 Gotti withUdinese in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luca Gotti | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-09-13)13 September 1967 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Adria, Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lecce (Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1991 | Contarina | 293 | (7) |
| 1991–1995 | San Donà | 252 | (6) |
| 1995–1998 | Caerano | 52 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Montebelluna | ||
| 2000–2001 | Pievigina | ||
| 2001–2004 | Bassano Virtus | ||
| 2004–2006 | Reggina (youth) | ||
| 2006–2008 | Italy U17 | ||
| 2008–2009 | Treviso | ||
| 2009 | Treviso | ||
| 2009 | Triestina | ||
| 2010–2011 | Cagliari (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2015 | Parma (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2018 | Bologna (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Chelsea (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Udinese (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Udinese | ||
| 2022–2023 | Spezia | ||
| 2024 | Lecce | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Luca Gotti (born 13 September 1967) is an Italian professionalfootball manager and former player who was most recently the manager ofSerie A clubLecce.
Born inAdria,Rovigo,[1] Gotti played as amidfielder for amateur clubs such as Contarina,San Donà and Caerano in the lower divisions of Italy. He achieved promotions twice during his career, with Contarina toEccellenza after winning the 1989–90 edition of thePromozione and with San Donà toSerie C in the 1993–94Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti season.
Gotti began his managerial career in 1998 as part of the youth system staff ofA.C. Milan. In 1999, he took over his first role as head coach, at the helm of Promozione amateursMontebelluna. Gotti later served two more amateur clubs, Pievigina andBassano Virtus in Serie D, before joiningReggina as a youth coach in 2004 and remaining there until 2006.
From 9 August 2006 to 21 July 2008, he worked as head coach of theItaly national under-17 team.
Gotti then served as head coach ofSerie B sideTreviso from 21 July 2008 to 24 February 2009, and again from 19 March to 25 June 2009, he oversaw the club's relegation by the end of the season. Gotti successively served as head coach ofTriestina for a short period. However, due to poor results, Gotti was dismissed on 6 October 2009.[2]
In December 2010, Gotti was namedRoberto Donadoni's assistant atSerie A teamCagliari, then following the manager also during his stints atParma andBologna. He then served asMaurizio Sarri's assistant atChelsea during the2018–19 season.
After Sarri's departure to Juventus, Gotti accepted an offer fromUdinese to becomeIgor Tudor's assistant manager in July 2019.[3] When Tudor was removed from his managerial duties,[4] Gotti was named as caretaker manager of Udinese on 1 November 2019.[4] He won his first game in charge two days later as Serie A manager with 3–1 overGenoa, later explicitly stating his lack of interest in taking over as permanent manager.[5] However, he completed the season as head coach of Udinese, obtaining comfortable safety, and being successively confirmed for the2020–21 Serie A campaign.
On 11 June 2021, Udinese announced they have agreed to extend their contract with him for the coming season (2021–22) as well, until June 2022.[6] On 7 December 2021, Udinese sacked Gotti as manager after a run of bad results.
On 1 July 2022, Serie A clubSpezia announced to have hired Gotti as their new head coach on a two-year contract.[7] He was relieved of his duties on 15 February 2023.[8]
On 12 March 2024, he was announced as new manager of Serie A clubLecce replacingRoberto D'Aversa.[9]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Italy U17 | 9 August 2006 | 21 July 2008 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 042.31 | [10] |
| Treviso | 21 July 2008 | 24 February 2009 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 017.86 | [11] |
| Treviso | 19 March 2009 | 25 June 2009 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 018.18 | [12] |
| Triestina | 25 June 2009 | 6 October 2009 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 040.00 | [12] |
| Udinese | 1 November 2019 | 7 December 2021 | 87 | 25 | 25 | 37 | 028.74 | [12] |
| Spezia | 1 July 2022 | 15 February 2023 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 024.00 | [12] |
| Lecce | 12 March 2024 | 9 November 2024 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 025.00 | [12] |
| Total | 211 | 59 | 62 | 90 | 027.96 | |||
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