Gabriele Cioffi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gabriele Cioffi | ||
Date of birth | 7 September 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Florence, Italy | ||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Crawley Town (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Sestese | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1996 | Sestese | 77 | (2) |
1996–1997 | Marsala | 12 | (2) |
1996–1997 | Poggibonsi | 10 | (0) |
1997–1999 | Spezia | 55 | (1) |
1999–2001 | Arezzo | 19 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Taranto | 4 | (0) |
2002–2005 | Novara | 72 | (7) |
2005–2006 | Mantova | 52 | (5) |
2006–2007 | Torino | 18 | (1) |
2007–2009 | Ascoli | 39 | (3) |
2010 | AlbinoLeffe | 18 | (1) |
2010–2012 | Carpi | 52 | (6) |
Teams managed | |||
2013 | Gavorrano | ||
2018– | Crawley Town | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 January 2010 |
Gabriele Cioffi (born 7 September 1975 in Florence) is a former Italian footballer turned coach. He is currently serving as head coach of EFL League Two club Crawley Town.
Playing career
As a player, he played in the role of a defender.[1] He started his career with Tuscan amateurs Sestese, which was followed by several other experience in the minor Italian leagues of Serie C1 and Serie C2. In January 2005 he joined Mantova, with whom he became a fan favourite, won a Serie C1 title and made his Serie B debut during the 2005–06 season. After an impressive Serie B campaign with Mantova, he was subsequently signed by Torino, with whom he made his Serie A debut during the 2006–07 season.
He left Torino after one season to join Ascoli, which he left in 2010 for AlbinoLeffe as a free agent.[2] He retired in 2012 after two seasons with Carpi.
Managerial career
After his retirement, he stayed in Carpi as an assistant coach for the 2012–13 season. In July 2013 he was announced as new head coach of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Gavorrano;[3] he was fired later in November due to poor results.[4]
He subsequently relocated to Australia and worked for two years as youth coach for Eastern United FC, before moving back to Italy in November 2015 to accept an offer as youth coach for the Berretti team of third division club Südtirol.[5][6] He left the club in February 2016 to accept an offer as Henk Ten Cate's assistant coach at Al Jazira Club.[7][8]
In December 2016 he joined the coaching staff of Gianfranco Zola at English Championship club Birmingham City.[9] Following Zola's resignations on 17 April 2017, his entire backroom staff, including Cioffi, left Birmingham too.[10]
In September 2018 he was named as new head coach of EFL League Two club Crawley Town, succeeding Harry Kewell.[11]
References
- ↑ "Carriera di Gabriele Cioffi". Tutto Calciatori. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
- ↑ "Acquistato Gabriele Cioffi" (in Italian). UC AlbinoLeffe. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- ↑ "Calcio, Gabriele Cioffi si presenta: «Gavorrano è il mio Real Madrid»" (in Italian). Il Giunco. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "Esonerato Cioffi, è Masi il nuovo mister del Gavorrano" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "GABRIELE CIOFFI NUOVO ALLENATORE DELLA FORMAZIONE BERRETTI" (in Italian). FC Südtirol. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "L'ex Mantova Cioffi allenatore della Berretti del Sudtirol" (in Italian). TuttoMantova.it. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "L'ex capitano e allenatore Gabriele Cioffi entra nello staff tecnico dell'Al-Jazira" (in Italian). Gazzetta di Modena. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "TMW RADIO - Cioffi: "Al Jazira, top l'ambiente. Poco ritmo, ma il talento c'è"" (in Italian). Tuttomercatoweb.it. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "Birmingham City: Gianfranco Zola confirmed as manager just hours after Gary Rowett is sacked". The Independent. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "Birmingham City announce backroom departures". ITV. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "Gabriele Cioffi: Crawley Town appoint Italian as head coach". BBC Sport. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
External links
- (in Italian) Gabriele's profile from Gazetta dello Sport