Giampiero Ventura

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playername = Giampiero Ventura


fullname = Giampiero Ventura
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1948|1|14
cityofbirth = Genoa
countryofbirth = Italy
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position = Coach
currentclub = Pisa
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youthclubs = Sampdoria
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manageryears = 1976-1979
1979-1981
1981-1982
1982-1986
1986-1987
1987-1989
1989-1992
1992-1993
1993-1995
1995-1997
1997-1999
1999-2000
2001-2002
2002-2004
2004-2005
2006
2006-2007
2007-
managerclubs = Sampdoria ("youth team")
Sampdoria ("assistant coach")
Ruentes Rapallo
Entella
Spezia
Centese
Pistoiese
Giarre
Venezia
Lecce
Cagliari
Sampdoria
Udinese
Cagliari
Napoli
Messina
Verona
Pisa
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Giampiero Ventura (born January 14, 1948 in Genoa) is an Italian football manager.

Career

After a short playing career started with Sampdoria, Ventura was forced to retire from active football at the age of 25 because of a serious back injury. He therefore opted to become a coach in the "blucerchiati" 's youth system, then becoming an assistant coach in 1979; he then left Sampdoria in 1981 to pursue a head coaching career, starting from several amateur teams from Liguria. In 1985 he achieved his first promotion to a professional league with Entella.

In 1987 he became head coach of Spezia in the Serie C1, but did not complete the season. Two poor seasons with Centese, characterized by a sacking, a reappointment and finally a relegation to Serie C2, were followed by a three-year tenure as A.C. Pistoiese boss in the Interregionale, ended with a promotion to Serie C2 in his second season and a fourth place in the third. In 1993 he became head coach of Sicilian Serie C1 team Giarre, where he achieved a very impressive fourth place, that is still the best result ever achieved by the club as of today. In 1993 he was appointed by Maurizio Zamparini to coach Venezia of Serie B: in his first season, Ventura obtained a good sixth place; this was not followed by an improvement in results in his second season, ended with a sacking.

In 1995 Ventura returned to Serie C1 at the helm of Lecce, which he led to two consecutive promotions up to Serie A. In 1997 he joined Cagliari, which he led to a quick return to Serie A. In 1998-99 he finally made his personal Serie A debut, leading Cagliari to a 12th place. During the 1999-2000 season, he agreed a return at Sampdoria, this time as head coach, but missed promotion to Serie A ending the season in fifth place.

After a year without a team, Ventura returned coaching during the 2001-02 season, this time at Udinese, obtaining just an unimpressive 14th place. From 2002 to 2004 he returned at Cagliari: a good ninth place in his first season was however followed by a sacking during the next one. In 2004-05 he was appointed at the helm of refounded team Napoli Soccer, with the goal to achieve immediate promotion to Serie B: however, Ventura did not manage to guide the team to the very top table positions, and he was later fired and replaced with Edoardo Reja. He returned coaching a Serie A club during the 2005-06 season, when he replaced Bortolo Mutti at the helm of Messina in an unsuccessful attempt to escape from relegation. In December 2006 he was called by Verona to replace Massimo Ficcadenti; despite a clear improvement in results his club, which was in the bottom of the table at Ventura's appointment time, did not manage to avoid playing a relegation playoff, losing it to Spezia. Later on June 2007, Ventura was announced as new head coach of newly-promoted Serie B club Pisa.

References

External links

*it icon [http://www.giampieroventura.it/ Official website]

Persondata
NAME= Ventura, Giampiero
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Ventura, Giampiero
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Football (soccer) player and manager
DATE OF BIRTH= 1948-1-14
PLACE OF BIRTH= Genoa, Italy
DATE OF DEATH=
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