 Beppe Sannino in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1957-04-30)30 April 1957 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Ottaviano, Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AC Bellinzona (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1976 | Varese | 0 | (0) |
| 1976–1977 | Milanese 1920 | ||
| 1977–1979 | Trento | 51 | (6) |
| 1979–1982 | Vogherese | 65 | (18) |
| 1982–1984 | Fanfulla | 64 | (6) |
| 1984 | Pavia | 0 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Spezia | 24 | (1) |
| 1985–1986 | Vogherese | 34 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | Vigevano | ||
| 1987–1988 | Entella | 28 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Oltrepò | ||
| 1998–1999 | Biellese | ||
| 1999–2001 | Südtirol | ||
| 2001–2002 | Meda | ||
| 2002–2003 | Sangiovannese | ||
| 2003–2004 | Varese | ||
| 2004 | Cosenza | ||
| 2005–2007 | Lecco | ||
| 2007–2008 | Pergocrema | ||
| 2008–2011 | Varese | ||
| 2011–2012 | Siena | ||
| 2012 | Palermo | ||
| 2013 | Palermo | ||
| 2013 | Chievo Verona | ||
| 2013–2014 | Watford | ||
| 2014 | Catania | ||
| 2015 | Carpi | ||
| 2016 | Salernitana | ||
| 2017–2018 | Triestina | ||
| 2018–2019 | Levadiakos | ||
| 2019 | Novara | ||
| 2019–2020 | Budapest Honvéd | ||
| 2021 | Levadiakos | ||
| 2021–2022 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 2022 | Nocerina | ||
| 2022–2024 | FC Paradiso | ||
| 2025– | AC Bellinzona | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Giuseppe "Beppe" Sannino (born 30 April 1957)[1] is an Italian professional football manager and former player, who is currently the head coach ofSwiss Challenge League sideAC Bellinzona.
Born inCampania, Sannino relocated toTurin with his family after his father was hired by theFiat automobile company inTurin. In his career, Sannino played as a creative attacking midfielder for several minor league teams, withSerie C2 clubVogherese being the one he became most associated with. Sannino retired from active football in 1988, after a lone season withLigurian amateur clubEntella.[2]
Sannino entered into a coaching career in 1990, as responsible of theAllievi (under-17) team atVogherese. In 1992, he became youth coach atPavia, and one year later he worked with the same role atMonza. In 1996, he took his first head coaching experience at amateurEccellenza clubOltrepò, ending the season in sixth place.[3] After a short stint as youth coach atComo, in 1998 Sannino took his first head coaching role in a professional league atSerie C2 clubBiellese: this experience however turned out to be disappointing, as he was dismissed before the end of the season.[3]
In 1999, he took charge ofSerie D clubSüdtirol, leading them to first place in the league, and then keeping the club in Serie C2 the following season. In 2001–02, he managedMeda, another Serie C2 club, but was dismissed again before the end of the season. In 2002–03, he then ledSangiovannese to sixth place in Serie C2. Two other unsuccessful stints followed withVarese andCosenza, but both ended with him being fired.[4][5]
In 2005, he took the reins ofLecco, guiding the Lombardian team to a surprise promotion toSerie C1 in his second season in charge of the club.[3] This was followed by three more consecutive promotions: the first atPergocrema (from Serie C2 to Serie C1), and the other two at Varese, where he was appointed bySean Sogliano during the season and successfully guided the club from Serie C2 to Serie B. In his first season in Serie B, Sannino led Varese to a remarkable fourth place and a spot in the promotion playoffs, but lost toPadova in the semi-finals.[3]
In June 2011, Sannino signed a two-year contract as head coach of newly promotedSerie A clubSiena, taking over from departing bossAntonio Conte, who was signed by Italian giantsJuventus. The aim for the Tuscan club was to escape relegation in what was going to be Sannino's first experience in charge of a top flight club.[6] In the 2011–12 season, Sannino managed to keep Siena safely out of the relegation zone, and also led the club to theCoppa Italia semi-finals, then lost to eventual winnersNapoli.
On 6 June 2012, Sannino signed a two-year contract as head coach ofPalermo, only a few weeks after Siena director of football Giorgio Perinetti made the same move to Sicily.[7] His short-lived experience with the Sicilians ended on 16 September 2012, when club chairmanMaurizio Zamparini decided to remove him from first team duties after achieving only one point in the first three Serie A games; he was replaced byGian Piero Gasperini.[8] He was rehired on 11 March 2013.[9] Despite an impressive string of results with a particularly difficult calendar (including wins against Inter and Roma), however, he failed to keep Palermo in the top flight.
He was appointed as Chievo coach on 1 July. However, he was sacked on 11 November.
On 18 December 2013, he was confirmed as new head coach ofWatford.[10] On 15 March 2014, Sannino led Watford to a club record sixth consecutive home win in all competitions without conceding, with a 3–0 win againstBarnsley.[11] Despite winning four of the first five league games of the2014–15 season, and with Watford second in the table, his future was subject to speculation following rumours of dressing-room unrest and some players disliking his management style. Sannino resigned on 31 August, his last game in charge being their 4–2 home win againstHuddersfield Town the day before.
On 14 September 2014, Sannino returned into management, taking over as new head coach ofSerie B clubCatania.[12] His period as Catania boss, however, lasted only three months, as he resigned on 19 December following a string a poor results and strained relationship with the club's board.[13] On 29 September 2015, he was appointed manager of newly promotedSerie A sideCarpi.[14] On 3 November, it was announced that he had been relieved of his duties and he was replaced byFabrizio Castori - the man he had initially replaced - as first team coach[15]
He was subsequently appointed new head coach of Serie B clubSalernitana for the 2016–17 season, but resigned from his position on 30 November 2016 after having criticised the attitude of the club's supporters following a league home draw toPro Vercelli.[16] Sannino then served as head coach ofTriestina for the club's2017–18 Serie C campaign, a job he left in February 2018 due to disagreements with the board, with his assistantNicola Princivalli taking over from him.[17]
On 22 October 2018, he was named new head coach ofGreek Superleague clubLevadiakos.[18] On 19 February 2019, he was named new head coach ofSerie C clubNovara.[19] On 5 May 2019, he was sacked. On 28 May, Sannino was named new head coach ofNemzeti Bajnokság I clubBudapest Honvéd.[20] He resigned in March 2020, following theCOVID-19 pandemic, in order to move back to Italy.[21] In February 2021, Sannino returned to manage Levadiakos;[22] however, he resigned less than three months later on 11 May for personal reasons, despite having obtained 30 points in 15 league games.[23]
Sannino subsequently served as head coach ofLibyan Premier League clubAl-Ittihad from September 2021[24] to January 2022.[25]
He then joinedSerie D clubNocerina for in the 2022–23 season,[26] leaving the club on 3 October 2022.[27] The same day, he was unveiled as the new head coach ofSwiss 1. Liga (fourth tier) club FC Paradiso.[28] He led Paradiso to promotion to theSwiss Promotion League that season and recorded a top four finish in thenext season. He left Paradiso on 29 September 2024 due to family reasons.[29]
On 20 March 2025, he joinedSwiss Challenge League sideAC Bellinzona.[30]
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