Leonardo Acori

Infobox Football biography
playername = Leonardo Acori


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1955|1|16
cityofbirth = Bastia Umbra
countryofbirth = Italy
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position = Manager
currentclub = Livorno
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manageryears = 1990–1991
1991–1992
1992–1994
1994–1995
1995–1996
1997–1999
1999–2002
2002–2008
2008–
managerclubs = Rieti
L'Aquila
Viterbese
Ternana
Ladispoli
Gubbio
Sangiovannese
Rimini
Livorno
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Leonardo Acori (born January 16, 1955 in Bastia Umbra, Province of Perugia)cite web |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/serie_b/2008_nw/giocatori/79094.shtml |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=Italian |title=Leonardo ACORI |accessdate=2008-05-02] is an Italian football manager. He is currently the head coach of Serie B team Livorno.

Career

Coaching

Acori's first coaching experience came in 1990, at the helm of Interregionale team Rieti, which he led to a fourth place, then winning the division the next year with L'Aquila. After two seasons with Viterbese (a fourth and a third place), he served as mid-season replacement at Ternana with little fortune, and then trying unsuccessfully to escape relegation with Lazio-based team Ladispoli the following year. In 1997–98 he became head coach of Gubbio, leading them to an immediate Serie D title and a seventh place in the Serie C2 the following season. In 1999 he joined Tuscan side Sangiovannese, leading them to a Serie D title in 1999–2000 and narrowly missing promotion to Serie C1 in 2001–2002 after losing the playoff finals to Pro Patria. [cite web |url=http://twww.sangiovannese.com/rivista/doc/azzurro%2010%20bassa.pdf |publisher=Azzurro |language=Italian |date=2006-05-07 |accessdate=2008-05-02 |title=Diamo i numeri |page=9]

In 2002–2003 he was appointed as new Rimini boss, leading the "biancorossi" to a second place in the Serie C2/B, and then winning the promotion playoffs. The next season he then led Rimini to a fourth place in the Serie C1 round, missing a second consecutive promotion after losing the subsequent promotion playoffs. The promotion however proved just to be delayed as Rimini managed to win the Serie C1/A round the following season, thus ensuring a historical Serie B comeback. He was confirmed at the helm of Rimini with notable fortune, leading also his side to a fifth place in the 2006–2007 Serie B.

On June 4, 2008 he was announced as new Livorno boss, with the aim to lead the "amaranto" back to Serie A in their 2008–09 Serie B campaign.cite news |url=http://www.livornocalcio.it/notizie/comunicati.php?id=2745 |language=Italian |publisher=AS Livorno Calcio |accessdate=2008-06-05 |date=2008-06-04 |title=Leonardo Acori nuovo tecnico dell´A.S. Livorno Calcio ]

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