Giovanni Galeone
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Giovanni Galeone is an Italian
football (soccer)
manager.
and Udinese
, where he spent most of his playing career.
team Pordenone, in 1975/1976, obtaining an eleventh place in his debut season. His first coaching experience in a professional league came in 1978/1979 for Cremonese
of Serie C1
, but ended with a sacking. After a few other experiences, including three fairly successful seasons at SPAL
of Serie C1, in 1986/1987 Galeone signed for Serie B
team Pescara
, the team whose name is associated with him still today. In his debut season with Pescara, Galeone won Serie B and led his team directly to the first Serie A
time ever for his side, and managed to save Pescara from relegation the following season. He left Pescara in 1988/1989, after having failed to avoid relegation for his second time, but returned in 1990/1991 and regained promotion to Serie A in 1991/1992. Other than Pescara, where he coached also in 1999/2000 and 2000/2001, Galeone served as head coach for Udinese Calcio
in 1994/1995, obtaining a Serie A promotion, Perugia
in 1995/1996, where he obtained his fourth and final Serie A promotion, Napoli
in 1997/1998 and Ancona
in 2003/2004. In 2006, Galeone made his comeback at Udinese, as he was called to replace Loris Dominissini and Néstor Sensini
at the helm of the bianconeri.
Galeone is well known for being a strong advocate for 4–3–3 zonal marking and an attacking style of playing, which made of him one of the most innovative Italian football coaches in the late 1980s alongside Arrigo Sacchi
. At 65, he had been the oldest active head coach in the 2006/2007 Serie A, before being fired on January 16 after disagreements with the club.
On July 19, 2007 he was announced to make a fourth comeback at Pescara, this time as technical consultant beside new boss Andrea Camplone, a former player of him in the 1990s, but left the club only one month later.
Italy
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football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
manager.
Playing career
Galeone, born in Naples, moved to Northern Italy in his youth years, and played for Ponziana Trieste, MonzaA.C. Monza Brianza 1912
Associazione Calcio Monza Brianza 1912 is an Italian football club based in Monza, Lombardy.Founded in 1912, Monza currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group A, having last been in Serie B in 2000. Monza spent the last few years in Serie C1 and Serie C2.-History:Monza was founded on 1...
and Udinese
Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....
, where he spent most of his playing career.
Managing career
Galeone started his coaching career at 34 for Serie DSerie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...
team Pordenone, in 1975/1976, obtaining an eleventh place in his debut season. His first coaching experience in a professional league came in 1978/1979 for Cremonese
U.S. Cremonese
Unione Sportiva Cremonese is an Italian football club, based in Cremona. The club was founded in 1903. Cremonese played the 2005/2006 season in Serie B, having won Serie C1/A the previous season. However, in the 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Cremonese came out twenty-first, being therefore relegated...
of Serie C1
Serie C
The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico , commonly known as Lega Pro , is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino...
, but ended with a sacking. After a few other experiences, including three fairly successful seasons at SPAL
Spal 1907
SPAL 1907 is an Italian football club, based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1907 as Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor and was refounded in 2005....
of Serie C1, in 1986/1987 Galeone signed for Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
team Pescara
Pescara Calcio
Delfino Pescara 1936 is an Italian football club based in Pescara, Abruzzo.The club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Italian Serie B. Pescara has competed in 5 seasons in Serie A...
, the team whose name is associated with him still today. In his debut season with Pescara, Galeone won Serie B and led his team directly to the first Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
time ever for his side, and managed to save Pescara from relegation the following season. He left Pescara in 1988/1989, after having failed to avoid relegation for his second time, but returned in 1990/1991 and regained promotion to Serie A in 1991/1992. Other than Pescara, where he coached also in 1999/2000 and 2000/2001, Galeone served as head coach for Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....
in 1994/1995, obtaining a Serie A promotion, Perugia
Perugia Calcio
Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Perugia, Umbria, direct heir of the old Perugia Calcio and A.C. Perugia, excluded from Italian football because of financial troubles....
in 1995/1996, where he obtained his fourth and final Serie A promotion, Napoli
S.S.C. Napoli
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....
in 1997/1998 and Ancona
A.C. Ancona
Associazione Calcio Ancona was a professional Italian football club, based in Ancona, Marche. It was founded in 1905 as Unione Sportiva Anconitana, changing its name to Ancona Calcio 1905 in 1981 and being refounded in 2004 with its last denomination....
in 2003/2004. In 2006, Galeone made his comeback at Udinese, as he was called to replace Loris Dominissini and Néstor Sensini
Roberto Néstor Sensini
Roberto Néstor Sensini is an Argentine former association football player in the role of defender, and currently a manager.-Career:...
at the helm of the bianconeri.
Galeone is well known for being a strong advocate for 4–3–3 zonal marking and an attacking style of playing, which made of him one of the most innovative Italian football coaches in the late 1980s alongside Arrigo Sacchi
Arrigo Sacchi
Arrigo Sacchi is an Italian football coach. He is best known for his success coaching Italian teams, particularly with Milan where he won back to back European Cups as coach in the late eighties where he was head coach of the Italy national football team . He was twice manager of A.C...
. At 65, he had been the oldest active head coach in the 2006/2007 Serie A, before being fired on January 16 after disagreements with the club.
On July 19, 2007 he was announced to make a fourth comeback at Pescara, this time as technical consultant beside new boss Andrea Camplone, a former player of him in the 1990s, but left the club only one month later.