Domenico Di Carlo
Di Carlo as the manager of Sampdoria
Personal information
Full name Domenico Di Carlo[1]
Date of birth (1964-03-23) 23 March 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Cassino, Italy
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 SPAL (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1981 Real Cassino 37 (1)
1981–1982 Treviso 26 (1)
1982–1984 Como 0 (0)
1984–1986 Treviso 55 (3)
1986–1987 Ternana 30 (3)
1987–1990 Palermo 97 (6)
1990–1999 Vicenza 266 (9)
1999–2000 Lecce 4 (0)
2000–2001 Livorno 27 (0)
2001 Südtirol 0 (0)
Managerial career
2001–2003 Vicenza (youth coach)
2003–2007 Mantova
2007–2008 Parma
2008–2010 Chievo
2010–2011 Sampdoria
2011–2012 Chievo
2014 Livorno
2014–2015 Cesena
2015–2017 Spezia
2018 Novara
2018–2019 Chievo
2019–2021 Vicenza
2022–2023 Pordenone
2023 Pordenone
2023 SPAL
2024– SPAL
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Domenico "Mimmo" Di Carlo (born 23 March 1964) is an Italian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Serie C Group B club SPAL.

Career

Player

Di Carlo started his career in his native city, playing as a midfielder for the local Serie C2 team Real Cassino.

After some seasons played for Treviso, Ternana, Como (where he never appeared in the first team line-up) and Palermo, where he helped the team to obtain promotion to Serie C1, Di Carlo signed for Serie C1 team Vicenza in 1990. He quickly became one of the key players for the team, with whom he played nine seasons, obtaining two promotions (from Serie C1 to Serie A), one Coppa Italia[2] and reaching the Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals the following year. He left Vicenza in 1999, when he joined Lecce, again in Serie A. His last playing season was in 2000-01 for Livorno of Serie C1, even though in November he joined Südtirol of Serie C2 for a very short time.

Coach

After a period in Vicenza, where he coached the Primavera youth team, Di Carlo was signed as coach of Serie C2 team Mantova in 2003. He led the team to back-to-back promotions up to Serie B; his first Serie B campaign as head coach turned out to be even more successful, as his team surprisingly obtained a place in the promotion play-off finals, being defeated by Torino F.C. after extra time. He coached Mantova in their 2006–07 Serie B campaign, finishing eighth and being the first side to defeat Juventus in its first appearance in the division. In June 2007 he left Mantova.

On 12 June 2007, he was confirmed as the head coach of Serie A team Parma. In his time there, he struggled to keep the crociati out of the relegation zone, only to be ultimately sacked on 10 March 2008 following a 1–2 home loss to Sampdoria.[3]

On 4 November 2008 he was appointed as new Chievo boss following the dismissal of previous coach Giuseppe Iachini.[4] He guided Chievo to two consecutive mid-table placements in the Serie A, which were hailed as impressive results considering the difficulty of competing against more renowned teams with one of the lowest budgets in the league. On 26 May 2010, Di Carlo was confirmed to have resigned from his coaching post at Chievo.[5]

On the same day, he was announced as new head coach of Sampdoria, with whom he made his managerial debut on the European stage in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League and then the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.[6] Sampdoria's form in Serie A so far had been middling, with the Blucerchiati keeping a tight defence, but struggling to score, especially after the departures of Antonio Cassano and Giampaolo Pazzini. He was sacked on 7 March 2011 after a home loss of 3–2 against Cesena, the last match of a run of ten games that included seven losses and just one win. He was replaced by Alberto Cavasin on the same day.[7]

On 9 June 2011, Di Carlo agreed to return to serve as head coach of ChievoVerona for the 2011–12 season.[8] He saved his team from relegation in his first season in charge, but was removed from his duties on 2 October 2012 and replaced by Eugenio Corini following a dismal start to the 2012–13 season.[9]

He then briefly served as head coach of Livorno at the end of the 2013–14 season in a desperate but ultimately unsuccessful attempt from the club to escape relegation.

On 8 December 2014, he was named new head coach of Serie A relegation strugglers Cesena in place of Pierpaolo Bisoli.[10]

On 5 February 2018, he signed with Serie B club Novara.[11] The club was relegated at the end of the season and Di Carlo was replaced.

On 13 November 2018, Di Carlo was appointed manager of Chievo after the resignation of Gian Piero Ventura.[12]

On 1 June 2019, Di Carlo was appointed manager of Vicenza.[13] He guided Vicenza to promotion to Serie B on his first full season in charge and was successively confirmed for the team's return to the second division. He was sacked on 22 September 2021, following a dismal start in the 2021–22 Serie B season.[14]

On 1 June 2022, Pordenone announced the hiring of Di Carlo as their new head coach, effective from 1 July, on a two-year deal.[15] He was dismissed on 6 March 2023, following a home draw to Pergolettese that left Pordenone in third place in the league table.[16] On 11 April 2023, the club re-appointed him as the head coach.[17]

On 11 July 2023, Di Carlo was announced as the new head coach of Serie C club SPAL, signing a contract until the end of the season.[18] His stint with the Emilia-Romagna club was however short-lived, as he was dismissed on 2 October 2023 following a negative start of the season.[19] He was re-hired as SPAL coach on 4 February 2024, taking over from Leonardo Colucci.[20]

Managerial statistics

As of 24 January 2024[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Mantova 1 July 2003 11 June 2007 177 79 63 35 219 148 +71 044.63
Parma 12 June 2007 10 March 2008 28 5 10 13 33 46 −13 017.86
Chievo 4 November 2008 26 May 2010 69 21 19 29 73 78 −5 030.43
Sampdoria 26 May 2010 7 March 2011 38 9 13 16 36 48 −12 023.68
Chievo 9 June 2011 2 October 2012 49 17 13 19 49 60 −11 034.69
Livorno 21 January 2014 21 April 2014 14 3 3 8 20 31 −11 021.43
Cesena 8 December 2014 6 June 2015 24 3 7 14 25 48 −23 012.50
Spezia 23 November 2015 30 June 2017 81 32 27 22 82 70 +12 039.51
Novara 5 February 2018 10 June 2018 18 3 8 7 16 22 −6 016.67
Chievo 13 November 2018 31 May 2019 27 2 11 14 16 47 −31 007.41
Vicenza 1 June 2019 22 September 2021 77 32 22 23 108 91 +17 041.56
Pordenone 1 June 2022 6 March 2023 31 13 12 6 47 28 +19 041.94
Pordenone 11 April 2023 10 July 2023 4 2 0 2 4 5 −1 050.00
SPAL 11 July 2023 2 October 2023 5 2 0 3 4 6 −2 040.00
Total 642 223 208 211 732 728 +4 034.74

Honours

Player

Vicenza

Managerial

Mantova
Vicenza

References

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  19. ^ "Mimmo Di Carlo sollevato dall'incarico di allenatore della SPAL" (in Italian). SPAL. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
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  29. ^ "Italy 2008/09".
  30. ^ "Italy 2009/10".
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