Luca D'Angelo (born 26 July 1971) is an Italian football manager and former professional footballer. He is the current head coach of Serie B club Spezia.
D'Angelo began his playing career at Chieti in the late 1980s; he collected 100 caps in Serie B with Castel di Sangro, Fermana, Alzano Virescit and Rimini.[citation needed]
Following his retirement, he began his coaching career in 2009 with Rimini youth team. Next season he has been named first-team manager of the Serie D side Rimini.[citation needed]
In November 2013, he replaced Egidio Notaristefano as manager of the Lega Pro side Alessandria.[citation needed]
In July 2015, he signed a one-year contract for the 2015–16 season with Lega Pro side Fidelis Andria.[1] After finishing the season at 7th place, on 7 May he announced that he wouldn't renewed his contract with the club.
For the 2016–17 season, he was appointed as the new coach of Bassano Virtus.[2]
After being dismissed in 2017,[3] he was appointed as the manager of Casertana.[4]
On 24 June 2018, he became the new manager of Pisa.[5] He obtained promotion to Serie B with the team during the 2018–19 season.[6]
Successively, he guided Pisa for three Serie B campaign, the last of which saw the Tuscan side fighting for a Serie A spot, ending the regular season in third place, just one point out of direct promotion. They ultimately made it to the promotion playoffs, where they were defeated by Monza in a two-legged final after extra time. A few days later, Pisa announced to have parted ways with D'Angelo after four seasons.[7]
On 19 September 2022, following the dismissal of his successor Rolando Maran, he was rehired as Pisa manager.[8] On 2 June 2023, after completing the 2022–23 Serie B season in a mid-table placement and failing to qualify for the promotion playoffs, Pisa announced the dismissal of D'Angelo for a second time.[9]
On 15 November 2023, Serie B club Spezia announced that it had appointed D'Angelo as their new head coach in place of Massimiliano Alvini.[10]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Rimini | ![]() |
19 July 2010 | 30 June 2013 | 129 | 54 | 40 | 35 | 178 | 136 | +42 | 41.86 |
Alessandria | ![]() |
5 November 2013 | 10 June 2015 | 67 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 105 | 65 | +40 | 49.25 |
Fidelis Andria | ![]() |
4 July 2015 | 15 June 2016 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 33.33 |
Bassano Virtus | ![]() |
15 June 2016 | 28 February 2017 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 35.48 |
Casertana | ![]() |
1 October 2017 | 18 June 2018 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 40.00 |
Pisa | ![]() |
24 June 2018 | 14 June 2022 | 173 | 72 | 56 | 45 | 239 | 202 | +37 | 41.62 |
Pisa | ![]() |
19 September 2022 | 2 June 2023 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 34.38 |
Spezia | ![]() |
15 November 2023 | Present | 77 | 27 | 32 | 18 | 101 | 85 | +16 | 35.06 |
Total | 580 | 234 | 192 | 154 | 781 | 621 | +160 | 40.34 |