Gian Piero Ventura
Italian football manager
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- Gian Piero Ventura ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒam ˈpjɛːro venˈtuːra] ; born 14 January 1948) is an Italian football manager.
- He debuted in Serie A with Cagliari in 1998, and also managed Udinese, Messina, Bari, Torino and Chievo in the top flight.
- He was dismissed when they failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, their first absence from the tournament since 1958.
- Unable to land a place in the first team, he played almost exclusively in Serie D, with the exception of the 1970–71 season in Serie C with USD Enna, with whom he made nine appearances.
- He left Sampdoria in 1981 to pursue a head coaching career, starting from several amateur teams from Liguria.
Gian Piero Ventura (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒam ˈpjɛːro venˈtuːra]; born 14 January 1948) is an Italian football manager.
His playing career as a midfielder was spent in the lower leagues, having not made the grade at Sampdoria, where he began his coaching career with the youth team in 1976. He debuted in Serie A with Cagliari in 1998, and also managed Udinese, Messina, Bari, Torino and Chievo in the top flight.
Ventura was the manager of the Italy national team from 2016 to 2017. He was dismissed when they failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, their first absence from the tournament since 1958.
Early years
Ventura grew up playing in the Sampdoria youth system. Unable to land a place in the first team, he played almost exclusively in Serie D, with the exception of the 1970–71 season in Serie C with USD Enna, with whom he made nine appearances.
Managerial career
Early career
Ventura began his career as a coach in the Blucerchiati's youth system, then becoming an assistant coach in 1979. He left Sampdoria in 1981 to pursue a head coaching career, starting from several amateur teams from Liguria. In 1985, he achieved his first promotion to a professional league with Albenga and Entella.
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