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Delio Rossi
Delio Rossi (born 26 January 1960) is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Rossi was born in Rimini. His playing career was not a bright one, as he reached his top from 1981 to 1983, playing in the Serie B with Foggia, where he spent most of his footballing time. He retired in 1989 after a season with Fidelis Andria in Serie C2.
Rossi, a sports science graduate with honours, took his first coaching job in 1990, aged 29, at Torremaggiore in the Promozione league, and immediately won the championship. The following year, he joined Foggia as youth coach. In 1993, Rossi signed for Salernitana of Serie C1, and led the team to a Serie B promotion. After an unlucky comeback to Foggia, and a sixth place in Pescara, Rossi returned to coach Salernitana in 1997, leading the team to its second Serie A promotion in history. Rossi guided the team in Serie A as well, but was fired in March 1999 after failing to keep Salernitana out of the relegation zone.
A troubled year in Genoa and a poor comeback to Pescara were followed by three seasons with Lecce. Rossi, appointed as Lecce's coach in February 2002, was unable to avoid relegation to Serie B, but led the team back to Serie A the following season and maintained a place in the division the following year. He left Lecce in 2004 to be replaced by his maestro Zděnek Zeman, who was head coach at Foggia during Rossi's time in leading its youth team.
In December 2004, Rossi replaced Andrea Mandorlini at the helm of Atalanta, last-placed in Serie A. Despite all his efforts and numerous praises, Rossi was unable to help his team escape relegation.
Despite not saving Atalanta, his efforts at the helm of the Dea club gained interest from Lazio, who appointed him as a replacement for Giuseppe Papadopulo.
His time at Lazio was a remarkable success, attracting interest from many top Serie A clubs. Rossi guided Lazio to a surprising UEFA Cup place in the 2005–2006 season, only for the place to be lost as part of the Calciopoli scandal that rocked the country in the summer of 2006. Even more remarkable, however, was Rossi's feat the following season. Despite an initial 11-point deduction (which was subsequently reduced to 3 on appeal), Rossi guided the biancocelesti to an unlikely third-place Serie A finish and a place in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. However, during the 2007–08 season, he led Lazio to a disappointing 12th-place finish.
On 13 May 2009, Rossi led Lazio to their first trophy since the Coppa Italia triumph in 2004. It was also a Coppa Italia victory, which came after a successful penalty shootout against Sampdoria. On 8 June 2009, Delio Rossi was announced to have left Lazio due to personal reasons, allegedly linked to an unstable working relationship with the chairman Claudio Lotito. He was replaced by Davide Ballardini.
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Delio Rossi
Delio Rossi (born 26 January 1960) is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Rossi was born in Rimini. His playing career was not a bright one, as he reached his top from 1981 to 1983, playing in the Serie B with Foggia, where he spent most of his footballing time. He retired in 1989 after a season with Fidelis Andria in Serie C2.
Rossi, a sports science graduate with honours, took his first coaching job in 1990, aged 29, at Torremaggiore in the Promozione league, and immediately won the championship. The following year, he joined Foggia as youth coach. In 1993, Rossi signed for Salernitana of Serie C1, and led the team to a Serie B promotion. After an unlucky comeback to Foggia, and a sixth place in Pescara, Rossi returned to coach Salernitana in 1997, leading the team to its second Serie A promotion in history. Rossi guided the team in Serie A as well, but was fired in March 1999 after failing to keep Salernitana out of the relegation zone.
A troubled year in Genoa and a poor comeback to Pescara were followed by three seasons with Lecce. Rossi, appointed as Lecce's coach in February 2002, was unable to avoid relegation to Serie B, but led the team back to Serie A the following season and maintained a place in the division the following year. He left Lecce in 2004 to be replaced by his maestro Zděnek Zeman, who was head coach at Foggia during Rossi's time in leading its youth team.
In December 2004, Rossi replaced Andrea Mandorlini at the helm of Atalanta, last-placed in Serie A. Despite all his efforts and numerous praises, Rossi was unable to help his team escape relegation.
Despite not saving Atalanta, his efforts at the helm of the Dea club gained interest from Lazio, who appointed him as a replacement for Giuseppe Papadopulo.
His time at Lazio was a remarkable success, attracting interest from many top Serie A clubs. Rossi guided Lazio to a surprising UEFA Cup place in the 2005–2006 season, only for the place to be lost as part of the Calciopoli scandal that rocked the country in the summer of 2006. Even more remarkable, however, was Rossi's feat the following season. Despite an initial 11-point deduction (which was subsequently reduced to 3 on appeal), Rossi guided the biancocelesti to an unlikely third-place Serie A finish and a place in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. However, during the 2007–08 season, he led Lazio to a disappointing 12th-place finish.
On 13 May 2009, Rossi led Lazio to their first trophy since the Coppa Italia triumph in 2004. It was also a Coppa Italia victory, which came after a successful penalty shootout against Sampdoria. On 8 June 2009, Delio Rossi was announced to have left Lazio due to personal reasons, allegedly linked to an unstable working relationship with the chairman Claudio Lotito. He was replaced by Davide Ballardini.