Fabio Liverani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfaːbjo liveˈraːni]; born 29 April 1976) is an Italian football manager and former midfielder. He was most recently the manager of Serie A club Salernitana.

He made 288 Serie A appearances across 12 seasons, representing Perugia, Lazio, Fiorentina and Palermo. He was the first black player for the Italy national team, playing three matches from 2001 to 2006.

In 2013, Liverani began his managerial career with a brief spell at top-flight club Genoa. He also managed English club Leyton Orient and Serie B club Ternana before taking Lecce to two consecutive promotions to the top flight.

Liverani was born in Rome, Italy to a Somali mother and an Italian father.^[2] He made his professional footballing debut with Viterbese of Serie C2 in 1996–97. He transferred to Perugia in the 2000–01 season. From 2001 to 2006, Liverani played for Lazio in Italy's Serie A. He was part of their team that won the Coppa Italia in 2004, defeating Juventus 4–2 on aggregate.^[3]

The 2006 season saw Liverani move to Fiorentina. He played a total of two seasons with the team, including the Viola' team's 2007–08 Serie A campaign, which ended with Fiorentina securing fourth place and a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League.^{[citation needed]} Fiorentina and Liverani parted company the following season.

In May 2008, Liverani signed a three-year contract with Palermo, being also appointed team captain. Liverani was forced to miss the first three months of the 2009–10 season due to a serious injury that he had sustained on May, and broke back into the first team only on November, then being replaced as permanent team captain by Fabrizio Miccoli. In his first game as a regular, against Chievo, the first game of new head coach Delio Rossi in charge of the team, Liverani went on to be sent off during the game.^{[citation needed]}

On 30 August 2011, he moved to Lugano, signing a two-year contract. Liverani never played for the Swiss, and rescinded his contract by mutual consent later on November.^[4]

On 25 April 2001, Liverani became the first black Italian footballer to play internationally with the Italy national team,^[5] making his debut with the Azzurri in a friendly match against South Africa in Perugia, under the management of Giovanni Trapattoni; the match ended in a 1–0 victory for the Italians.^[2][6]

On 16 August 2006, he was again summoned to start for the Italy national team in a friendly in Livorno against Croatia by the team's new coach, Roberto Donadoni; the match ended in a 2–0 loss.^[7][8] In total he made three appearances for Italy.^[9]

In spite of his lack of pace, agility, stamina or defensive skills,^[10][11] Liverani was a highly creative, reliable and quick-thinking player, who was known in particular for his technique, vision, range of distribution and precise passing with his left foot, which enabled him to create chances for teammates, and made him an excellent assist provider.^{[10][11][12][13][14]} Due to his skills and ability to set the tempo of his team's play in midfield, he usually operated in the centre or in front of the back-line, where he functioned as a deep-lying playmaker in midfield.^{[11][12][13][15]} In addition to his playmaking abilities as a footballer, he also stood out for his mentality and leadership, both on and off the pitch.^[10][13]

As of 18 March 2024^[33]

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Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Genoa		7 June 2013	29 September 2013	7	1	2	4	7	12	−5	014.29
Leyton Orient		8 December 2014	13 May 2015	27	8	6	13	35	40	−5	029.63
Ternana		6 March 2017	30 June 2017	13	8	2	3	19	11	+8	061.54
Lecce		17 September 2017	19 August 2020	115	51	27	37	179	171	+8	044.35
Parma		28 August 2020	7 January 2021	18	4	6	8	18	33	−15	022.22
Cagliari		1 July 2022	20 December 2022	20	6	7	7	24	26	−2	030.00
Salernitana		11 February 2024	18 March 2024	5	0	1	4	3	12	−9	000.00
Total				205	78	51	76	285	305	−20	038.05

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• Coppa Italia: 2003–04^[34]