| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1968-10-07)7 October 1968 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Palermo,Italy | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Giulianova (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1987 | Olbia | 32 | (1) |
| 1987–1988 | Napoli | 1 | (0) |
| 1988–1990 | Reggina | 49 | (4) |
| 1990–1993 | Ascoli | 99 | (7) |
| 1993–1996 | Bologna | 91 | (4) |
| 1996–1997 | Brescia | 33 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | Padova | 30 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Ravenna | 72 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Padova | 2 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Olbia | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Ascoli (assistant coach) | ||
| 2003–2004 | Bari (assistant coach) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Olbia | ||
| 2007 | Palermo (joint caretaker) | ||
| 2011–2011 | Portogruaro | ||
| 2011 | Pavia | ||
| 2013 | Ascoli | ||
| 2014–2016 | Marsala | ||
| 2019–2020 | Palermo | ||
| 2023–2024 | Campobasso | ||
| 2024 | LFA Reggio Calabria | ||
| 2025– | Giulianova | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rosario Pergolizzi (born 7 October 1968) is an Italianfootball coach and former player. He is the head coach ofSerie D clubGiulianova.
Pergolizzi, adefender, made his professional debut withSardinian teamOlbia Calcio; he then moved toNapoli, where he made a single appearance in theSerie A 1987-88. Pergolizzi then played for several minorSerie A andSerie B clubs, includingAscoli,Bologna,Brescia,Padova andRavenna. He retired in 2001–2002, after a single appearance with Olbia, then inSerie D.
Pergolizzi started his coaching career in 2002 asGiuseppe Pillon's assistant coach atAscoli ofSerie C1. The same year, the club immediately gained promotion toSerie B. In 2003–2004, he followed Pillon atBari.
From 2004 to 2005, he coachedSerie C2 clubOlbia, the same team in which he started and ended his playing career. In 2005, he was appointed to coachPalermo's youth squad. In his first season, he reached the semifinals of both theCampionato Nazionale Primavera and theCoppa Italia Primavera. In 2006–2007, he reached again the Coppa Italia Primavera semifinals, where his team was defeated byJuventus.[1]
On 23 April 2007, following the firing of head coachFrancesco Guidolin, Pergolizzi was appointed alongside first-team assistant managerRenzo Gobbo to coach Palermo for the five remainingSerie A league matches. He served for only three games before being sacked and replaced by his predecessor, Guidolin.
After a year without a job, in the summer of 2008, Pergolizzi returned to his previous role as coach of the Palermo youth team. In his first season back with the Palermo youngsters, he guided theunder-19 team to win theCampionato Nazionale Primavera for a historical first time after defeating tipped favouritesJuventus in the quarter-finals,Chievo in the semi-final, andSiena in the league final.[2] He left Palermo in June 2010 to get back into first-team coaching.
In June 2011 he was unveiled as new head coach ofPortogruaro, who will take part to the 2011–12Lega Pro Prima Divisione after being relegated from Serie B.[3] On 18 July 2011 he was forced, in agreement with the company, to leave his post due to serious family problems.[4]
On 26 October 2011, he was named head coach ofPavia.[5] He resigned a few weeks later, on 5 December, due to poor results.[6]
On 20 March 2013, he was named new manager ofAscoli, but he was relieved of his duties again on 13 April 2013.[7]
He was successively reappointed at the helm of Ascoli in July 2013 after the club's relegation toLega Pro,[8] but resigned on 27 October 2013 after a 2–5 home loss toLecce.[9]
On 27 November 2014, he was named the new head coach ofEccellenza Sicily amateur teamMarsala.[10] guiding them to promotion toSerie D by the end of the season.[11] However, on the following2015–16 Serie D season, he suffered immediate relegation on the final matchday of the season.[12]
On 30 July 2018, he was named the new Under-17 coach ofEmpoli for the 2018–19 season.[13]
On 3 August 2019, he was unveiled as the new head coach of the refoundedPalermo, that playedSerie D in2019–20.[14] Palermo was promoted toSerie C at the end of the season as Pergolizzi left the club.
Between 2021 and 2022, Pergolizzi returned to Ascoli, this time as a youth coach in charge of the Under-19 team.
On 11 October 2023, Pergolizzi was appointed new head coach of Serie D clubCampobasso.[15] On 28 April 2024, Pergolizzi won the league title with Campobasso with a game in hand.[16] On 17 May 2024, Campobasso announced to have mutually parted ways with Pergolizzi with immediate effect.[17]
On 13 June 2024, he was hired as the new head coach of Serie D clubLFA Reggio Calabria.[18] He resigned in November 2024 due to family issues.[19]
On 1 October 2025, Pergolizzi was unveiled as the new head coach of Serie D clubGiulianova.[20]