Giovanni Lopez
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-05-23) 23 May 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 AlbinoLeffe (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1989 Varese 104 (0)
1989–1991 Fidelis Andria 62 (0)
1991–1997 Vicenza 191 (11)
1997–1998 Lazio 27 (0)
1998–2000 Napoli 49 (0)
2000–2003 Torino 2 (0)
2003–2004 Lodigiani 24 (0)
Total 459 (11)
Managerial career
2005–2006 Cisco Roma (assistant)
2006 Cisco Roma (interim)
2006 Cisco Roma (youth)
2008–2009 Cisco Roma
2010–2012 Lazio (assistant)
2013–2014 Vicenza
2015–2016 Lucchese
2017–2018 Lucchese
2018 Viterbese
2019 Viterbese
2020–2021 Lucchese
2021–2022 Pistoiese
2023 Viterbese
2023– AlbinoLeffe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giovanni Lopez (born 23 May 1967) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player, who played as a defender, currently in charge as head coach of Serie C Group A club AlbinoLeffe.

Playing career

Whilst at Vicenza, Lopez won the 1996–97 Coppa Italia.[1] He then played for Lazio, Napoli and Torino before retiring after a single season at Rome-based club Lodigiani.

Coaching career

Lopez returned into Cisco Roma, a successor of Lodigiani, in 2006, this time as a head coach, and once again in 2008. On 15 July 2013, he was appointed as the head coach of Vicenza Calcio first team.[2]

Lopez was appointed as the assistant manager of Lazio in 2010 which he worked at until 2012.[3] He led Vicenza to promotion playoffs in Lega Pro Prima Divisione in his first season in charge, and was confirmed after the club was picked to fill a vacancy in the Serie B league. He was successively sacked on 29 October 2014 due to poor results.[4]

On 28 October 2015, Lucchese appointed, that they had appointed Lopez as their new manager.[5] He got fired on 22 February 2016.[6] He was resigned on 28 March 2017.[7]

He was fired by Serie C club Viterbese on 7 November 2018, with the club in 10th place in the table.[8] On 20 August 2019, he was reappointed at the helm of Viterbese.[9] He was fired again on 11 November 2019, following Coppa Italia elimination and a consequent league loss, despite the club being in 6th place in the table.[10]

On 26 October 2020 he was hired once again by Lucchese.[11] He was sacked on 13 April 2021, leaving Lucchese deep in relegation zone by the final part of the season.[12]

On 14 December 2021, he was hired by Pistoiese in Serie C.[13] He was dismissed only a month later, on 25 January 2022, following a club takeover.[14]

On 18 January 2023, Lopez agreed to return to Viterbese for a personal third stint at the club.[15]

After failing to save Viterbese from relegation, on 1 July 2023 Lopez was unveiled as the new head coach of fellow Serie C club AlbinoLeffe.[16]

Honours

Player

Vicenza

Lazio

References

  1. ^ "1996/97 Coppa Italia". gazzetta.it. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. ^ Manduzio, Massimo. "In panchina "il" capitano Lopez". il giornale di Vicenza. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  3. ^ Reja, lo staff si arricchisce: arriva anche Giovanni Lopez, ex difensore della Lazio‚ lalaziosiamonoi.it, 13 February 2010
  4. ^ "DISPOSTO L'ESONERO DEL TECNICO GIOVANNI LOPEZ" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  5. ^ Giovanni Lopez è il nuovo allenatore della Lucchese Archived 4 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine‚ asluccheselibertas.com, 28 October 2015
  6. ^ Lega Pro Lucchese ritorna Baldini dopo l'esonero di Lopez‚ tuttosport.com, 23 February 2016
  7. ^ LEGA PRO Lega Pro Lucchese, è ufficiale: torna Giovanni Lopez‚ corrieredellosport.it, 28 March 2017
  8. ^ "COMUNICATO STAMPA: ESONERO MISTER GIOVANNI LOPEZ; STEFANO SOTTILI ALLA GUIDA TECNICA DELLA SQUADRA" [PRESS RELEASE: MISTER GIOVANNI LOPEZ DISMISSED; STEFANO SOTTILI AT THE TECHNICAL GUIDE OF THE TEAM] (in Italian). Viterbese. 7 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Viterbese: Lopez torna in panchina" [Viterbese: Lopez back in charge] (in Italian). ViterboNews24. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  10. ^ "NEWS SERIE C: LA VITERBESE CALCIO ESONERA MISTER LOPEZ" (in Italian). Tutto Mercato 24. 11 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Giovanni Lopez alla guida dei rossoneri" (in Italian). Lucchese. 26 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Lucchese, esonerato Giovanni Lopez. Squadra affidata a Oliviero Di Stefano" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Giovanni Lopez è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). Pistoiese. 14 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Pistoiese, esonerato il tecnico Giovanni Lopez" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 25 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Bentornato a mister Giovanni Lopez" (in Italian). U.S. Viterbese 1908. 18 January 2023.
  16. ^ "AlbinoLeffe, scelto Lopez per la panchina. Obbedio è il nuovo ds del club" (in Italian). La Casa di C. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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