Fabrizio Castori

Infobox Football biography
playername = Fabrizio Castori
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1954|7|11
cityofbirth = San Severino Marche
countryofbirth = Italy
currentclub = Salernitana
position = Manager
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manageryears = 1980–1981 1981–1982 1982–1983 1983–1984 1984–1985 1985–1987
1987–1988 1988–1991 1991–1992 1992–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2003
2003–2007
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2008–
managerclubs = Belfortese San Vicino Urbisaglia Belfortese Tolentino ("Under-19 team") Camerino Grottese Cerreto Monturanese Tolentino Lanciano Castel di Sangro Lanciano Cesena
Cesena
Salernitana
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Fabrizio Castori (born on July 11, 1954 in San Severino Marche, Province of Macerata) is an Italian football coach.

Career

Castori was born in 1954 in San Severino Marche, but grew up in Tolentino. He started his coaching career in 1980 at the age of 26 as head coach of "Seconda Categoria" team Belfortese from Belforte del Chienti. Initially a boss for amateur teams, having spent three seasons in "Seconda Categoria" (second-lowest division in Italian football) and three others in Prima Categoria, he led a "Promozione" team, Cerreto, to reach Serie D in 1990 (there was no "Eccellenza" division at that time). From 1992 to 1998 Castori coached "Eccellenza" team Tolentino leading them to Serie C2. In 1998-1999 he won a Serie D league and a "Scudetto Dilettanti" with Lanciano. After a poor Serie C1 season with Castel di Sangro, he returned at Lanciano in 2000, and immediately won the Serie C2 league. He stayed at Lanciano until 2003, when he was appointed head coach of Serie C1 team Cesena. At his first season, he led Cesena to win the promotion playoffs and the Coppa Italia Serie C; this however was obscured by a 3-year ban on him after having been protagonist of a riot during the return leg of the promotion playoff finals against Lumezzane. The ban was successively reduced to 2 years following a pardon request by Castori himself [cite news|language=Italian|url=http://www.quelliche.net/pagine/rubrica_continua.cfm?rbcodice=13&numero=12776|title=Bentornato: Fabrizio Castori, nel posticipo di stasera, torna sulla panchina del suo Cesena|publisher=Quelliche.net|accessdate=2007-11-12|date=2006-01-23] ; during this time, Castori was unable to serve as head coach but, despite this, he was confirmed as Cesena's boss, with assistant manager Massimo Gadda serving at his place on the dugout until January 23, 2006. [cite news|url=http://www.db.avvenire.it/avvenire/edizione_2005_10_15/sport.html|title=Per Juve e Cesena l'impresa è seriale|language=Italian|accessdate=2007-11-12|date=2005-10-15|publisher=Avvenire]

On November 11, 2007, following a 1–4 loss to Rimini in a regional derby and only seven points gained in the first fourteen matches, Castori was dismissed by Cesena, after four seasons at the helm of the "bianconeri",cite news| url=http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/nov11h.html|publisher=Football Italia|date=2007-11-11|accessdate=2007-11-11|title=Serie B: Cesena sack Castori] but was reinstated at his managing role only three months later following Giovanni Vavassori's dismissal on February 25, 2008; cite news |url=http://www.cesenacalcio.it/notizie/news/esonerato-vavassori-al-suo-posto-torna-fabrizio-castori.html|publisher=AC Cesena|language=Italian|title=Esonerato Vavassori, al suo posto torna Fabrizio Castori|accessdate=2008-02-25|date=2008-02-25] his comeback at Cesena proved however to be unsuccessful, as the "bianconeri" were relegated to Serie C1 at the end of the season.

Castori will serve the 2008–09 season as head coach of newly-promoted Serie B team Salernitana.cite news |url=http://www.salernitana1919.it/Articles.aspx?id=2193 |language=Italian |publisher=Salernitana Calcio 1919 |accessdate=2008-06-15 |date=2008-06-12 |title=Mister Castori abbraccia Salerno ]

References

Persondata
NAME= Castori, Fabrizio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Castori, Fabrizio
SHORT DESCRIPTION=football manager
DATE OF BIRTH= 1954-7-11
PLACE OF BIRTH= San Severino Marche, Italy
DATE OF DEATH=
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