Cristiano Giuntoli

Cristiano Giuntoli (born 12 February 1972) is an Italian football executive and former football player. Born in Florence, he grew up in his grandfather's bar and was planning to become an architect before he switched to a football playing career. Giuntoli played for the fourth and fifth divisions from 1990 until 2009, when he retired at the age of 37, having won a Serie D title. As sporting director, Giuntoli achieved one Serie A title, two Coppa Italia titles, and at least four promotions.

In 2007, Giuntoli took the licence to coach. In the summer of 2008, he began his sporting director career at Spezia. In the summer of 2009, Giuntoli moved to Carpi as deputy sporting director, before being promoted to sporting director in October 2009. During his tenure at Carpi, the squad he helped to build achieved four promotions in five seasons (from Serie D to Serie A), leading the club to Italian football's top division for the first time in its history.

In the summer of 2015, Giuntoli left Carpi to become sporting director of Napoli. Under his tenure, Napoli established itself at the top of Serie A in the following years, winning the 2019–20 Coppa Italia (the club's sixth title) and its third Scudetto by winning the 2022–23 Serie A, thirty-three years after the previous one. At the end of this last season, he ended his experience with the club after eight years. From the 2023–2024 season, he took over responsibility for Juventus' sporting affairs. In his first year, he won the 2023–24 Coppa Italia, the club's fifteenth title and its first trophy in three years; nevertheless, his overall performance was judged by the owners to be below expectations, and this led to the early termination of his contract at the end of a disappointing 2024–25 season.