Fabio Liverani

Fabio Liverani
Liverani in 2009
Personal information
Full name Fabio Liverani
Date of birth (1976-04-29) 29 April 1976
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Central Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lecce (manager)
Youth career
1994–1995 Palermo
1995–1996 Napoli
1996 Cagliari
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Nocerina 2 (0)
1997–2000 Viterbese 104 (18)
2000–2001 Perugia 32 (3)
2001–2006 Lazio 126 (6)
2006–2008 Fiorentina 64 (1)
2008–2011 Palermo 66 (0)
2011 Lugano 0 (0)
Total 394 (28)
National team
2001–2006 Italy 3 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2013 Genoa (youth)
2013 Genoa
2014–2015 Leyton Orient
2017 Ternana
2017– Lecce
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Fabio Liverani (born 29 April 1976) is an Italian football manager and former midfielder, currently in charge of Lecce.

Club career

Liverani playing for Fiorentina in 2008

Fabio Liverani was born in Rome, Italy in 1976 to a Somali mother and an Italian father making him an Italo-Somalo.[1] He made his professional footballing debut with Viterbese of Serie C2 in 1996–97. However, it was not until his transfer to Perugia over the 2000–01 season that he showed his full potential.

From 2001 to 2006, Liverani played for Lazio in Italy's Serie A. Despite a string of lacklustre performances by the club, he earned a call-up to the national team during the pre-World Cup stage held on 2 and 3 May. However, he was not re-called for the FIFA World Cup.

The 2006 season saw Liverani move to Fiorentina. He played a total of two seasons with the team, being instrumental in the Viola's successful 2007–2008 Serie A campaign, which ended with Fiorentina securing fourth place in the League's final standings. This ensured the club a spot in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League 2008-09. Fiorentina and Liverani parted company the following season.

In May 2008, Liverani signed a three-year contract with Palermo, being also appointed team captain. A highly influential player in Palermo's squad, he controlled the midfield, picking up the most completed passes by any player in the Serie A 2008–2009 season. 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.

On 30 August 2011, he moved to Lugano, signing a two-year contract. Liverani never played a single game for the Swiss, and rescinded his contract by mutual consent later on November.[2]

International career

On 25 April 2001, Liverani became the first black Italian footballer (Somali descent) to play internationally with the senior Italian national team,[3] 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.[1][4]

On 16 August 2006, he was again summoned to start for the Italian national team in a friendly in Livorno against Croatia by the team's new coach, former Italian international Roberto Donadoni; the match ended in a 2–0 loss.[5][6] In total he made 3 appearances for Italy.[7]

Style of play

In spite of his lack of pace, agility, stamina, or defensive skills,[8][9] 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.[8][9][10][11][12] Due to his unique set of 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.[9][10][11][13] A diminutive midfielder, he was not, however, particularly imposing physically or strong in the air. In addition to his playmaking abilities as a footballer, he also stood out for his mentality and leadership, both on and off the pitch.[8][11]

Managerial career

Following his retirement, Liverani was offered a position as youth coach at Genoa, in charge of the Allievi Regionali B squad, which he formally accepted on 15 November 2011.[14]

Genoa

On 7 June 2013, Genoa president Enrico Preziosi announced the appointment of Fabio Liverani as new first team manager in place of Davide Ballardini.[15]

On 29 September 2013, Genoa decided to sack Liverani after one win in his seven games in charge.[16]

Leyton Orient

On 8 December 2014, Liverani was appointed as manager of League One team, Leyton Orient on a two-and-a-half year contract replacing Mauro Milanese who returned to his role as Sporting Director after 8 matches in charge.[17] Following their relegation to League Two, Liverani left the club in May 2015.[18]

Ternana

On 6 March 2017, Liverani was appointed as manager of Serie B team, Ternana Calcio replacing Carmine Gautieri who was sacked after gaining only 3 points in 7 matches.[19] Ternana was last with only 23 points in 29 matches. Liverani inverted the trend and gained 26 points in 13 games managing to avoid direct relegation as well as play-outs.[20] At the end of the season, with Serie B team Ternana Calcio passing to a new owner, Liverani's contract was not renewed.[21]

Lecce

On 17 September 2017 was named new coach of Serie C side Lecce.

Managerial statistics

As of 3 October 2017
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
PWDLWin %
Genoa 7 June 2013 29 September 2013 7 1 2 4 014.3 [15][16][22]
Leyton Orient 8 December 2014 13 May 2015 27 8 6 13 029.6 [23]
Ternana 6 March 2017 30 June 2017 13 8 2 3 061.5 [24]
Lecce 17 September 2017 Present 3 3 0 0 100.0
Total 50 20 10 20 040.0 —

Honours

Lazio

References

  1. 1 2 "Trapattoni colora l' Italia, chiamato Liverani" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 21 April 2001. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
  2. ↑ "Liverani-Lugano: è finita" [Liverani-Lugano: it's over] (in Italian). Ticino News. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Liverani is first black player to win Italy cap". The Guardian. 25 April 2001. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "La Nazionale supera il test del Sudafrica" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 25 April 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Lucarelli, Liverani e linea verde ecco la Nazionale di Donadoni" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 12 August 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Delude all'esordio l'Italia di Donadoni: la Croazia vince 2 a 0" (in Italian). Il Sole 24 Ore. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Liverani, Fabio" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 Stefano Borgi (5 November 2007). ""OCCHI PUNTATI SU..." Fabio Liverani, il metronomo viola" (in Italian). Firenze Viola. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 "Professione regista elogio di Liverani" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 3 January 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  10. 1 2 Maria Concetta Casales (11 April 2010). "Palermo, Liverani l'uomo dal piede telecomandato" (in Italian). Tutto Palermo. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  11. 1 2 3 Maria Concetta Casales (13 June 2010). "Palermo, Liverani, leader carismatico" (in Italian). Tutto Palermo. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  12. ↑ Giampiero Timossi (22 July 2006). "Fiorentina, brilla solo Liverani" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "Palermo: Ballardini 'Liverani e' insostituibile'" (in Italian). ESPN FC. 1 November 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "Liverani è già in campo: "Sono rossoblù, era ora"" [Liverani already on the pitch: "I am a rossoblù finally"] (in Italian). Il Secolo XIX. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  15. 1 2 "Genoa, Preziosi: "Ho scelto Liverani, sicuro delle sue qualità"" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  16. 1 2 "Official: Genoa recall Gasperini". Football Italia. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  17. ↑ "NEWS: Fabio Liverani joins as manager". Leyton Orient F.C. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  18. ↑ "Leyton Orient: Boss Fabio Liverani departs by mutual consent". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Ternana: Liverani nuovo allenatore". Sport Paper. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  20. ↑ "Ternana, Liverani: "Successo qualcosa di unico, vittoria di tutti"". Sky Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  21. ↑ "Ecco chi è il nuovo allenatore delle Fere: Sandro Pochesci". Ternananews.it. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  22. ↑ "Genoa CFC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  23. ↑ "Managers: Fabio Liverani". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  24. ↑ "Unicusano Ternana Calcio: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  25. ↑ "F. Liverani". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
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