Raffaele Longo (born 6 September 1977 in Naples) is a retired Italian footballer turned coach, currently in charge as caretaker of Padova.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1977-09-06) 6 September 1977 (age 44) | ||
Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Padova (technical collaborator) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1998 | Napoli | 57 | (0) |
1998–2000 | Parma | 13 | (0) |
2000–2001 | → Vicenza (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2001–2006 | Roma | 0 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Palermo (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2002–2003 | → Florentia Viola (loan) | 29 | (2) |
2003–2005 | → Salernitana (loan) | 70 | (6) |
2005–2006 | → Torino (loan) | 26 | (4) |
2006 | Genoa | 11 | (1) |
2007–2009 | Modena | 47 | (9) |
2010 | Benevento | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
1993–1995 | Italy U-17 | 10 | (0) |
1995 | Italy U-19 | 7 | (1) |
1996–2000 | Italy U-21 | 12 | (3) |
Teams managed | |||
2022– | Padova (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 January 2007 |
A midfielder, Longo started his career with hometown club Napoli, making his debut in the 1994–95 Serie A season under head coach Vujadin Boškov. He left Napoli for Parma in 1998 and then Vicenza in 2000, and later went on to a career in the minor leagues of professional football.
With the Italy Olympic team, he won the 1997 Mediterranean Games on home soil.
After retiring as a player, Longo took on a coaching career, first as a technical collaborator to Cristiano Bergodi at Modena and Brescia and then as a youth coach at Bari.
In 2019, Longo joined Padova's coaching staff. On 21 February 2022, following the dismissal of head coach Massimo Pavanel, he was appointed caretaker in charge of the first team.[1] After having been in charge for a 1–1 home draw against Legnago,[2] he left his caretaker role on 24 February following the announcement of Massimo Oddo as the new manager.[3]
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