- Giuseppe Iachini
Infobox Football biography
playername = Giuseppe Iachini
fullname = Giuseppe Iachini
nickname = "Beppe"
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|5|7
cityofbirth =Ascoli Piceno
countryofbirth =Italy
height = height|m=1.74
currentclub = ChievoVerona
position = Manager (former Midfielder)
youthyears =
youthclubs = Ascoli
years = 1981-1987 1987-1989 1989-1994 1994-1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 2000-2001
clubs = Ascoli Verona Fiorentina Palermo Ravenna Venezia Alessandria
caps(goals) = 81 (9) 47 (1) 126 (2) 62 (1) 31 (1) 65 (0) 14 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2007 2007-
managerclubs = Venezia Cesena Vicenza Piacenza ChievoVerona
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ntupdate =Giuseppe Iachini (born
7 May 1964 inAscoli Piceno ) is an Italian football coach and former player. He is currently head coach ofSerie B side ChievoVerona since 2007.Playing career
Iachini started his playing career at Ascoli, and made his
Serie A and professional debut in 1981–1982, at the age of 17. He played for Ascoli until 1987, when he signed for Verona.In 1989, Iachini moved to Fiorentina and played five seasons with the "viola", four of them in Serie A. From 1994 to 1996 he played for Palermo of
Serie B . After a single Serie B season with Ravenna, in 1997 Iachini transferred to Venezia, where he played for three years, two of them in Serie A. He retired in 2001, after a SINGLESerie C1 season with Alessandria.Managing career
Iachini started his coaching career in October 2001, when he was called to coach Venezia of
Serie A , despite not being in possession of a coaching license yet. Assisted by "official" head coachAlfredo Magni , Iachini left his position as assistant coach at Piacenza in order to join Venezia, in spite of the Italian football regulation laws, and was successively disqualified for six months because of that. In the end, Venezia were relegated toSerie B .In 2002–2003, Iachini coached Cesena of
Serie C1 , leading his team to a spot in the promotion playoffs. In 2003–2004, Iachini moved at Vicenza, in Serie B, where he managed a team composed mostly by youngsters and led them to a mid-table place. He coached Piacenza, another Serie B club, from 2004–05 to 2006–07 with good results, including a notable fourth place, only behind Juventus, Napoli and Genoa, in his latest season with the "biancorossi". He was announced on June 2007 as new ChievoVerona boss for their 2007–08 Serie B campaign. In this year the team returns in serie A.
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