Guillermo Giacomazzi

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Guillermo Giacomazzi
Personal information
Full name Guillermo Gonzalo Giacomazzi Suárez
Date of birth (1977-11-21) November 21, 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Roma (assistant)
Youth career
1997–1998
Bella Vista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999
Bella Vista
53 (10)
2000–2001
Peñarol
34 (0)
2001–2013
Lecce
273 (37)
2007
Palermo
(loan)
7 (0)
2007–2008
Empoli
(loan)
20 (0)
2013–2014
Siena
38 (4)
2014–2015
Perugia
26 (1)
International career
1998–2007 Uruguay 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2015

Guillermo Gonzalo Giacomazzi Suárez (born 21 November 1977) is a Uruguayan football coach and former player,[1] currently in charge as Daniele De Rossi's assistant coach at AS Roma.

He holds the Serie A appearances record for Lecce with 178 matches played.[2] He also played for the Uruguay national team.

Playing career

He started in

Parma
, a game which Lecce drew 1–1. He played for the team for the following six years, becoming its captain.

On January 31, 2007, he was signed by

Empoli[3] In the following season, he was loaned to Empoli, and in 2008, he returned to Lecce. On 6 July 2010, he signed a new four-year contract with Lecce.[4]

Giacomazzi stayed with Lecce in 2012 despite their relegation from

Cesena to remain at the club.[5]

In 2013, he joined

Siena, a team that was excluded from the Serie B at the end of the season due to financial problems. Thus, he became a free agent and joined Perugia for the 2014–15 Serie B season.[6]

Coaching career

On 15 February 2020, Giacomazzi was announced as one of the two assistants to head coach

SPAL as Daniele De Rossi's technical collaborator.[9] He was relieved from his post, together with De Rossi and his entire staff, on 14 February 2023.[10]

In January 2024, following De Rossi's appointment as new Roma head coach, Giacomazzi followed him as his assistant.[11]

Personal life

In addition to his native Uruguayan citizenship, Giacomazzi is also an Italian citizen since 2004.[12] He is married to an Italian woman from Lecce, with whom he had two children.[13]

His son Sebastián (born 2006) is a youth footballer for Lecce, and has been called up to join the Uruguay national under-20 football team in 2022.[14][15]

In August 2022, Giacomazzi became a grandfather after his daughter Stephanie, partner of Lecce player Antonino Gallo, gave birth to a child.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Ficha de Jugador de selección: Guillermo Giacomazzi". Tenfield. Archived from the original on April 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  2. ^ "SERIE A: GIACOMAZZI IL PIÙ PRESENTE IN A, "HO DATO TANTO E HO RICEVUTO TANTO"" (in Italian). Soccerpuglia.it. 2009-05-12. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
  3. ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
  4. ^ "Rinnovo del contratto per Giacomazzi". US Lecce (in Italian). 6 July 2010. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Lecce, Giacomazzi: "Ho respinto le offerte di Parma, Torino e Cesena"". TuttoMercatoWeb.
  6. ^ "Giacomazzi è un giocatore del Perugia". ACPerugiaCalcio.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14.
  7. ^ "Mangia names Mazzotta, Giacomazzi as Malta assistant coaches". Times of Malta. 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  8. ^ "MFA parts ways with national team assistant coach Guillermo Giacomazzi". Malta Today. 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  9. ^ "Da Giacomazzi a Chimenti: ecco lo staff di De Rossi alla Spal" (in Italian). SiamoLaRoma.it. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  10. S.P.A.L.
    14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Da Giacomazzi a Brignardello, tutti gli uomini nello staff di De Rossi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Cittadinanza italiana a Giacomazzi del Lecce" (in Italian). La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. 21 October 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Giacomazzi: "Lecce mi ha dato tutto, ora in Serie A per restarci. Olivera? Con Spalletti farà bene"" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  14. ^ ""SEBA", CHE GIOIA IMMENSA! Giacomazzi Junior convocato dall'URUGUAY UNDER 20, sarà il più giovane in uno stage di allenamento" (in Italian). SoloLecce.it. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  15. ^ "El hijo de un ex Peñarol que la rompe en Italia y es capitán en la sub 16 del Lecce" (in Spanish). El Observador. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Fiocco azzurro in casa Lecce, gli ex rosa Gallo e Giacomazzi diventano papà e nonno" (in Italian). PalermoToday. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

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