| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1968-11-16)16 November 1968 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Mannheim,West Germany | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| SV 98 Schwetzingen | |||
| VfR Mannheim | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002 | Karlsruher SC (caretaker) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings (assistant coach) | ||
| 2006 | Eintracht Trier | ||
| 2007–2008 | Germany U16 | ||
| 2008–2009 | Germany U17 | ||
| 2009–2010 | Germany U15 | ||
| 2009–2010 | Germany U18 | ||
| 2011 | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
| 2014 | Cerezo Osaka | ||
| 2016 | Zhuhai Suoka | ||
| 2014–2017 | Guangzhou Evergrande (director of youth development) | ||
| 2017–2020 | Eintracht Frankfurt (technical director) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Bengaluru | ||
| 2022– | Galatasaray (technical director) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marco Pezzaiuoli (born 16 November 1968) is a German professionalfootball manager works as the technical director forSüper Lig clubGalatasaray.
Pezzaiuoli had two stints as interim head coach ofKarlsruher SC. The first stint happened afterJoachim Löw resigned on 20 April 2000.[1]Stefan Kuntz eventually took over the next season.[2] Pezzaiuoli's second stint as interim head coach happened after Kunz was sacked on 25 September 2002.[3]Lorenz-Günther Köstner was hired on 1 October 2002.[4] He went to coach different teams with in theGerman Football Association[5] and was an assistant coach forSuwon Samsung Bluewings[6] inSouth Korea after leaving Karlsruhe.
Pezzaiuoli was hired byOberliga outfitEintracht Trier on 20 September 2006 and given a contract to the end of the season.[7] Pezzaiuoli lost his first match in charge 6–5 toEGC Wirges.[8] Pezzaiuoli was sacked after five matches on 30 October 2006; losing three matches.[9] His final match was a 2–1 loss toEintracht Bad Kreuznach.[8]
On 2 January 2011, Pezzaiuoli became new head coach ofTSG Hoffenheim.[10] The club announced on 12 April 2011 that he would leave at the end of the season, recently having won only one out of eight games.[11]Holger Stanislawski replaced Pezzaiuoli on 17 May 2011;[12] three days after his final match.[13]
On 16 June 2014,Cerezo Osaka named Pezzaiuoli as their head coach replacingRanko Popović, but he was relieved of his duties on 8 September after failing to register a single win in the J. League. His team did manage a Japanese Emperor's Cup win againstKataller Toyama by 1–0 and a second leg quarter-final win away atKawasaki Frontale in theJ. League Cup. His team lost that tie on aggregate and, as had been rumoured for more than a week Pezzaiuoli was on his way home.[14]
On 12 February 2021, Pezzaiuoli was appointed as the head coach ofIndian Super League clubBengaluru FC on a three-year performance-based contract.[15]
The first game (unofficial) of Pezzaiuoli with Bengaluru was againstFC Goa on 7 April 2021.Cleiton Silva's strike ensured of first win for Pezzaiuoli at Bengaluru FC.[16] His first official game was againstNepal Army Club at2021 AFC Cup preliminary round 1 against whom they won by 5–0 margin.
On 8 June 2022, Bengaluru FC announced the departure of Pezzaiuoli.[17]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Karlsruher SC | 20 April 2000[1] | 30 June 2000[2] | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 028.57 | [18] |
| Karlsruher SC | 25 September 2002[3] | 1 October 2002[4] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 000.00 | [19] |
| Eintracht Trier | 20 September 2006[7] | 30 October 2006[9] | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 040.00 | [8] |
| TSG Hoffenheim | 2 January 2011[10] | 17 May 2011[12] | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 027.78 | [20] |
| Cerezo Osaka | 16 June 2014 | 8 September 2014 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 000.00 | [21] |
| Bengaluru | 12 February 2021 | 8 June 2022 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 036.84 | [22] |
| Total | 59 | 17 | 16 | 26 | 028.81 | — | ||
