Richard Vanigli

Richard Vanigli (born 1 June 1971 in Forlì) is an Italian former footballer, currently in charge as Cristiano Lucarelli's assistant coach at Catania.

Richard Vanigli
Personal information
Full name Richard Vanigli
Date of birth (1971-06-01) June 1, 1971
Place of birth Forlì, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Catania (assistant coach)
Youth career
1988–1989 Forlì
1989–1991 AC Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Varese 61 (0)
1993–1996 Cosenza 87 (0)
1996–1997 Lecce 23 (0)
1997–1998 Castel di Sangro 23 (0)
1998–2004 Livorno 186 (4)
2004–2008 Empoli 64 (0)
2008–2009 Ancona 26 (2)
2009–2012 Forlì 43 (1)
Total 513 (7)
Teams managed
2014–2015 Forlì
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

A hard-working centre-back, he started playing in the lower leagues, making his Serie B debut with Cosenza in 1993, and his Serie A debut with Lecce in 1996.

In 1998 he joined Livorno, playing six years for the Tuscans throughout three different divisions (from Serie C1 to Serie A). In 2004 he left Livorno for Empoli, winning a second personal Serie A promotion on his first season.

In 2009, he left professional football to move back at hometown club Forlì in the Eccellenza league.[1]

On 19 February 2006, Richard Vanigli fouled Francesco Totti. Totti suffered a fracture of his left fibula and ligament damage during a match against Empoli .

Coaching career

After retirement, he stayed at Forlì as youth coach, and then also as head coach from December 2014 to March 2015.

He successively followed former teammate (turned manager) Cristiano Lucarelli, serving as his assistant at Tuttocuoio, Messina and most recently Catania.[2]

References
  1. "Il Forlì ha tesserato Richard Vanigli" (in Italian). F.C. Forlì. 21 October 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  2. "Serie C, Cristiano Lucarelli è il nuovo allenatore del Catania" (in Italian). La Sicilia. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.


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