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Vincenzo Alberto Annese (born 22 September 1984 in Bisceglie) is an Italian former football player and manager. Annese is a UEFA Pro Licence coach, which allows him to coach football at the highest levels. He had experiences as youth coach in Italian academies, before starting international coaching career.

Vincenzo Alberto Annese

Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-09-22) 22 September 1984 (age 38)
Place of birth	Bisceglie, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	Venezia	0	(0)
2001–2002	Martina Franca	20	(1)
2002–2003	Noicattaro	2	(0)
2003–2004	Leonessa Altamura	1	(0)
Total		23	(1)
Teams managed
2010–2013	Fidelis Andria
2013–2014	Foggia
2014–2015	Paide Linnameeskond
2015–2016	Armenia U19
2016–2017	JFK Saldus
2017	Bechem United
2017–2018	Ahli Al-Khaleel
2018	PSIS Semarang
2018–2019	Liria Prizren
2019–2020	Belize
2020–2022	Gokulam Kerala
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Annese wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father, a former football player for Molfetta Sportiva, and joined the Os Belenenses youth team. At age 23 he chose to focus on becoming a football coach, attended the Higher Institute of Physical Education (ISEF) at the Università degli studi di Foggia and in 2006 got his second degree at the University of Verona, focussing on the adaptation of sports to disabled people.^{[citation needed]}

Annese began his football career as a midfielder for Venezia's young football team. It was in Serie A (from 1999 to 2001). He played in Martina Franca (from 2001 to 2002), Noicattaro (from 2002 to 2003) and Leonessa Altamura (from 2003 to 2004).[1]

Coaching career

Annese started his professional head coaching career in Fidelis Andria youth team (from 2010 to 2012). He was promoted as coaching staff in the Italian third division 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione afterwards continuing in Foggia 2013–14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Since then Annese was head coach in many countries at top level, including Latvia, Estonia, Ghana, Palestine, Indonesia, Kosovo and Armenia. He was a tactical/technical coach of junior national teams (under 14, 15, 16, 17, 19) in Football Federation of Armenia.

He achieved the qualification to become a teacher in physical education for primary school, secondary school and university. He worked as an instructor in swimming pool in Molfetta and as personal trainer.

Bechem United

In January 2017, the Ghanaian Premier League club Bechem United appointed Annese as their 2017–18 season.

Under Annese, Bechem United played against MC Alger in the 2017, Africa's secondary club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[2]

Ahli Al-Khaleel

On July 25, 2017, Annese signed a one-year contract and became the new first-team head coach of West Bank Premier League, Ahli Al-Khaleel for the 2017–18 season.

PSIS Semarang

On March 24, 2018, Annese was engaged by PSIS Semarang and became the new first-team head coach for the 2018 season.[3]

Belize

On June 17, 2019, Annese signed a one-year contract with Belize national football team and became the new first-national team head coach for the Football Federation of Belize. Coach Annese with Belize became to near to have a historic result for the country.[4]

Gokulam Kerala

On August 19, 2020, Annese signed a contract for session 2020–21 with Gokulam Kerala in Indian professional football club based in Kozhikode, Kerala. Annese became the first Italian Coach in the team history.[5]

Under his coaching, Gokulam Kerala was crowned champions of the I-League with 29 points in 15 games and sealed their berth at the 2022 AFC Cup group stage.[6][7][8][9]

Coach Annese created history in the I-League with longest unbeaten streak of 21 games in India.[10] The previous record-holder was Churchill Brothers, who held it for 17 games (from February 20, 2009 to January 22, 2010).

At the 2022 AFC Cup group-stage opener, Gokulam Kerala achieved a historic 4–2 win against Indian Super League side ATK Mohun Bagan.[11]

On June 1, 2022 Annese announced that he won't be continuing with Gokulam Kerala.[12]

Managerial statistics

As of 31 May 2022

Nation	Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
	JFK Saldus	1 April 2016	31 December 2016	3	0	0	3	0	16	000.00
	Bechem United	13 January 2017	22 June 2017	15	6	4	5	16	15	040.00	Finalist Ghana Super Cup Runners-up 2016 Confederation of African Football
	Ahli Al-Khaleel	25 July 2017	15 March 2018	21	12	8	1	35	15	057.14	Finalist West Bank Super Cup finalist Palestine Cup
	PSIS Semarang	26 March 2018	22 August 2018	19	5	5	9	18	25	026.32
	Liria Prizren	12 November 2018	2 March 2019	6	1	1	4	4	12	016.67
	Belize	17 June 2019	20 June 2020	6	2	1	3	7	10	033.33	Runners-up 2019 CONCACAF Cup
	Gokulam Kerala	19 August 2020	31 May 2022	40	25	7	8	90	42	062.50	Champions 2020–21 I-League & 2021–22 I-League
Total				110	51	26	33	170	135	046.36

Honours

Manager

Gokulam Kerala

• I-League: 2020–21, 2021–22[13][14]

Individual

• Syed Abdul Rahim Award (I-League Best Coach): 2021–22

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Vincenzo Alberto Annese

Vincenzo Alberto Annese (* 22. September 1984 in Bisceglie) ist ein italienischer Fußballtrainer und seit 2019 Nationaltrainer von Belize.

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- [en] Vincenzo Alberto Annese

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[fr] Vincenzo Alberto Annese

Vincenzo Alberto Annese, né le 22 septembre 1984 à Bisceglie (Italie), est un entraîneur de football italien[1].

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[it] Vincenzo Alberto Annese

Vincenzo Alberto Annese (Molfetta, 22 settembre 1984) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore italiano, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Аннезе, Винченцо Альберто

Винченцо Альберто Аннесе (итал. Vincenzo Alberto Annese; 22 сентября 1984, Бишелье) — итальянский футболист и тренер. Главный тренер индийского клуба «Гокулам Керала». Имеет тренерскую лицензию ПРО УЕФА.

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