Gianni De Biasi

Infobox Football biography
playername = Gianni De Biasi
fullname = Giovanni De Biasi
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1956|6|16
cityofbirth = Sarmede
countryofbirth = Italy
height =
currentclub = Torino
position = Manager (former midfielder)
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1974–1975 1975–1976 1976–1977 1977–1978 1978–1983 1983–1986
1986–1987 1987–1989 1989–1990
clubs = Treviso Inter Reggiana ("loan") Pescara ("loan") Brescia Palermo Vicenza Treviso Bassano
caps(goals) = 25 (5) 0 (0) 24 (0) 24 (0) 161 (13) 105 (7) 19 (0) 51 (3) ? (?)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 1990–1991 1991–1992 1992–1993 1993–1996 1996–1997 1997–1999
1999–2003 2003–2005 2005–2006
2007
2007–2008
2008–
managerclubs = Bassano ("youth team") Vicenza ("youth team") Vastese Carpi Cosenza SPAL Modena Brescia Torino Torino
Levante UD Torino
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Gianni De Biasi (born 16 June 1956 in Sarmede, Treviso) is an Italian football coach and former player.

Playing career

De Biasi, a midfielder, started his professional playing career for Inter Milan; he was part of the first team squad but, despite this, never played for the "nerazzurri" and was then loaned to Serie C team Reggiana in 1975 and newly-promoted Serie A club Pescara Calcio one year later. He was sold to Brescia in 1977 as partial compensation for the signing of Evaristo Beccalossi by Inter. De Biasi played in Brescia for five seasons, only one of them in Serie A. He then moved to Palermo in 1983, but abruptly left it three years later following the cancellation of the Sicilian club in the summer of 1986. This was followed by a single season with Vicenza and two Serie C2 seasons for Treviso. De Biasi retired from active football in 1990, after a Serie D season with Bassano.

Coaching career

In 1990, De Biasi became youth team coach for Bassano; in 1991, he was appointed by Vicenza to coach the "allievi nazionali" youth squad. In 1992, De Biasi made his debut as first team coach, being boss of Serie C2 club Vastese (now Pro Vasto); this was followed by three seasons as Carpi boss. In 1996, De Biasi was appointed coach of Serie B club Cosenza, but was fired on Christmas' eve day. After a two-year spell at SPAL, De Biasi was contacted and hired by Serie C1 club Modena on 2000; with the "canarini", De Biasi obtained two consecutive promotions that brought Modena back in Serie A after 38 years. He left Modena in 2003, after having led his club to a good 13th place in the Serie A table, and signed for Brescia, where he had the opportunity to coach Roberto Baggio in his last playing season. He was sacked during the 2004/2005 season.

In 2005, Torino F.C. of Serie B appointed De Biasi as head coach, offering him a squad quickly built in a very few days following the cancellation of the old Torino Calcio club and the forming of a new society, owned by Urbano Cairo. Under De Biasi, Torino obtained immediate Serie A promotion, after having defeated Mantova on playoffs. De Biasi, initially confirmed as head coach also for the 2006/2007 Serie A campaign, was however sacked three days before the first matchday and replaced by Alberto Zaccheroni. On February 26, 2007 Torino FC chairman Cairo decided to sack Zaccheroni too and recall De Biasi at the helm of the "granata", leading them to escape from relegation.

After several rumours regarding a possible move to La Liga side Levante UD, he was announced on October 9, 2007 to have reached an agreement with the Spanish side, where he will join fellow Italians Damiano Tommasi, Christian Riganò, Marco Storari and Bruno Cirillo. [cite web|url=http://www.levanteud.com/noticias/levante5418.html|language=Spanish|publisher=Levante UD|title=El Levante UD y el técnico Giovanni De Biasi llegan a un acuerdo verbal|date=2007-10-09|accessdate=2007-10-09] He did not manage to save the club from relegation, also because of financial struggles which questioned the club's own survival and led to sell several key players during the January transfer window.

On April 16, 2008 he was announced by Torino to replace Walter Novellino for the five final matchdays, with the aim to save the club from relegation once again.cite news |title=Torino sack Novellino|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11850_3430891,00.html |publisher=SKY Sports |date=2008-04-16 |accessdate=2008-04-16 ]

References

External links

*it icon [http://www.giannidebiasi.it/ Personal website]