Giovanni Lopez
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 May 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1989 | Varese | 104 | (0) |
1989–1991 | Fidelis Andria | 62 | (0) |
1991–1997 | Vicenza | 191 | (11) |
1997–1998 | Lazio | 27 | (0) |
1998–2000 | Napoli | 49 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Torino | 2 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Lodigiani | 24 | (0) |
Total | 459 | (11) | |
Managerial career | |||
2005–2006 | Cisco Roma (assistant) | ||
2006 | Cisco Roma (interim) | ||
2006 | Cisco Roma (youth) | ||
2008–2009 | Cisco Roma | ||
2010–2012 | Lazio (assistant) | ||
2013–2014 | Vicenza | ||
2015–2016 | Lucchese | ||
2017–2018 | Lucchese | ||
2018 | Viterbese | ||
2019 | Viterbese | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Giovanni Lopez (born 23 May 1967) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player, who played as a defender.
Playing career
Whilst at Vicenza, Lopez won the 1996–97 Coppa Italia.[1] He then played for Lazio, Napoli and Torino before retiring after a single season at Rome-based club Lodigiani.
Coaching career
Lopez returned into Cisco Roma, a successor of Lodigiani, in 2006, this time as a head coach, and once again in 2008. On 15 July 2013, he was appointed as the head coach of Vicenza Calcio first team.[2]
Lopez was appointed as the assistant manager of Lazio in 2010 which he worked at until 2012.[3] He led Vicenza to promotion playoffs in Lega Pro Prima Divisione in his first season in charge, and was confirmed after the club was picked to fill a vacancy in the Serie B league. He was successively sacked on 29 October 2014 due to poor results.[4]
On 28 October 2015, Lucchese appointed, that they had appointed Lopez as their new manager.[5] He got fired on 22 February 2016.[6] He was resigned on 28 March 2017.[7]
He was fired by Serie C club Viterbese on 7 November 2018, with the club in 10th place in the table.[8] On 20 August 2019, he was reappointed at the helm of Viterbese.[9] He was fired again on 11 November 2019, following Coppa Italia elimination and a consequent league loss, despite the club being in 6th place in the table.[10]
Honours
Player
Vicenza
Lazio
References
- ^ "1996/97 Coppa Italia". gazzetta.it. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ Manduzio, Massimo. "In panchina "il" capitano Lopez". il giornale di Vicenza. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ Reja, lo staff si arricchisce: arriva anche Giovanni Lopez, ex difensore della Lazio‚ lalaziosiamonoi.it, 13 February 2010
- ^ "DISPOSTO L'ESONERO DEL TECNICO GIOVANNI LOPEZ" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Giovanni Lopez è il nuovo allenatore della Lucchese Archived 4 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine‚ asluccheselibertas.com, 28 October 2015
- ^ Lega Pro Lucchese ritorna Baldini dopo l'esonero di Lopez‚ tuttosport.com, 23 February 2016
- ^ LEGA PRO Lega Pro Lucchese, è ufficiale: torna Giovanni Lopez‚ corrieredellosport.it, 28 March 2017
- ^ "COMUNICATO STAMPA: ESONERO MISTER GIOVANNI LOPEZ; STEFANO SOTTILI ALLA GUIDA TECNICA DELLA SQUADRA" [PRESS RELEASE: MISTER GIOVANNI LOPEZ DISMISSED; STEFANO SOTTILI AT THE TECHNICAL GUIDE OF THE TEAM] (in Italian). Viterbese. 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Viterbese: Lopez torna in panchina" [Viterbese: Lopez back in charge] (in Italian). ViterboNews24. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "NEWS SERIE C: LA VITERBESE CALCIO ESONERA MISTER LOPEZ" (in Italian). Tutto Mercato 24. 11 November 2019.
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Rome
- Italian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Varese Calcio players
- S.S. Fidelis Andria 1928 players
- L.R. Vicenza Virtus players
- S.S. Lazio players
- S.S.C. Napoli players
- Torino F.C. players
- Italian football managers
- L.R. Vicenza Virtus managers
- Serie B managers
- Serie C managers
- Italian football midfielder, 1960s birth stubs