Michele Pazienza

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Michele Pazienza
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-08-05) 5 August 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth San Severo, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)
Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Foggia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003
Foggia
 88 (6)
2003–2007 Udinese 52 (0)
2005–2007 → Fiorentina (loan) 44 (0)
2007–2008 Fiorentina 8 (0)
2008–2011 Napoli 106 (4)
2011–2012 Juventus 8 (0)
2012 → Udinese (loan) 15 (1)
2012–2015 Bologna 37 (2)
2015–2016
Vicenza
 6 (0)
2016 Reggiana 6 (0)
2016–2017 Manfredonia 25 (1)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Pisa
2018
Siracusa
2020–2023 Audace Cerignola
2023–2024 Avellino
2025 Benevento
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michele Pazienza (Italian pronunciation:

defensive midfielder. He was most recently the head coach of Serie C Group C club Benevento
.

Career

Foggia

Pazienza was born in

Serie C1 in 2003.[1]

Udinese

The following season Pazienza then transferred to Udinese, also making his Serie A debut with the club.[1] He made 52 appearances in his two seasons with the club.

Fiorentina

Pazienza left on loan to Fiorentina for the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons[2] for a loan fee of €350,000 annually[3][4] and was then purchased outright by the club in June 2007[5] for an additional fee of €3.15 million (a misc. fee that cost La Viola an additional €160,000 was later shifted to other company);[6][7] he made 52 league appearances for la Viola in total.[1]

Napoli

During the

Napoli in a 3+1⁄2-year contract[8] for a transfer fee of €4.25 million.[6][7][9] In total, he made 106 appearances for the club, scoring 4 goals.[1]

Juventus

On 9 June 2011, Pazienza signed a three-year contract with Juventus on a free transfer.[5][10] After only making eight appearances under Antonio Conte, he moved on loan from Juventus back to Udinese on 31 January 2012, where he played the remainder of the season, making 15 appearances and scoring a goal, for a total of 23 Serie A appearances that season.

Bologna

On 30 August 2012, Pazienza was purchased by

Bologna[11] for €300,000[12] on a three-year contract,[13] worth €1,081,615 in the first season and €1,261,569 in the second and the third season respectively in gross.[14] The transfer also cost Bologna an additional €366,000 as other fees.[13] Pazienza was ranked joint-4th as the highest earner of Bologna player in 2012–13 season.[15]

Pazienza made 37 league appearances for Bologna in the first two seasons. However, he did not play any game in his last year of contract in 2014–15 season, which the club was relegated to Serie B.

Vicenza & Reggiana

On 14 July 2015, Pazienza signed for Serie B club

Vicenza Calcio on a free transfer;[16] he was awarded the number 4 shirt.[17]

On 4 February 2016, he was transferred to

Reggiana in a five-month contract.[18][19]

In the summer of 2016, along with other free agents, Pazienza obtained the license to be a youth team coach (UEFA B License).[20]

Manfredonia

In August Pazienza started to train with Serie D club Manfredonia.[21] He signed a contract on 24 September.

Style of play

Although Pazienza primarily excelled as a ball winner and at breaking down opposition attacks, he was also capable of aiding his team offensively due to his stamina, work rate, dynamism, finesse, and ability to make attacking runs into the area; he was also able to aid his team creatively and was an effective

assist provider.[22][23]

Coaching career

Pisa

Pazienza was promoted to the head coach position at

Pisa from their Under-19 squad on 19 October 2017 following the firing of Carmine Gautieri.[24] He was dismissed from Pisa on 26 March 2018.[25]

Siracusa

On 5 November 2018, he was appointed manager of

Siracusa.[26] He was fired by Siracusa on 15 December 2018.[27]

Audace Cerignola

On 15 July 2020, Pazienza was named the new head coach of

Audace Cerignola.[28] Despite failing on promotion, he was confirmed also for the 2021–22 Serie D campaign, during which he led Audace Cerignola to be crowned Group H champions, thus ensuring themselves a Serie C place for the first time in over 80 years in the club's history.[29]

After three seasons in charge of Audace Cerignola, he left the club by the end of the 2022–23 season.

Avellino

On 13 September 2023, Pazienza returned to management as the new head coach of Serie C club Avellino.[30] He was dismissed on 22 September 2024, together with the rest of the technical area staff, including sporting director Giorgio Perinetti, following a negative start of the season.[31]

Benevento

On 5 February 2025, Pazienza was announced as the new head coach of Serie C promotion hopefuls Benevento.[32] He was sacked on 11 March 2025, having only managed the club for five matches.[33]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 12 March 2025[34]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pisa
 Italy 19 October 2017 26 March 2018 22 9 9 4 27 19 +8 040.91
Siracusa
 Italy 5 November 2018 15 December 2018 7 1 3 3 4 7 −3 014.29
Audace Cerignola
 Italy 15 July 2020 21 June 2023 123 65 33 25 219 122 +97 052.85
Avellino Italy 13 September 2023 22 September 2024 52 26 13 13 84 47 +37 050.00
Benevento Italy 5 February 2025 12 March 2025 5 0 4 1 3 5 −2 000.00
Total 209 101 61 47 337 200 +137 048.33

Honours

Managerial

Audace Cerignola

References

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  2. ^ Calfapietra, Alessio (25 August 2005). "UFFICIALE: Pazienza alla Fiorentina" (in Italian). Total Market Web. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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  8. ^ "Pazienza waits for Napoli". Football Italia. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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  10. ^ "Official: Juventus complete signing of Michele Pazienza from Napoli". Goal.com. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Pazienza al Bologna" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Annual Financial Report 30 June 2013" (PDF). Bologna F.C. 1909. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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  15. ^ "Tutti gli ingaggi della A Solo Milano svolta Impennata della Juve Partita da un miliardo Stipendi: la dieta c' è, ma non si vede". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). RCS MediaGroup. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Michele Pazienza in biancorosso" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  17. ^ "Numerazione maglie Prima Squadra s.s. 2015-2016" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  18. ^ "Pazienza verso la Reggiana". Tutto Juve (in Italian). Total Market Web. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  19. ^ "Definito l'accordo con Pazienza" (in Italian). A.C. Reggiana 1919. 4 February 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  20. ^ "C.U. N°54 (2016–17)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC Settore Tecnico. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  21. ^ "Con il Manfredonia si allena l'ex Juve Pazienza" (in Italian). Il Sipontino. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  22. ^ "Pazienza, quantità e qualità per la Juve" (in Italian). Juventus.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  23. ^ "UFFICIALE: PAZIENZA ALLA JUVE FINO AL 2014!" (in Italian). Tutto Juve. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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  28. ^ "Il Cerignola riparte da Michele Pazienza: l'ex Foggia, Napoli e Juve è il nuovo allenatore dell'Audace" (in Italian). FoggiaToday. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  29. ^ "Cerignola in festa: l'Audace è in Serie C" (in Italian). FoggiaToday. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  30. ^ "AFFIDATO A MICHELE PAZIENZA L'INCARICO DI ALLENATORE DELLA PRIMA SQUADRA" (in Italian). US Avellino 1912. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  31. ^ "Comunicato ufficiale: sollevati dai rispettivi incarichi i membri dell'area tecnica" (in Italian). US Avellino 1912. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  32. ^ "MICHELE PAZIENZA È IL NUOVO MISTER DELLA PRIMA SQUADRA" (in Italian). Benevento Calcio. 5 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  33. ^ "Benevento Calcio's Strategic Shift". Il Mattino. 10 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  34. ^ Michele Pazienza coach profile at Soccerway
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