Salvatore_Giunta_(footballer)
Salvatore Giunta (footballer)
Italian footballer and manager
Salvatore Giunta (born 13 April 1967) is an Italian football coach and former player, most recently in charge as manager of Serie B club Brescia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1967-04-13) 13 April 1967 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AC Milan | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1985 | AC Milan | 1 | (0) |
| 1985–1986 | Sambenedettese | 7 | (0) |
| 1986–1990 | Como | 84 | (13) |
| 1990–1996 | Brescia | 174 | (17) |
| 1996 | Padova | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Verona | 46 | (2) |
| 1998 | Albacete Balompié | 2 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | AS Cannes | 7 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Carrarese | 0 | (0) |
| 2000 | Teramo | 23 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | Sangiovannese | 15 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Italy U21 | 5 | (1) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Suzzara | ||
| 2013–2014 | Pergolettese | ||
| 2015 | Brescia | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Giunta is a former central midfielder who played for, among others, AC Milan[1] and Albacete Balompié,[2] as well as the Italian under-21 side.
Giunta also played for AS Cannes in French Ligue 2 during the 1998–99 season.[3]
After retirement, Giunta started as coaching career working for the youth teams of Brescia, a former team of his as a player.
During the 2008–09 season, he then served as head coach of Serie D amateurs Suzzara. He successively started a collaboration with Eugenio Corini, working as his assistant at Portosummaga, Crotone and Frosinone.
In October 2013, Giunta took over from Alessio Tacchinardi as head coach of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Pergolettese, and was himself sacked in February 2014.
On 21 January 2015 he was appointed new head coach of Serie B club Brescia, taking over from caretaker Ivan Javorčić.[4] He was sacked less than a month later on 18 February 2015 and replaced by Alessandro Calori.
- "Carriera di Salvatore Giunta". Tutto Calciatori. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
- "Ficha del Jugador: Giunta". LFP. Retrieved 24 December 2008. [dead link]
- Salvatore Giunta – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- "Salvatore Giunta nuovo allenatore del Brescia Calcio" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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