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Gian Piero Ventura
Italian football manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gian Piero Ventura (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒam ˈpjɛːro venˈtuːra]; born 14 January 1948) is an Italian football manager.
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![]() Ventura in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gian Piero Ventura[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1948-01-14) 14 January 1948 (age 76) | ||
Place of birth | Genoa, Italy | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Sampdoria | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1969 | Sampdoria | 0 | (0) |
1969–1970 | Sestrese | 29 | (0) |
1970–1974 | Enna | 9 | (0) |
1974–1976 | Sanremese | 21 | (0) |
1976–1978 | Novese | 30 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1976–1979 | Sampdoria (youth team) | ||
1979–1981 | Sampdoria (assistant coach) | ||
1981–1982 | Ruentes Rapallo | ||
1982–1986 | Entella | ||
1986 | Spezia | ||
1987–1989 | Centese | ||
1989–1992 | Pistoiese | ||
1992–1993 | Giarre | ||
1994 | Venezia | ||
1994–1995 | Venezia | ||
1995–1997 | Lecce | ||
1997–1999 | Cagliari | ||
1999–2000 | Sampdoria | ||
2001–2002 | Udinese | ||
2002–2003 | Cagliari | ||
2004–2005 | Napoli | ||
2006 | Messina | ||
2006–2007 | Hellas Verona | ||
2007–2009 | Pisa | ||
2009–2011 | Bari | ||
2011–2016 | Torino | ||
2016–2017 | Italy | ||
2018 | Chievo | ||
2019–2020 | Salernitana | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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His playing career as a midfielder was spent in the lower leagues, having not made the grade at Sampdoria, where he began his coaching career with the youth team in 1976. He debuted in Serie A with Cagliari in 1998, and also managed Udinese, Messina, Bari, Torino and Chievo in the top flight.
Ventura was the manager of the Italy national football team from 2016 to 2017. He was dismissed when they failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, their first absence from the tournament since 1958.