Leonardo Colucci

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Leonardo Colucci
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-12-29) 29 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Cerignola, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1993 Cerignola
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995
Siracusa
40 (7)
1995 Lazio 2 (1)
1995–1996 Reggiana 35 (3)
1996–2002 Verona 147 (10)
2002–2006 Bologna 112 (1)
2006–2007 Cagliari 26 (1)
2007–2009 Cremonese 33 (0)
2009–2011 Modena 55 (0)
Total 450 (23)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Cesena (assistant)
2013–2016 Bologna Primavera
2016–2017 Reggiana
2017–2018 Pordenone
2018–2019 Vis Pesaro
2020–2021
Ravenna
2021–2022 Picerno
2022–2023 Juve Stabia
2023–2024 SPAL
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leonardo Colucci (born 29 December 1972) is an Italian football coach and former player, who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Early career

Colucci started his career at his hometown club

Lazio halfway through the 1994–95 season; he scored the winning and only goal in the last match of the season, against Brescia
.

In the

. He played 35 league matches out of a possible 38.

Verona

In the next season, he played for

Verona of Serie A. After the club was relegated in 1997, he won the Serie B Champion in 1999
, helping the team return to Serie A.

He spent another three seasons in Serie A with Verona until they were relegated again in 2002.

Bologna

In July 2002, he left for

Bologna. He played 85 league matches over three Serie A seasons and followed the team as they were relegated to Serie B in 2005
.

Late career

In August 2006, he joined

Serie C1
.

In September 2009, he joined

Modena of Serie B on a free transfer.[1]
He remained with the club until 2011, when he retired from professional football to pursue a coaching career.

Coaching career

On 14 February 2018, he was fired as the coach of Serie C club Pordenone.[2]

On 17 November 2020, he was hired by

Ravenna.[3]

On 15 November 2021, he was announced as the new head coach of Serie C club Picerno.[4] After guiding them to a spot in the promotion playoff, where they were eliminated in the first round, on 14 May 2022 Picerno announced they would not extend Colucci's contract with the club.[5]

In June 2022, Colucci agreed a deal with Serie C club

Juve Stabia as their new head coach.[6] He resigned on 27 January 2023 due to personal reasons.[7]
On 3 October 2023, Colucci was announced as the new head coach of Serie C club SPAL, signing a contract until the end of the season.[8] He was dismissed on 4 February 2024, leaving SPAL deep in the relegation zone.[9]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Bologna Primavera July 2013 June 2016 92 33 19 40 035.9
Reggiana June 2016 January 2017 26 13 4 9 050.0
Pordenone June 2017 February 2018 29 11 9 9 037.9
Vis Pesaro July 2018 July 2019 40 9 16 15 022.5
Ravenna November 2020 June 2021 29 3 12 14 010.3
Picerno November 2021 May 2022 24 10 5 9 041.7
Juve Stabia June 2022 January 2023 25 10 6 9 040.0
SPAL October 2023 February 2024 18 3 9 6 016.7
Total 283 92 80 111 032.5

Honours

Player

Verona

References

  1. ^ "Diario gialloblu di Lunedì 21 Settembre e convocati per Modena-Empoli" (in Italian). Modena FC. 21 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  2. ^ "CONDUZIONE TECNICA PRIMA SQUADRA, COMUNICAZIONE UFFICIALE" (in Italian). Pordenone Calcio. 14 February 2018.
  3. Ravenna
    . 17 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Serie C, Picerno: Colucci è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport – Stadio. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Picerno, si interrompe il rapporto con Leonardo Colucci. La nota del club" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  6. ^ "S.S. Juve Stabia, Leonardo Colucci è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). S.S. Juve Stabia. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  7. ^ "S.S. Juve Stabia, dimissioni di Leonardo Colucci" (in Italian). S.S. Juve Stabia. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Leonardo Colucci è il nuovo allenatore della SPAL" (in Italian). SPAL. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Leonardo Colucci relieved from his position as SPAL coach". SPAL. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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