Pasquale Marino (born July 13, 1962 in Marsala) is an Italian football coach, currently in charge as head of Genoa in the Serie A league.
[edit] Playing career
In his playing career, started for his home team, Marsala, Marino never played in divisions higher than Serie C1, and ended his career for Catania in 1996–97.
[edit] Coaching career
His coaching career begun in 1997–98 for Serie D team Milazzo, where he nearly won the league at his debut, ending in second place. However, his outbreak came at Paternò, which he led on two consecutive promotions from Serie D to Serie C1. He then signed for Serie C2 Foggia, which he led to an immediate Serie C1 promotion. He made his Serie B debut in 2004–05 with Arezzo, replacing Mario Somma. Fired in the half-season and replaced by Marco Tardelli, he was successively recalled at the helm of the team, ending in 14th place.
In 2005 he became coach of Catania: in his first season for the rossoblu, Marino brought the team back to Serie A after over 20 years. He also coached Catania in its 2006–07 Serie A campaign. After a very impressive start that brought Catania up to the highest table positions, Catania experienced a negative streak following the riots in the Sicilian derby which caused the death of a policeman and resulted in the Catania home stadium to be disqualified for the remainder of the season. After Catania saved in the last matchday, thanks to a 2–1 win to relegation rivals Chievo, Marino announced he was going to leave his post. He later signed a four-year contract with Udinese. Speaking to SkyItalia in the post-match interview, Marino didn't hide his disappointment following the lacklustre display by his side against bottom placed Reggina. “We were awful this afternoon, and despite having a numerical advantage, it seemed as if we were the team playing in nine men," snarled Marino. "I am very disappointed with the display, despite the positive result. I certainly was not expecting such a poor display from my men today, as I expect everyone to give their all when they put on the Zebrette shirt.”[1]
He was stripped of his managerial duties on December 22, 2009, as Udinese failed to impress in the first half of the 2009–10 season, and was replaced by Gianni De Biasi.[2] He was appointed back at the helm of Udinese on February 21, 2010, after De Biasi was sacked due to poor results.[3]
On June 2010 he was appointed new head coach of Parma, replacing Francesco Guidolin.[4] On April 3, 2011 Marino, after the home defeat with Bari was sacked.[5] On 22 December 2011, he was appointed the new head coach of Genoa to replace Alberto Malesani who was sacked after a disastrous 1–6 away defeat against Napoli.[6]
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Marino, Pasquale |
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1962-07-13 |
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Marsala, Italy |
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