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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Giuseppe Iachini[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1964-05-07)7 May 1964 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Ascoli Piceno, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ascoli | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1987 | Ascoli | 81 | (9) |
| 1987–1989 | Verona | 47 | (1) |
| 1989–1994 | Fiorentina | 126 | (2) |
| 1994–1996 | Palermo | 62 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Ravenna | 31 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | Venezia | 65 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Alessandria | 14 | (0) |
| Total | 426 | (14) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Venezia (Director of football) | ||
| 2002–2003 | Cesena | ||
| 2003–2004 | Vicenza | ||
| 2004–2007 | Piacenza | ||
| 2007–2008 | Chievo | ||
| 2009–2010 | Brescia | ||
| 2011 | Brescia | ||
| 2011–2012 | Sampdoria | ||
| 2012–2013 | Siena | ||
| 2013–2015 | Palermo | ||
| 2016 | Palermo | ||
| 2016 | Udinese | ||
| 2017–2018 | Sassuolo | ||
| 2018–2019 | Empoli | ||
| 2019–2020 | Fiorentina | ||
| 2021 | Fiorentina | ||
| 2021–2022 | Parma | ||
| 2024 | Bari | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Giuseppe 'Beppe' Iachini (Italian pronunciation:[dʒuˈzɛppejaˈkiːni]; born 7 May 1964) is an Italian professionalfootball manager and former player in the role ofmidfielder.
Iachini was born inAscoli Piceno. He started his playing career atAscoli and made hisSerie A and professional debut at the age of 17 during the1981–82 season. He played for Ascoli until 1987, when he signed forVerona.
In 1989, Iachini left Verona, moved toFiorentina, and played five seasons with theviola, four in Serie A. From 1994 to 1996, he played forPalermo ofSerie B. After a single Serie B season withRavenna, in 1997, Iachini transferred toVenezia, where he played for three years, two of them in Serie A. He retired in 2001, after aSerie C1 season withAlessandria.
As a player, he represented theItaly Olympic side at the1988 Summer Olympics at international level, where they finished in fourth place.
Iachini started his coaching career in October 2001, when he was called to coachVenezia ofSerie A, despite not having a coaching license yet. Assisted by "official" head coachAlfredo Magni, Iachini left his position as assistant coach atPiacenza to join Venezia, despite the Italian football regulation laws and was successively disqualified for six months because of that. Ultimately, Venezia were relegated toSerie B.
In the 2002–03 season, Iachini coachedCesena ofSerie C1, leading his team to a spot in the promotion playoffs.
In the 2003–04 season, Iachini moved toVicenza, in Serie B, where he managed a team composed mostly of youngsters and led them to a mid-table place.
He coachedPiacenza, another Serie B club, from 2004–05 to2006–07 with good results, including a notable fourth place, only behindJuventus,Napoli andGenoa, in his latest season with thebiancorossi.
He was announced in June 2007 as the newChievo Verona boss for their2007–08 Serie B campaign and successfully led theGialloblu to become league champions and promptly mark their return in the top flight.
On 4 November 2008, following an unimpressive start in the 2008–09 Serie A campaign, and two days after a 3–0 loss toPalermo, Iachini was dismissed from his coaching post by the club management.[2]
On 4 October 2009, he was appointed new head coach ofSerie B outfitBrescia, replacingAlberto Cavasin.[3] Under his tenure, Brescia ended the regular season in third place, missing automatic promotion in the final game of the season. The team, however, went back to win the promotion playoffs and claim a place in the2010–11 Serie A after defeatingTorino in the finals.
After a wave of bad results, resulting in the team's dropdown to the relegation zone near the winter, on 6 December 2010, he was sacked;[4] However, he was called back at the helm of Brescia boss less than two months later, following the dismissal of his successorMario Beretta on 30 January 2011.[5]
On 14 November 2011, Iachini was named as the new head coach ofSampdoria, after a disastrous start to the season inSerie B, in place of the sackedGianluca Atzori.[6] He charged the team, strongly depressed under the psychological profile and in winter market with radically revised to players motivated and adapted to the category. On 9 June 2012, the team, ranked only 6th in the league with an incredible recovery, was promoted after playoffs toSerie A, defeatingVarese in the finals.
On 17 December 2012, Iachini was appointed the new coach ofSiena inSerie A in place of the sackedSerse Cosmi.[7] He left the club by the end of the season.
On 25 September 2013, he was announced as the new head coach of Palermo, a former team of his as a player, signing a two-year contract and taking over from dismissedGennaro Gattuso. During his tenure, he succeeded in turning the Sicilians' fortunes, eventually winning his fourth top-flight promotion, guiding Palermo to be crowned Serie B champions on May 3, five matches before the end of the season. He was successively confirmed as Palermo's head coach for the upcoming2014–15 Serie A season. He was sacked on 10 November 2015.[8]
Following a confusing period where Palermo ownerMaurizio Zamparini appointed four different managers in a month after the sacking ofDavide Ballardini, Iachini returned as manager of the club on 15 February 2016,[9] but was sacked once again on 10 March.[10]
He was appointed manager ofUdinese on 19 May 2016.[11] He was sacked on 2 October 2016.[12]
On 27 November 2017, Iachini was named manager ofSassuolo following the sacking ofChristian Bucchi.[13] He left the club on 5 June 2018 by mutual consent.[14]
On 6 November 2018, he was appointed manager ofEmpoli, replacing Aurelio Andreazzoli, who was sacked the day before.[15] He was sacked on 13 March 2019.[16]
On 23 December 2019, Iachini was unveiled as the new manager of Fiorentina, his former club as a player. He succeededVincenzo Montella.[17] On 9 November 2020, Iachini was sacked.[18]
On 24 March 2021, Iachini was rehired as Fiorentina manager afterCesare Prandelli resigned.[19]
On 23 November 2021, Iachini returned into management as the new head coach ofSerie B clubParma, replacingEnzo Maresca.[20]
On 17 May 2022, after failing to ensure qualification to the promotion playoffs, despite being touted as title favourites before the start of the season, Parma announced their decision not to continue with Iachini as their manager.[21]
On 6 February 2024, Iachini was hired by Serie B clubBari, signing a contract until 30 June 2025.[22] He was however dismissed only two months later, on 15 April 2024, leaving Bari in the relegation zone.[23]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Cesena |  | 1 July 2002 | 3 June 2003 | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 045.24 |
| Vicenza | | 1 July 2003 | 1 July 2004 | 47 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 025.53 |
| Piacenza | | 1 July 2004 | 15 June 2007 | 134 | 54 | 32 | 48 | 170 | 156 | +14 | 040.30 |
| Chievo | | 15 June 2007 | 3 November 2008 | 54 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 84 | 62 | +22 | 046.30 |
| Brescia | | 4 October 2009 | 6 December 2010 | 55 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 041.82 |
| Brescia | | 30 January 2011 | 29 June 2011 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 012.50 |
| Sampdoria | | 14 November 2011 | 2 July 2012 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 048.39 |
| Siena | | 17 December 2012 | 14 July 2013 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 022.73 |
| Palermo | | 25 September 2013 | 10 November 2015 | 88 | 40 | 25 | 23 | 121 | 96 | +25 | 045.45 |
| Palermo | | 15 February 2016 | 9 March 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 000.00 |
| Udinese | | 19 May 2016 | 2 October 2016 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 025.00 |
| Sassuolo | | 27 November 2017 | 5 June 2018 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 034.62 |
| Empoli | | 6 November 2018 | 13 March 2019 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 025.00 |
| Fiorentina | | 23 December 2019 | 9 November 2020 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 038.71 |
| Fiorentina | | 24 March 2021 | 23 May 2021 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 020.00 |
| Parma | | 23 November 2021 | 17 May 2022 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 028.00 |
| Bari | | 6 February 2024 | Present | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 020.00 |
| Total | 618 | 233 | 185 | 200 | 779 | 727 | +52 | 037.70 | |||
