Elio Gustinetti

Infobox Football biography
playername = Elio Gustinetti


fullname = Elio Elia Gustinetti
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1955|3|29
cityofbirth = Bergamo
countryofbirth = Italy
currentclub = Grosseto
position = Manager
years =
clubs =
manageryears = 1988–1989 1989–1992 1994–1995 1995–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001
2001–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008
2008–
managerclubs = Leffe Albinese Leffe Lecco Lumezzane Reggina Empoli Treviso AlbinoLeffe Arezzo Crotone AlbinoLeffe
Grosseto

Elio Gustinetti (born March 29, 1955 in Bergamo [cite web|url=http://www.raisport.mondocalcio.rai.it/serieb/giocatori/1164.shtml|publisher=RAI Sport|title=Serie B 2007/2008 - Elio Gustinetti|accessdate=2007-09-26|language=Italian] ) is an Italian football manager.

Career

Gustinetti started his coaching career in 1988 with Serie D club Leffe, ending the season in third place. He then moved at Promozione club Albinese, leading them to win the league and gaining promotion to Serie D. After a ninth and a tenth place, he left Albinese in 1992 and returned into coaching in 1994, again with Leffe, now in Serie C1. In 1995 he moved to Serie C2's Lecco, where he stayed for two seasons, ended in sixth and second place respectively, and winning promotion to Serie C1 in the latter season. In 1997 he signed for Lumezzane, winning a spot in the Serie C1 promotion playoffs but failing to win it. This was followed by three Serie B campaign all ended with a dismissal at Reggina, Empoli and Treviso.

In 2001 he was appointed by Serie C1 minnows AlbinoLeffe, a club founded a few years before following the merger of Leffe and Albinese, both teams previously coached by Gustinetti. In 2003 he led AlbinoLeffe to a surprising and historical promotion to Serie B, after defeating Pisa on playoffs. He served as AlbinoLeffe boss in their two first Serie B campaign, escaping relegation in both cases. He joined newly-promoted Serie B club Arezzo in 2005, leading the side to an impressive seventh place; this was followed by an unsuccessful campaign at Crotone, during which he was sacked in the half-season.

He returned to AlbinoLeffe in 2007, replacing Emiliano Mondonico and starting his experience with an impressive 16 points in the first six league matches. He then managed to lead AlbinoLeffe successfully into the top league position, with strong chances of direct promotion; however, a string of four consecutive home losses, and a troubled relationship with club chairman Gianfranco Andreoletti led the latter to dismiss him on May 26, 2008, after a 0–4 home loss to Rimini which mathematically excluded AlbinoLeffe from a direct promotion spot, with only one game remaining in the regular season, depriving him of the chance to attend the promotion playoffs. He was replaced by youth team coach and former team player Armando Madonna. [cite news |url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/Notizie/Calcio/31224/Albinoleffe%2C+via+Gustinetti |title=Albinoleffe, via Gustinetti |language=Italian |accessdate=2008-05-26 |date=2008-05-26 |publisher=Corriere dello Sport]

On June 2008 he was announced as new head coach of Serie B team Grosseto for the upcoming 2008–09 season.cite news |url=http://www.usgrosseto.com/notizie/anmviewer.asp?a=2381&z=1 |language=Italian |publisher=US Grosseto FC |accessdate=2008-06-15 |date=2008-05-14 |title=Comunicato ufficiale U.S. Grosseto]

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