Maurizio Ganz

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Maurizio Ganz
Ganz in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-10-13) 13 October 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Tolmezzo, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1988
Sampdoria
13 (0)
1988–1989
Monza
33 (9)
1989–1990
Parma
32 (5)
1990–1992 Brescia 70 (29)
1992–1995
Atalanta
76 (37)
1995–1997 Inter Milan 68 (26)
1998–2001
AC Milan
40 (9)
2000
Venezia
(loan)
19 (8)
2000–2001
Atalanta
(loan)
24 (5)
2001–2002 Fiorentina 15 (2)
2002–2004
Ancona
54 (14)
2004–2005
Modena
31 (4)
2005–2006
Lugano
23 (8)
2006–2007
Pro Vercelli
26 (10)
Total 524 (166)
International career
2009 Padania 2 (4)
Managerial career
2014–2016 Ascona
2016–2017 Bustese
2017–2018 Ascona
2018–2019 Taverne
2019–2023
AC Milan Women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maurizio Ganz (born 13 October 1968) is an Italian professional football coach and former player. He played as a striker.

Club career

A

Atalanta, making his Serie A debut with the club and scoring 14 goals during his first season in the top division. He spent three seasons with the club, although Atalanta were relegated during his second season, and he passed his final season in Serie B.[2]

Ganz transferred to

final of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup, only to lose on penalties; he finished the tournament as the top goalscorer with eight goals.[4] That season, he also helped Inter to a third-place finish in Serie A, scoring 11 goals, and he helped his club reach the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia, scoring a goal in the competition. In total, he scored ten goals in 16 appearances in European Competitions and three goals in 14 appearances in the Coppa Italia during his time at Inter.[5] He scored twice in early stages of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup that Inter eventually won.[6]

Ganz moved to local rivals

During the second half of the

, scoring 10 goals. Ganz finished his career with an impressive record of 204 goals in 469 games.

International career

Ganz represented Italy at the

Under-17 World Cup in 1985. He received two call-ups for the Italian national team in 1993, but did not gain an international cap.[13][14]

He played one game and scored a hat-trick for Padania, an unofficial national team that competes in the Viva World Cup.[15]

Coaching career

In 2014 Ganz was named head coach of Swiss club Ascona.[16] A year later he successfully obtained his UEFA Pro coaching licence.[17]

In 2016 Ganz took over at Lombardian Serie D amateur club Bustese,[18] a role he occupied until January 2017.[19]

After returning to Ascona and witnessing a relegation with his club, Ganz signed as head coach of fellow Swiss club Taverne in June 2018.

their women's team.[21]

On 20 November 2023, Ganz was relieved of his duties in charge of AC Milan Women.[22]

Personal life

His son

Brindisi. He is of Austrian origin.[23]

Career statistics

Managerial

As of matches played 20 November 2023[a]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
AC Milan
25 June 2019 Present 50 35 6 9 105 47 +58 070.00 [24]
Career totals 120 70 22 28 105 47 +58 058.33
  1. ^ Stats for league and European games only

Honours

Player

Sampdoria[1]

Brescia[1]

Inter Milan

AC Milan[1]

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Maurizio Ganz" (in Italian). A.C. Monza Brianza. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Maurizio Ganz". Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  3. ^ "I tifosi arrotolano lo striscione. In soffitta " El segna semper lu "" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. 17 December 1997. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Inter, che peccato" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 22 May 1997. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Maurizio GANZ". magliarossonera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Internazionale v Lyon game report". UEFA. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Il Milan cancella l' Inter" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 9 January 1998. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Ganz al Milan fino al 2000" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 16 December 1997. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Spalletti affida il Venezia a Ganz" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2 January 2000. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Fiorentina: è Ganz il sostituto di Chiesa" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. 26 October 2001. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  11. ^ "A come Ancona, 11 anni dopo" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 8 June 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  12. ^ "EUFO". Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Italy Maurizio GANZ". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Ganz: Convocazioni e presenze in campo" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  15. ^ "VIVA World Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  16. ^ "Ganz sulla panchina dell'Ascona" (in Italian). RSI. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  17. ^ "Morini si laurea allenatore Uefa Pro con Nesta e Ganz" (in Italian). RSI. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  18. ^ "DALL'INTERREGIONALE SVIZZERA ALLA PANCHINA DELLA BUSTESE, LA NUOVA SFIDA DI MAURIZIO GANZ" (in Italian). Eurosport. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  19. ^ "Ganz-Bustese è finita: l'ex bomber non è più l'allenatore dei granata" (in Italian). Il Giorno. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  20. ^ "Ganz al Taverne, ma prima si toglie qualche sassolino: "Retrocedere così è pazzesco!"" (in Italian). Laborsport.ocm. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  21. ^ "Calciomercato, ora è giunta anche l'ufficialità: l'ex tecnico del Taverne Maurizio Ganz guiderà il Milan femminile" (in Italian). CHalcio.ocm. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  22. ^ "OFFICIAL STATEMENT: WOMEN'S FIRST TEAM". AC Milan. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  23. ^ Claudio Romiti (28 October 2004). "Ganz, il destino nel... cognome" (in Italian). La Gazzetta di Modena. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  24. ^ "Maurizio Ganz Profile". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  25. ^ "Italy - Serie B Top Scorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  26. ^ Roberto Mamrud; Jarek Owsianski; Davide Rota (11 June 2015). "Fairs/UEFA Cup Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

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