| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1955-01-10)10 January 1955 (age 70) | ||
| Place of birth | Grosseto,Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1975 | Montevarchi | 59 | (7) |
| 1975–1976 | Cremonese | 7 | (0) |
| 1976–1978 | Fiorentina | 23 | (0) |
| 1978–1984 | Catanzaro | 142 | (4) |
| 1984–1985 | Triestina | ? | (?) |
| 1985–1987 | Catania | ? | (?) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1989–1990 | Bibbienese | ||
| 1990–1992 | Colligiana | ||
| 1992–1993 | Rondinella | ||
| 1993–1994 | Sangiovannese | ||
| 1994–1996 | Montevarchi | ||
| 1996–1997 | Pontedera | ||
| 1997–1998 | Carrarese | ||
| 1998–1999 | Sangiovannese | ||
| 1999–2000 | Foggia | ||
| 2000–2001 | Montevarchi | ||
| 2001–2003 | Chieti | ||
| 2003–2005 | Catanzaro | ||
| 2005–2006 | Sangiovannese | ||
| 2006–2007 | Pisa | ||
| 2007–2008 | Lucchese | ||
| 2008–2009 | Frosinone | ||
| 2009 | Taranto | ||
| 2010–2013 | Juve Stabia | ||
| 2014 | Juve Stabia | ||
| 2014–2015 | Pisa | ||
| 2015–2016 | Lecce | ||
| 2016–2017 | Alessandria | ||
| 2017–2020 | Cosenza | ||
| 2020–2022 | Avellino | ||
| 2022–2024 | Gubbio | ||
| 2024–2025 | Campobasso | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Piero Braglia (born 10 January 1955) is an Italianfootballmanager and former player.
Amidfielder, Braglia started his professional career withSerie C teamMontevarchi, then making his debut in theSerie A in 1976 withFiorentina. He then spent six seasons withCatanzaro, five of them in the Italian top flight. He then retired in 1987 after spells withSerie B teamsTriestina andCatania.
In 1989, Braglia accepted his first managerial job, at the helm of amateurTuscan team Bibbienese. He then coached several Tuscan teams in the lower ranks of Italian football with some success, including aSerie C2 title withMontevarchi in 1995.
In 1999, he accepted his first coaching job outside of Tuscany, becoming head coach ofFoggia in the Serie C2, obtaining a fourth place in the final table. He then returned to Tuscany, again to Montevarchi, before joiningChieti, which he led for two seasons in theSerie C1 league. In 2003–04, he returned toCatanzaro, this time as a head coach, and led thegiallorossi to win the Serie C1 title and establish them back inSerie B after over a decade in the lower tiers. He was, however, sacked during the club's followingSerie B campaign due to poor results. He then returned to Tuscany, joiningSangiovannese, a team he had already twice in theSerie D during his early coaching years, and achieving an impressive third place in their Serie C1 campaign. In 2006, he accepted an offer fromPisa, with the aim to lead thenerazzurri back toSerie B: a third place in the regular season, followed by a successful campaign in the promotion playoffs, assured Pisa and Braglia a place in the second-highest Italian league for the next season. However, after discussions with the club management, Braglia left Pisa and accepted an offer fromLucchese, another Tuscan Serie C1 team aiming for promotion. However, despite this, Lucchese ended only in eighth place and failed to qualify for the promotion playoffs.
In June 2008, Braglia was unveiled as head coach ofSerie B teamFrosinone, replacingAlberto Cavasin.
In June 2009, Piero Braglia went toTaranto but was removed weeks later due to poor results. In June 2010, he was announced as the new head coach ofJuve Stabia,[1] which he led to a surprise promotion toSerie B via the playoffs. He was then confirmed as Juve Stabia boss for the 2011–12 second division campaign, where he guided his small club to an impressive first season half and an excellent ninth place by the end of the season. Another safe season followed, with Juve Stabia keeping its Serie B status for one more year. These fortunes did not repeat in the 2013–14 season, as Juve Stabia immediately appeared unable to escape relegation, and Braglia was fired in November 2013 to be replaced withFulvio Pea; after Pea failed to improve results, Braglia was however called back at Juve Stabia, but could not do anything to avoidLega Pro relegation to his club.
In July 2014, Braglia agreed a comeback at the helm ofPisa, seven years after he guided them to what was the last Serie B promotion to date for theNerazzurri of Tuscany.
On 12 October 2015, he became the head coach ofLecce. He led the club to third place and thus entered the play-off round, which Lecce lost in the semifinal.
On 15 June 2016, he was appointed the new manager ofAlessandria. He was exonerated on 15 April 2017, three days before the end, due to the sudden collapse of results that led to overtaking theCremonese at the top of Group A Lega Pro after a lengthy domination of the Piedmont team.
On 27 September 2017 he was hired as the head coach ofCosenza in theSerie C.[2] With the Calabrian club, on 16 June 2018, he won the final of theSerie C playoffs againstRobur Siena, with a score of 3–1 at the Stadio Adriatico in Pescara. Thus,Cosenza returns toSerie B after 15 years.
During his first season in charge at the club in Serie B, he comfortably succeeded in keeping Cosenza in the safer spots of the league table, ending in tenth place, just four points shy of a promotion playoff spot. However, the2019–20 Serie B campaign did not prove to be as successful, and Braglia was sacked on 10 February 2020 following a 0–1 home loss toBenevento, which left Cosenza in the deep relegation zone (18th place).[3]
In July 2020 he was appointed at the helm of Serie C clubAvellino.[4] Braglia served in charge of theBiancoverdi until 16 February 2022, when he was dismissed, together with director of footballSalvatore Di Somma, following a 0–1 defeat toVirtus Francavilla.[5]
On 17 June 2022, Braglia was announced as the new head coach of Serie C clubGubbio.[6] After two seasons in charge of Gubbio, Braglia resigned by the end of the club's 2023–24 campaign.[7]
On 1 July 2024, Braglia signed for newly-promoted Serie C clubCampobasso, agreeing to a one-year contract with an automatic extension in case of qualification to the promotion playoffs.[8] He was sacked on 26 January 2025.[9]