Gianluca Conte

Gianluca Conte
Personal information
Date of birth	28 May 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Lecce, Italy
Team information
Current team	Chelsea (Assistant Coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1986	Lecce
Managerial career
2007–2009	Bari (Assistant)
2010–2011	Siena (Assistant)
2011–2014	Juventus (Assistant)
2014–2016	Italy (Assistant)
2016–	Chelsea (Assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gianluca Conte (Italian pronunciation: [j aa n - L EW - k uh ˈkonte]; born May 28, 1972^{[citation needed]}) is an Italian professional football assistant Manager and analyser and former player. He is currently an analyser and assistant manager for English club Chelsea under his brother Antonio Conte.

Playing as a defender, Conte began his career at local club U.S. Lecce. Conte played from the bench and didn't manager to break into the first team. Later he studied the University of Foggia, in sport science, and followed his brother into a managerial role.^[1] His managerial career started in 2007, assisting his brother to lead Bari to the 2008–09 Serie B title, and Siena to promotion from the same division two years later. He then arrived at Juventus in 2011. Winning three consecutive Serie A titles as an assistant manager, he then followed his brother again in taking charge of the Italian national team in 2014 until the UEFA Euro 2016 campaign.^[2]

Club career

Conte began his career with the youth team of his hometown club U.S. Lecce. Conte made 9 appearances for the Salentini in their maiden campaign in the Serie A. Failing to crack the first team Conte finished his career to pursue sport science.