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Stefano Vecchi

Stefano Vecchi

Italian footballer and manager

Not to be confused with Stefano Vecchia.

Stefano Vecchi (born 20 July 1971) is an Italian retired professional footballer turned coach, who is the head coach of Serie C Group A club Vicenza.

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Playing career

An Inter youth product, Vecchi had an unremarkable career as a central midfielder in the lower leagues of Italian football, not going any further than Serie C1 and narrowly missing a historical promotion to Serie B during his stint at Fiorenzuola. He retired in 2005.

Coaching career

After his retirement, Vecchi started a coaching career in the amateur leagues of Lombardy. He had a breakthrough during his two-year period at Tritium, leading the small club from Trezzo sull'Adda to two consecutive promotions from Serie D to Lega Pro Prima Divisione (ex-Serie C1) before accepting an offer from fallen giants SPAL, a former team of his as a player; however, this season, characterized by financial and off-field issues, ended with relegation to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

He successively took another coaching role at Südtirol, reaching the promotion playoffs in his only season. The team lost to Carpi, Vecchi's future employer. The Serie B newcomers offered him their managerial spot despite his lack of a valid coaching license[citation needed] to serve as head coach in the second tier of Italy. However, his stint at Carpi was cut short in March 2014 when he was removed from managerial duties due to disappointing results.

In mid-2014, he joined former club Inter's non-playing staff as coach of the Primavera under-19 team, which he led to victory at the 2015 Torneo di Viareggio and the 2016 Coppa Italia Primavera.

In November 2016, he also served as caretaker manager for the first team, filling in after Frank de Boer's dismissal for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League game against Southampton (a 1–2 loss) and a Serie A league game against Crotone (ended in a 3–0 win). He was then once again appointed as caretaker on 9 May 2017 for the final three games of the season, in place of Stefano Pioli.[2] Vecchi also led the Primavera team to win the Campionato Nazionale Primavera on 11 June 2017,[3] after his caretaker spell with the first team had ended.

Vecchi left Inter in July 2018 to accept an offer as head coach of Venezia in the Serie B league; his experience was, however, short-lived, as he was dismissed on 11 October 2018 due to poor results.[4]

In 2019, he took over at Serie C club Südtirol, which he guided for two full seasons in the Italian third division with positive results. He left the club in June 2021.[5]

Vecchi successively took charge of Serie C side Feralpisalò in June 2021, guiding them to a historic promotion to Serie B in 2023; he was dismissed on 23 October 2023 following a negative start in the club's 2023–24 Serie B campaign.[6]

On 20 December 2023, Vecchi was unveiled as the new head coach of Serie C club Vicenza, signing a contract valid until 30 June 2025.[7]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 10 March 2024[8]
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References

  1. [1]
    "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 204" [Official Press Release No. 204] (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 14 April 2016. p. 2. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Inter, Pioli esonerato, al suo posto Vecchi: in arrivo Walter Sabatini" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  3. [3]
    Match Report (in Italian) Lega Serie A
  4. [4]
    "UFFICIALE: Venezia, esonerato Vecchi. Panchina affidata a Zenga" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  5. [5]
    "FCS e mister Vecchi, le strade si separano" (in Italian). F.C. Südtirol. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  6. [6]
    "STEFANO VECCHI, COMUNICATO UFFICIALE" (in Italian). Feralpisalò. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  7. [7]
    "UFFICIALE: STEFANO VECCHI NUOVO ALLENATORE BIANCOROSSO!". LR Vicenza. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  8. [8]
    "Stefano Vecchi career sheet". footballdatabase. Retrieved 27 August 2020.


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