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Gianluca Colonnello
Personal information
Full name Gianluca Colonnello
Date of birth (1973-02-08) 8 February 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Guardiagrele, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
1981–1984 AS Tollo
1984–1989 Francavilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Francavilla 49 (3)
1993–1995 Castel di Sangro 38 (1)
1995–1997 Pescara 62 (0)
1997–1999 Perugia 60 (1)
1999–2003 Lecce 76 (0)
2003–2004 Pescara 34 (0)
2004–2006 Sambenedettese 54 (0)
2006–2007 Pomezia 13 (0)
2007–2008 Santegidiese 12 (0)
2008–2009 Francavilla 3 (1)
Total 401 (6)
Managerial career
2006 Sambenedettese
2010–2011 Siena (youth)
2011–2012 Borgo a Buggiano
2013–2014 Zakynthos
2015–2016 Zakynthos
2016 Pisa (caretaker)
2019–2020 AEK Athens (assistant)
2021 Bari (assistant)
2022–2023 Juventus Academy Abu Dhabi
2024– Sassuolo (coordinator)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2024

Gianluca Colonnello (born 8 February 1973), is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left back.

Player career

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Colonnello began his career with Francavilla in Serie C2, a division where he also played for Castel di Sangro, where he stood out. He was signed by Pescara in Serie B in 1995, and later played for Perugia, the club with which he gained access to Serie A. In 1999 Colonnello was signed by Lecce, a team for which he made 76 appearances in four seasons in Serie A. Still he returned to a new spell in Pescara, and later played for clubs in the lower divisions, ending his career at the same club where he started, Francavilla.[1][2]

Managerial career

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Colonnello had his first experience as a coach at the end of the 2005–06 season, while defending Sambenedettese in Serie C1, where together with Gianluca Zanetti he finished the season. He later coached Siena's youth sectors, and Borgo a Buggiano in the Seconda Categoria. For the 2013–14 season, he was the head coach of the Super League Greece 2 team Zakynthos, where he returned for the 2015–16 season. He provisionally took over Pisa SC in July 2016, with the departure of Gennaro Gattuso to AC Milan Primavera, and was later sacked for his return.[3] Became Massimo Carrera assistant in his spells at the AEK Athens and Bari. His last job as a coach in the Juventus FC project in the United Arab Emirates, the Juventus Academy,[4] and since March 2024, Colonnello has worked as a coordinator at the US Sassuolo.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Carriera di Gianluca Colonnello". ilcalcio.net (in Italian). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  2. ^ Orlando D'Angelo (26 June 2023). "Non solo Totti e Del Piero: anche Colonnello tra le star del calcio nostalgico". il Pescara (in Italian). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Ufficiale l'esonero di Colonnello. Squadra senza un allenatore". La Nazione (in Italian). 26 August 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  4. ^ Orlando D'Angelo (23 October 2022). "L'ex Pescara Colonnello nuovo Responsabile tecnico della Juventus Academy ad Abu Dhabi". il Pescara (in Italian). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  5. ^ Luciano Rapa (6 March 2024). "Gianluca Colonnello entra nello staff tecnico del Sassuolo in Serie A". Chieti Today (in Italian). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Gianluca Colonnello si racconta: "Scibilia mi voleva bene. E Carnevale fu come un fratello maggiore. A Lecce ho lasciato il cuore"". Sport Abruzzo (in Italian). 5 March 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
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