Giovanni Lopez (born 23 May 1967) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player, who played as a defender.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1967-05-23) 23 May 1967 (age 55) | ||
Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1989 | Varese | 104 | (0) |
1989–1991 | Fidelis Andria | 62 | (0) |
1991–1997 | Vicenza | 191 | (11) |
1997–1998 | Lazio | 27 | (0) |
1998–2000 | Napoli | 49 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Torino | 2 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Lodigiani | 24 | (0) |
Total | 459 | (11) | |
Teams managed | |||
2005–2006 | Cisco Roma (assistant) | ||
2006 | Cisco Roma (interim) | ||
2006 | Cisco Roma (youth) | ||
2008–2009 | Cisco Roma | ||
2010–2012 | Lazio (assistant) | ||
2013–2014 | Vicenza | ||
2015–2016 | Lucchese | ||
2017–2018 | Lucchese | ||
2018 | Viterbese | ||
2019 | Viterbese | ||
2020–2021 | Lucchese | ||
2021–2022 | Pistoiese | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Whilst at Vicenza, Lopez won the 1996–97 Coppa Italia.[1] He then played for Lazio, Napoli and Torino before retiring after a single season at Rome-based club Lodigiani.
Lopez returned into Cisco Roma, a successor of Lodigiani, in 2006, this time as a head coach, and once again in 2008. On 15 July 2013, he was appointed as the head coach of Vicenza Calcio first team.[2]
Lopez was appointed as the assistant manager of Lazio in 2010 which he worked at until 2012.[3] He led Vicenza to promotion playoffs in Lega Pro Prima Divisione in his first season in charge, and was confirmed after the club was picked to fill a vacancy in the Serie B league. He was successively sacked on 29 October 2014 due to poor results.[4]
On 28 October 2015, Lucchese appointed, that they had appointed Lopez as their new manager.[5] He got fired on 22 February 2016.[6] He was resigned on 28 March 2017.[7]
He was fired by Serie C club Viterbese on 7 November 2018, with the club in 10th place in the table.[8] On 20 August 2019, he was reappointed at the helm of Viterbese.[9] He was fired again on 11 November 2019, following Coppa Italia elimination and a consequent league loss, despite the club being in 6th place in the table.[10]
On 26 October 2020 he was hired once again by Lucchese.[11] He was sacked on 13 April 2021, leaving Lucchese deep in relegation zone by the final part of the season.[12]
On 14 December 2021, he was hired by Pistoiese in Serie C.[13] He was dismissed only a month later, on 25 January 2022, following a club takeover.[14]
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