Giovanni Vavassori

Giovanni Vavassori (born 16 January 1952 in Arcene, Bergamo) is an Italian football manager and former centre back, last in charge of Verona.

Giovanni Vavassori
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-01-16) 16 January 1952
Place of birth Arcene, Italy
Position(s) Coach (former centre back)
Youth career
Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1972 Atalanta 63 (0)
1972–1977 Napoli 94 (1)
1977–1982 Atalanta 172 (4)
1982–1983 Cagliari 22 (0)
National team
1971 Italy U-21 5 (0)
Teams managed
1990–1999 Atalanta (youth team)
1999–2003 Atalanta
2004 Ternana
2005–2006 Genoa
2007 Avellino
2007–2008 Cesena
2010 Verona
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Playing

Vavassori started his playing career with Atalanta, where he made his Serie A debut in the 1971–72 season. From 1972 to 1977, he played five consecutive Serie A seasons with Napoli, before returning to Atalanta. He left Atalanta in 1982 to join Cagliari, and retired one year later. He also made five appearances for the Italian youth national team.

Coaching

Vavassori started his coaching career in 1990 as Atalanta youth team boss. During his stay with the club he won several tournaments and trophies, including a Primavera national title and a Torneo di Viareggio in 1993. In 1999, he was called to coach Atalanta's first team, and promptly led the team into Serie A. In his first Serie A season as head coach, Vavassori obtained an impressive seventh place at the helm of Atalanta, followed by a ninth place in the next season. However, in his fourth season as Atalanta boss he did not manage to keep his side away from the relegation battle, being sacked on 21 April 2003 in a desperate attempt by the club management to save the team from a Serie B falling and replaced him by Giancarlo Finardi.[1]

In 2004, Vavassori was appointed head coach of Serie B team Ternana, but resigned two weeks later citing falling-out with his players.[2]

In 2005, Vavassori was signed by Serie C1 club Genoa, with the goal to lead the grifone back to Serie B. He was however sacked later and replaced by Attilio Perotti, and then reappointed at Perotti's place; after ending the regular season in second place, Genoa then won the promotion playoffs under Vavassori and achieved promotion to Serie B.

On 18 April 2007 Giovanni Vavassori was appointed at the helm of Avellino, another Serie C1 club, to fill the position left vacant by the sacking of Giuseppe Galderisi.[3] In his tenure at Avellino, Vavassori was not able to overtake first-placed Ravenna, ending the regular season with a second place; however, he was able to lead the biancoverdi to win the promotion playoff and achieve his second consecutive Serie B promotion. Originally confirmed as Avellino manager also for their 2007-08 Serie B campaign,[4] Vavassori surprisingly tended his resignations on 16 July 2007.[5] However, Vavassori found a Serie B job just a few months later, as he was appointed as Cesena boss on 12 November, replacing Fabrizio Castori.[6] On 25 February 2008, following a 0–3 home loss to AlbinoLeffe, Vavassori was dismissed from his role as Cesena's manager.[7]

On May 2010 he was appointed at the helm of Verona to replace Gian Marco Remondina, who was sacked after he failed to guide his side to win direct promotion to Serie B following a shock 1–0 home loss to Portosummaga. Vavassori will serve as head coach for the promotions playoffs, with the aim to guide Verona back into the Italian second division.[8] Vavassori eventually failed in winning the promotion playoff tournament, as his side was defeated by Pescara in the finals, and he was therefore not confirmed in charge of Verona.

References

  1. La Repubblica (2003-04-21). "L'Atalanta esonera Vavassori. Al suo posto Giancarlo Finardi" (in Italian). Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  2. TuttoMercatoWeb (2004-10-05). "Catanzaro arriva Cagni.Vavassori si dimette a Terni" (in Italian). Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  3. TuttoMercatoWeb (2007-04-18). "UFFICIALE: Vavassori nuovo tecnico dell'Avellino" (in Italian). Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  4. TuttoMercatoWeb (2007-06-23). "UFFICIALE: Vavassori resta ad Avellino" (in Italian). Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  5. US Avellino (2007-07-16). "ALLENATORE PRIMA SQUADRA" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
  6. "Cesena go for Vavassori". Football Italia. 2007-11-12. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
  7. "Esonerato Vavassori, al suo posto torna Fabrizio Castori" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 2008-02-25. Archived from the original on 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  8. "UFFICIALE: Verona, esonerato Remondina. Vavassori nuovo tecnico" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 2010-05-10. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
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