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Andrea Camplone
Italian footballer and manager
Andrea Camplone (born 27 July 1966) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player. He was most recently the head coach of Serie C club Arezzo.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1966-07-27) 27 July 1966 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Pescara, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pescara | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1992 | Pescara | 188 | (1) |
| 1992–1996 | Perugia | 71 | (1) |
| 1996–1998 | Ancona | 43 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | Gubbio | 14 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Penne | ||
| 2003–2004 | Alba Adriatica | ||
| 2004–2006 | Penne | ||
| 2006–2007 | Lanciano | ||
| 2007 | Pescara | ||
| 2007–2008 | Martina Franca | ||
| 2008–2009 | Cavese | ||
| 2009–2010 | Benevento | ||
| 2010–2011 | Virtus Lanciano | ||
| 2012–2013 | Perugia | ||
| 2013–2015 | Perugia | ||
| 2015–2016 | Bari | ||
| 2016–2017 | Cesena | ||
| 2019 | Catania | ||
| 2020–2021 | Arezzo | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Pescara, Camplone grew up playing with his hometown club, for whom he spent nine full seasons as a senior, amassing a total 188 games (52 of which at Serie A level). He left Pescara in 1992 to join Perugia, with whom he won two promotions (from Serie C1 to Serie B and then to Serie A in 1996)). He then spent two seasons with Ancona before ending his career in 1999 after a short stint with Gubbio.
Camplone started his career as trainer at amateur Promozione level, guiding Abruzzo club Penne. In 2006, he took his first managing job at professional level, as head coach of Serie C1 club Lanciano, followed by a very short stint at hometown club Pescara and a number of other coaching jobs at Serie C1 level.
In November 2012 he was named head coach of Perugia, which he led to second place in the Serie C1/B league and subsequent elimination in the promotion playoff semifinals to Pisa. Following this defeat, he was dismissed from his position, only to be renamed as Perugia boss two months later after his replacement Cristiano Lucarelli was sacked before the first matchday of the season.[1] On his second tenure at Perugia, Camplone managed to lead the Grifone to win the 2013–14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione title and get promoted to Serie B.
He eventually coached Serie B team Bari before being appointed head coach at Cesena on 31 October 2016.[2]
However he failed to reach the playoffs and his team arrived at the 13th seed in the league table.
He was confirmed for the following season. On 30 September 2017, almost after 1 year of his appointment, he was sacked from the Emilian team after a 5–2 away defeat against Pro Vercelli; he has been replaced by Fabrizio Castori who returned to Cesena after 9 years.[3]
In July 2019 he returned into club management, signing a one-year contract as the new head coach of Catania for the club's 2019–20 Serie C season.[4] He was dismissed by Catania on 21 October 2019 following a 0–5 loss to Vibonese, which was 3rd loss in 4 games, with club in 9th position in the table.[5]
On 19 October 2020 he was hired by Serie C club Arezzo.[6] On 17 January 2021 he was sacked due to poor results.[7]
- "Calcio, caos Perugia: Camplone subito in campo. Lucarelli addio: "Situazione paradossale"" (in Italian). Il Messaggero. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- "Serie B: Cesena appoint Camplone | Football Italia". www.football-italia.net. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- "Serie B: Cesena sack Camplone | Football Italia". www.football-italia.net. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- "Catania, ufficiale: Camplone è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport - Stadio. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- "Andrea Camplone sollevato dall'incarico, Orazio Russo provvisoriamente alla guida del Catania" (Press release) (in Italian). Catania. 21 October 2019.
- "Andrea Camplone è il nuovo allenatore della Prima Squadra" (in Italian). Arezzo. 19 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- "Comunicato Ufficiale: Andrea Camplone sollevato dall'incarico" (in Italian). Arezzo. 17 January 2021. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.