Paolo Bianco

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Paolo Bianco
Umberto Del Core, Orazio Russo, Cristian Silvestri and Paolo Bianco during a training of Catania Calcio, in Massannunziata
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-08-20) 20 August 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Foggia, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Foggia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1999
Foggia
98 (1)
1999–2004
Treviso
148 (6)
2004–2006
Catania
72 (2)
2006–2009 Cagliari 91 (4)
2009–2010
Atalanta
21 (0)
2010–2015
Sassuolo
96 (0)
International career
1998 Italy U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2016
Sassuolo Primavera (assistant)[1]
2016–2017
Sassuolo
(assistant)
2017–2018
Siracusa
2018
Leonzio
2019–2021 Sassuolo (technical coach)
2021–2022 Shakhtar Donetsk (technical coach)
2022–2023 Juventus (technical coach)
2023–2024 Modena
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paolo Bianco (born 20 August 1977) is an Italian football coach and former footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Foggia

Bianco started his career within the junior ranks of

Treviso
in the summer of 1999 for an undisclosed transfer fee.

Treviso

Bianco's transfer to the northern club was a big step in the player's career, as he instantly became a key team member and eventually earned the captain's armband for his club. In his first season in

Catania
.

Catania

The player arrived at the Sicilian club in the summer of 2004. He became a regular fixture in the club's line-up and made 37 league appearances in his first season in Sicily. His impressive displays continued the following season as he made an additional 35 league appearances and helped guide the club to a second-place finish in the Serie B table and, hence, Serie A promotion. Despite helping to lead the club into the Serie A, the player was loaned to fellow Serie A side Cagliari in August 2006.[2]

Cagliari

Following his transfer from one Italian island to the other, the defender was instantly inserted into the

Catania. In his first season in the top flight, Bianco made 35 league appearances and scored a solo goal. In June 2007, the club excised the rights to buy him.[3] His second season, proved to be much of the same as the player made 31 appearances as both a central defender and a right back.[citation needed] Bianco entered the 2008–09 Serie A campaign with just one year left on his contract. In January 2010, he signed a pre-contract with Atalanta.[4]

Atalanta

Bianco made the move to

Bologna, his club failed in their efforts to avoid the bad fate. On 19 July 2010, his contract was terminated in mutual consent.[5]

Sassuolo

Bianco made his debut on

Portogruaro. Bianco was re-signed by Sassuolo on a one-year contract on 17 July 2014.[6]

Coaching career

He was appointed head coach of

After having worked as a technical collaborator for Juventus, on 14 June 2023, Bianco was unveiled as the new head coach of Serie B club Modena on a two-year contract.[10] He was dismissed on 13 April 2024 following a negative string of results.[11]

References

  1. ^ ESCLUSIVA - Bianco, bandiera del Sassuolo: "Un anno fa la nostra peggior partita contro la Lazio!"‚ lalaziosiamonoi.it, 16 October 2015
  2. ^ "Bianco: "Giampaolo è una garanzia"". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 26 August 2006. Retrieved 27 October 2010.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Biondini e Bianco sono del Cagliari". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 20 June 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2010.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Losapio, Andrea (8 January 2009). "Atalanta, Bianco arriva a giugno". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  5. ^ "MERCATO NERAZZURRO". Atalanta BC (in Italian). 19 July 2010. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Aggiornamenti dal calciomercato" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Bianco allenatore della Sicula Leonzio". Sicula Leonzio (in Italian). 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  8. Sicula Leonzio
    . 9 December 2018.
  9. ^ Con Paolo Bianco si amplia lo staff tecnico di mister De Zerbi[permanent dead link], sassuolocalcio.it, 11 October 2019
  10. Modena F.C. 2018
    . 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  11. ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE MODENA F.C." (in Italian). Modena FC 2018. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

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