Nicola Sena" (in Italian). PisaToday. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
External links
Francesco Tavano at Soccerway