Filippo Giovagnoli

Filippo Giovagnoli (born 1 December 1970) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of League of Ireland Premier Division club Dundalk.

Filippo Giovagnoli
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-12-01) 1 December 1970
Place of birth Città di Castello, Italy
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Dundalk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sansepolcro
Arezzo
1999–2001 Rondinella Firenze 45 (0)
Teams managed
2020– Dundalk
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

Giovagnoli was born in Città di Castello but grew up in the small town of Apecchio.

Playing career

Giovagnoli played professionally as a centre-back in his native Italy between 1987 and 2003, appearing for Sansepolcro and Arezzo in Serie D, and most notably in Serie C for Rondinella Firenze where he partnered future World Cup winner Andrea Barzagli in central defence.[1][2] He combined playing football with studying Sports Science at the University of Urbino between 1988 and 1998.[3]

Coaching career

Giovagnoli retired from playing football in 2003 and began a coaching career in the lower echelons of Italian football, spending time as U19 coach of Serie C club Gubbio 1910 and going on to achieve a UEFA A Licence in June 2011. He began working as technical director of AC Milan Soccer Camps in Italy and the United States in 2014. He also became director of coaching at the Metropolitan Oval Academy in New York in September 2014 and gained a USSF A Licence in June 2018.[4] Giovagnoli spent 6 years in his role at Metropolitan Oval.

Dundalk

He was appointed as interim head coach of Dundalk on 25 August 2020 until the end of the 2020 League of Ireland season. He joined the club at a time of relative crisis, with previous manager Vinny Perth being dismissed following the club's defeat to NK Celje in the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. He indicated that his priority would be achieving success in the UEFA Europa League[5] and he guided the club to a place in the Play-off round where they beat the Faroe Islands Premier League club KÍ 3-1.[6][7] In December 2020, Dundalk won the 2020 FAI Cup after a 4-2 win against Shamrock Rovers in the final.[8] A couple of days after the win, Giovagnoli was appointed head coach on a permanent basis.[9]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 10 December 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Dundalk 25 August 2020 Present 22 9 4 9 040.91 [10]
Total 22 9 4 9 040.91

Honours

Manager
Dundalk

References
  1. "Giovagnoli becomes Dundalk manager". La Nazione Arezzo. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. "A closer look: New Dundalk FC boss Filippo Giovagnoli". Dundalk Democrat. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. "Filippo Giovagnoli". LinkedIn. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. "'A lot of people are sceptical but I am not afraid' - Dundalk confirm arrival of little-known Italian Giovagnoli". The 42. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. "Giovagnoli: People are sceptical but I'm not afraid". Irish Independent. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  6. "'I have a few knives in my back that I want to take away' - Giovagnoli and Dundalk on cusp of shock Europa League qualification". The 42. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  7. "Dundalk beat Faroese KI to qualify for the Europa League group stages". The 42. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  8. "Shamrock Rovers 2-4 Dundalk: as it happened". The 42. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  9. "Giovagnoli handed permanent head coach role at Dundalk". RTE Sport. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  10. "Dundalk FC fixtures and results". dundalkfc.com. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.


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