| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1972-05-20)20 May 1972 (age 53) | ||
| Place of birth | Salerno, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lazio Women (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1989 | Salernitana | 3 | (0) |
| 1989–1991 | AC Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Salernitana | 16 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Foggia | 9 | (0) |
| 1993–1996 | Salernitana | 61 | (0) |
| 1996 | Cagliari | 3 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Cosenza | 23 | (0) |
| 1997–2003 | Cagliari | 135 | (2) |
| 2003 | Chievo | 2 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Venezia | 16 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Fidelis Andria | 7 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Juve Stabia | 22 | (0) |
| 2006 | Sant'Antonio Abate | 10 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Salernitana | 10 | (0) |
| Total | 317 | (2) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Salernitana | ||
| 2011 | Casertana | ||
| 2011–2012 | Paganese | ||
| 2012–2013 | Paganese | ||
| 2013–2015 | Messina | ||
| 2015–2017 | Paganese | ||
| 2017 | Pro Vercelli | ||
| 2018 | Pro Vercelli | ||
| 2018 | Foggia | ||
| 2019 | Foggia | ||
| 2019–2020 | Catanzaro | ||
| 2021 | Pescara | ||
| 2021–2022 | Paganese | ||
| 2023– | Lazio Women | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gianluca Grassadonia (born 20 May 1972) is an Italian professionalfootball coach and a former player. He is the head coach ofSerie A Femminile sideLazio.
Born inSalerno, Grassadonia started his playing career by growing from the youth ranks of hometown clubSalernitana and then making his senior debut in 1988. In 1992, he made hisSerie A debut as aFoggia player. His longest stint as a player was between 1997 and 2003 withCagliari, with whom he played 135 league games.
After retirement, Grassadonia took over a youth coaching role atSalernitana. In November 2009 he replacedMarco Cari as head coach, being however sacked later in March 2010 due to poor results. He successively served as head coach ofSerie D clubCasertana from February to June 2011.
In July 2011 he was named new head coach ofLega Pro Seconda Divisione clubPaganese. After resigning from his post in January 2012, he returned to Paganese later in April and guided them to promotion through playoffs by the end of the season.
In December 2013 he took over atMessina, guiding them to win the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season. He was sacked in March 2015 due to poor results.
In August 2015 he accepted to return to Paganese, guiding the small Campanian club to a surprising qualification to the promotion playoffs during the2016–17 Lega Pro season.
In June 2017 he was named new head coach ofSerie B clubPro Vercelli, replacingMoreno Longo.[1] On 17 December 2017, he was sacked due to the poor results of the team and replaced byGianluca Atzori.[2] On 22 January 2018, he came back to Vercelli replacing Atzori.[3] On 7 May 2018, he was re-sacked after a 5–1 away defeat againstSpezia and replaced byVito Grieco with the team in the relegation zone in 22nd place with 37 points.[4][5] However Grieco, even if he won against the relegated teamTernana (2–1) did not avoid Pro Vercelli's relegation toSerie C.[6]
On 30 June 2018, he was appointed as newFoggia head coach.[7] He was removed from his managerial duties on 11 December 2018 after a string of negative results.[8]
On 11 March 2019, he was appointed as new Foggia head coach.[9]
On 21 October 2019, he signed a contract until the end of the 2019–20 season withSerie C clubCatanzaro which will be automatically extended if Catanzaro achieves promotion to Serie B.[10] He was dismissed by Catanzaro on 24 January 2020 following two consecutive losses.[11]
On 14 February 2021, he was named new head coach of bottom-placed Serie B clubPescara, signing a contract until the end of the season.[12]
On 5 September 2021, Grassadonia agreed to return in charge of his past clubPaganese in the Serie C league.[13] He was dismissed on 11 April 2022, leaving Paganese third-last placed in the league table.[14]
On 8 May 2023, he took on his first managerial role in women's football, accepting the head coaching job atLazio.[15]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Salernitana |  | 1 November 2009 | 14 March 2010 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 023.53 |
| Casertana | | 8 February 2011 | 6 June 2011 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 041.67 |
| Paganese | | 20 July 2011 | 18 January 2012 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 046.43 |
| Paganese | | 30 April 2012 | 18 June 2013 | 37 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 035.14 |
| Messina | | 3 December 2013 | 12 March 2015 | 53 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 64 | 70 | −6 | 033.96 |
| Paganese | | 6 August 2015 | 19 May 2017 | 77 | 25 | 22 | 30 | 93 | 97 | −4 | 032.47 |
| Pro Vercelli | | 14 June 2017 | 17 December 2017 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 020.00 |
| Pro Vercelli | | 22 January 2018 | 7 May 2018 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 022.22 |
| Foggia | | 30 June 2018 | 11 December 2018 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 026.67 |
| Foggia | | 11 March 2019 | 12 May 2019 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Catanzaro | | 21 October 2019 | 24 January 2020 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 040.00 |
| Pescara | | 14 February 2021 | 19 June 2021 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 020.00 |
| Paganese | | 5 September 2021 | 11 April 2022 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | 324 | 106 | 97 | 121 | 381 | 397 | −16 | 032.72 | |||