| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1962-09-29)29 September 1962 (age 63) | ||
| Place of birth | Udine, Italy | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1982 | Udinese | ||
| 1982–1983 | Catanzaro | ||
| 1983–1985 | SPAL | ||
| 1985–1988 | Giorgione | ||
| 1988–1992 | Triestina | ||
| 1992–1993 | Pistoiese | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Sevegliano | ||
| 2008 | CFR Cluj (assistant) | ||
| 2008 | CFR Cluj | ||
| 2010 | Reggina U19 | ||
| 2011 | Târgu Mureș | ||
| 2014– | Juventus (technical assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Maurizio Trombetta (born 29 September 1962) is an Italianfootball manager and former player. He was head coach of RomanianLiga I clubsCFR Cluj andTârgu Mureș, and youth team coach atReggina.
Trombetta was born inUdine. A minor league player who playedSerie A only in his first two professional seasons, respectively withUdinese andCatanzaro, he also played from 1989 to 1991 inSerie B withTriestina.
Following his retirement as a player, Trombetta becameUdinese'sallievi (under-16) youth coach in 1994, being appointed asGiovanni Galeone's assistant coach with thezebrette. He then followed Galeone toPerugia andNapoli before returning to Udine, this time asFrancesco Guidolin's assistant coach. From 1999 to 2004 he and Guidolin moved toBologna, both working with therossoblu.
In 2004, the duo returned toAncona, and then at Udinese in 2006–07.
During the 2007–08 season, Trombetta chose to start a coaching career of his own and became head coach of amateurEccellenza clubSevegliano after league Week 7. The team was at the bottom of the league table and led them to an impressive fourth place finish.In June 2008, he was appointed as the new assistant coach of RomanianLiga I outgoing championsCFR Cluj and was promoted to head coach in September as a replacement for dismissed bossIoan Andone.[1] Under his tenure as CFR Cluj coach, the club is also competing for their first time ever in theUEFA Champions League as Romanian champions; in his first game in the top European competition, which came only fifteen days after his appointment as head coach, Trombetta's team won 2–1 atStadio Olimpico toRoma thanks to two goals byEmmanuel Culio in a historical victory against the renownedgiallorossi team, who were taking part to the UEFA Champions League asSerie A runners-up.[2]
He was dismissed in January 2009, after only four months in charge, leaving CFR Cluj in fourth place in the Liga I and only weeks after having been eliminated from the UEFA Champions League.[3]
In February 2010, he was announced byReggina as new head of thePrimavera under-19 youth team, replacingRoberto Breda after he was promoted head coach days earlier.[4]
In November 2011, he returned to Romania, signing a contract for a season withTârgu Mureș.[5] He was released after two months.[6]
As of 17 December 2011[update]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win % | ||||
| CFR Cluj |  | 12 September 2008 | 4 January 2009 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 054.55 |
| Târgu Mureș | | 4 November 2011 | 20 January 2012 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 033.33 |
| Total | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 047.06 | |||