| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Perugia,Italy | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1991 | Città di Castello | ||
| 1991–1997 | Perugia | 166 | (24) |
| 1997–1999 | Parma | 15 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | AC Milan | 54 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Brescia | 27 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | →Beşiktaş (loan) | 40 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Bologna | 23 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Chievo | 37 | (0) |
| 2008 | Treviso | 10 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1996 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2011 | Foligno | ||
| 2012–2013 | Castel Rigone | ||
| 2013–2015 | Gualdo Casacastalda | ||
| 2015 | Foligno | ||
| 2016–2017 | Maceratese | ||
| 2017 | Perugia | ||
| 2018–2022 | AC Milan U19 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Federico Giunti (Italian pronunciation:[fedeˈriːkoˈdʒunti]; born 6 August 1971) is an Italian formerfootballer turned manager, who played as amidfielder in the role ofdeep-lying playmaker. He was most recently the current manager ofMilan Primavera.
Aplaymakingcentral midfielder who was a renownedfree-kick specialist, Giunti began his career in the mid-1980s, with the Città di Castello youth system, making his professional debut in 1987, and winning the Regional Promozione divisione in 1991. He later moved toPerugia, and he was part of the team that was promoted toSerie A fromSerie C1 in three years. During his first season in Serie C1 with the club, he made 20 appearances, and during the 1992–93 season, he made 28 appearances and scored 4 goals. Perugia won the 1993–94 Serie C1/B title, earning promotion to Serie B, as Giunti managed 4 goals in 24 appearances. During his first season inSerie B, he scored 7 goals in 29 appearances, and thefollowing season, he helped Perugia gain Serie A promotion, scoring 5 goals in 25 appearances. During the1996–97 Serie A season, he made hisSerie A debut on 8 September 1996, in a home 1–0 win againstSampdoria.[1]
Parma acquired Giunti for the1997–98 season, although he had a difficult season with the club, only making 13 appearances, as he was mainly kept on the bench. Halfway through his second season with Parma, after making only two appearances, he joinedMilan in January 1999 (in a swap deal withGiuseppe Cardone),[2] making six appearances, as Milan won the1998–99 Serie A title that season.[1] He played with Milan for two more seasons, during a dark period in the club's history, making 24 appearances in both seasons. He scored three goals during his Milan career; the first came in theUEFA Champions League againstGalatasaray in 1999,[3] the second againstFiorentina in the2000–01 Coppa Italia[4] and the third in a famous 6–0 win overcity rivalsInternazionale, in 2001.[1][5]
In July 2001, he joined Brescia under managerCarlo Mazzone, where he played alongside players such asRoberto Baggio,Pep Guardiola,Stephen Appiah andLuca Toni,[2] making 27 appearances with the club and scoring two goals.[1] In January 2003, Giunti also played on loan withBeşiktaş for 18 months, making him the first Italian player in the national Turkish league, making 16 appearances and scoring one goal,[1] as Beşiktaş won the2002–03 Süper Lig, and 24 appearances during his second season with the club.[6][7]
In July 2004, Giunti signed a one-year contract withBologna. He also moved along with former Brescia teammateFabio Petruzzi, making 23 appearances and scoring two goals.[1][8]
After Bologna lost the relegation playoffs, Giunti moved toChievo in 2005. He made 28 appearances in hisfirst season, helping Chievo to qualify for Europe, but just nine more thesecond season,[1] before he joinedTreviso on loan in January 2008. He retired in June 2008.
Giunti's only cap for theItaly national team was in a friendly match againstBosnia and Herzegovina, on 6 November 1996, under managerArrigo Sacchi.[9]
Giunti started his coaching career guiding theAllievi Nazionali (under-17) youth team ofPerugia during the 2009–10 season. After Perugia declared bankrupt, Giunti joinedFoligno as new coach of theBerretti (under-19) in July 2010. In December 2010, he was appointed head coach of Foligno, replacing dismissed bossSalvatore Matrecano,[10] but was fired later in April 2011 due to poor results.
In October 2012, he was named new head coach ofSerie D amateursCastel Rigone, being fired in March 2013.
In November 2013, he was appointed at the helm of Serie D clubGualdo Casacastalda, and was also confirmed for the following 2014–15 season. In June 2015 he returned at Foligno, only to be fired later on September.
He successively served as head coach ofLega Pro clubMaceratese for the 2016–17 season.
On 23 June 2017, he was named new head coach ofSerie B clubPerugia for the new season.[11]
On 29 December 2018 he was announced as new head coach ofAC Milan Primavera. On 28 April 2022, he was dismissed by Milan.[12]