Carlo Cornacchia

Carlo Cornacchia
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-05-04) 4 May 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Altamura, Italy
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1986 Puteolana 18 (2)
1986–1987 Prato 29 (1)
1987–1989 Reggiana 62 (4)
1989–1991 Cagliari 52 (6)
1991–1992 Atalanta 21 (3)
1992–1994 Napoli 3 (0)
1994–1996 Ancona 39 (1)
1996–1997 Rimini 7 (1)
Managerial career
Colorado Rush (youth)
2017–2018 Nantes (technical coach)
2018–2019 Fulham (technical coach)
2019 Roma (technical coach)
2019–2021 Sampdoria (technical coach)
2021–2022 Watford (technical coach)
2022–2023 SPAL (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlo Cornacchia (born 4 May 1965) is an Italian football manager.

Career

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Playing career

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In 1985, Cornacchia signed for Italian third division side Puteolana, where he made 18 league appearances and scored 2 goals.[1] In 1989, he signed for Cagliari in the Italian second division, helping them earn promotion to the Italian Serie A.[1]

In 1991, Cornacchia signed for Italian Serie A club Atalanta. On 12 April 1992, he scored a 14-minute hat-trick during a 4-4 draw with Foggia, the fastest hat-trick in history for a defender.[2] In 1994, he signed for Ancona in the Italian second division.[1] In 1996, Cornacchia signed for Italian third division team Rimini.[1]

Managerial career

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He started his managerial career as youth manager of Colorado Rush in the American lower leagues.[3] In 2017, Cornacchia was appointed technical coach of French Ligue 1 outfit Nantes.[4] In 2018, he was appointed technical coach of Fulham in England.[5]

In 2019, he was appointed technical coach of Italian side Roma.[6] In 2021, Cornacchia was appointed technical coach of Watford in England.[7]

In October 2022, he joined Serie B club SPAL to serve as Daniele De Rossi's assistant coach.[8] He was relieved from his post, together with De Rossi and his entire staff, on 14 February 2023.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Carlo Cornacchia at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  2. ^ "Carlo Cornacchia e la tripletta più veloce della storia per un difensore". mediapolitika.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 23 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Cornacchia ha trovato l'America Dirige il vivaio del Colorado Rush". ecodibergamo.it. 30 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Carnet - Joyeux anniversaire Carlo". fcnantes.com.
  5. ^ "The coaching staff Claudio Ranieri has brought to Fulham to help him in their quest for survival". football.london. 17 December 2018.
  6. ^ "DiFra esonerato, la Roma torna a Ranieri. Pronto all'addio anche Monchi". insideroma.com.
  7. ^ "Ranieri takes trio of Italian assistants to Watford". trainingground.guru (Archived). Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "Da Giacomazzi a Chimenti: ecco lo staff di De Rossi alla Spal" (in Italian). SiamoLaRoma.it. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Daniele De Rossi sollevato dall'incarico di allenatore della SPAL" (in Italian). S.P.A.L. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
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