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Giovanni Stroppa
Stroppa as head coach of Foggia in 2017
Personal information
Full name Giovanni Stroppa[1]
Date of birth (1968-01-24) 24 January 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Mulazzano, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cremonese (head coach)
Youth career
AC Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1991 AC Milan 35 (2)
1987–1989 → Monza (loan) 71 (5)
1991–1993 Lazio 50 (5)
1993–1994 Foggia 30 (8)
1994–1995 AC Milan 19 (3)
1995–1997 Udinese 45 (3)
1997–2000 Piacenza 63 (3)
2000 Brescia 17 (4)
2000–2002 Genoa 59 (5)
2002–2003 Alzano Virescit 25 (5)
2003–2004 Avellino 33 (1)
2004–2005 Foggia 9 (1)
2005 Chiari [it] 7 (2)
Total 463 (47)
International career
1989–1990 Italy U21 7 (3)
1989 Italy B[2] 1 (1)
1993–1994 Italy 4 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Südtirol
2012 Pescara
2013 Spezia
2015–2016 Südtirol
2016–2018 Foggia
2018 Crotone
2018–2021 Crotone
2021–2022 Monza
2023– Cremonese
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giovanni Stroppa (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni ˈstrɔppa]; born 24 January 1968) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Serie B club Cremonese.

Club career

AC Milan and loan to Monza

Stroppa started his playing career in AC Milan's youth system, and was loaned for two seasons at Monza, a de facto Milan feeder club at the time.[citation needed] He returned to Milan in 1989, making his professional senior debut for the club in the Coppa Italia on 23 August, in a 0–0 away draw against Parma;[citation needed] Milan later reached the Coppa Italia final, only to be defeated by Juventus.[citation needed] He made his Serie A debut on 27 August 1989, in a 3–0 away win over Cesena, marking the occasion by scoring a long-range goal.[citation needed] Stroppa finished his first season with the team by winning a European Cup, a European Super Cup, and an Intercontinental Cup in 1990, under coach Arrigo Sacchi.[3]

Lazio and Foggia

In 1991, he signed for Lazio,[citation needed] and in 1993 he moved to Foggia, then an outsider Serie A team known for their spectacular, offensive style of play under coach Zdeněk Zeman.[citation needed]

Return to AC Milan

After an impressive season with Foggia, he returned to the Stadio San Siro to play with Milan for a single season, winning his third UEFA Super Cup with the club, as well as the Supercoppa Italiana.[citation needed] In total, Stroppa made 85 appearances for Milan, scoring nine goals; he made his final appearance for the club in a 1–0 away defeat to Napoli, in Serie A, on 18 May 1995.[3]

Final years

After leaving Milan, Stroppa then played two seasons with Udinese and two seasons and a half with Piacenza before joining Brescia in the 2001 winter transfer market. After a few other experiences with Genoa in Serie B, Alzano Virescit of Serie C1 and Avellino of Serie B, he returned to Foggia, in Serie C1, in 2004.[3]

He retired in late 2005, after a short spell with Chiari [it] of Serie D, where he was joined by his former Brescia teammate and striker Dario Hübner.[3]

International career

Stroppa's notable performances for the club even allowed him to make his debut for the Italy national football team on 13 October 1993, in a 3–1 home win over Scotland;[3] in total, he made four appearances for Italy between 1993 and 1994, under his former Milan manager Sacchi.[4]

Managerial career

AC Milan U21

Stroppa was coach of Milan's under-21 team for the 2010–11 season, but was relieved of his duties on 11 June 2011, with a year still to run on his contract, and just one week after losing 1–0 to Roma in the quarter-finals of the Campionato Primavera.[5]

Südtirol

On 13 July 2011, he was unveiled as new head coach of Südtirol.[6]

Pescara

On 8 June 2012, he was named head coach of Serie A newcomers Pescara, replacing Zdeněk Zeman, his former boss during his first spell as a player at Foggia, who was signed by Roma a few days before his appointment.[7] He was assisted by Andrea Guerra, Francesco Sità, Andrea Tonelli and Massimo Marini.[citation needed] He resigned as coach of Pescara on 18 November 2012, after a series of bad results and the team has fallen in the middle of the relegation zone.[citation needed] He left the club along with Guerra (vice-coach) and two assistants Sità and Tonelli.[citation needed]

Spezia

In June 2013, he was named new head coach of Serie B club Spezia.[8]

Return to Südtirol

On 20 April 2015, Stroppa returned as head coach of Südtirol, ending the 2014–15 season in tenth place.[citation needed] The following season, Stroppa helped the side finish in tenth place once again.[citation needed] On 12 May 2016, Südtirol communicated that Stroppa's contract would not be renewed following its expiration on 30 June.[citation needed]

Foggia

On 14 August 2016, he was appointed by Foggia.[citation needed] He reached a promotion to Serie B with the Pugliese team.[citation needed]

Crotone

In June 2018, Stroppa was appointed as coach of Crotone, replacing Walter Zenga.[9] Crotone announced the dismissal of Stroppa on 29 October 2018.[10] He was reinstated as head coach on 28 December 2018, following the resignation of Massimo Oddo, who had previously replaced him in charge of the Calabrian club.[11]

Since his return at Crotone, Stroppa led the Calabrian club to twelfth place in his first season, and was awarded a new contract.[12] On his second season, he led Crotone to automatic promotion to Serie A, leading the Rossoblu back to the top flight after a two-year absence. His debut season as a Serie A manager however did not prove to be successful, as Crotone struggled to stay out of the relegation zone, leading to Stroppa being sacked on 1 March 2021.[13]

Monza

On 28 May 2021, it was announced that Stroppa would be appointed head coach of Monza on 1 July.[14] He returned to the club 32 years after his experience as a player.[14] Stroppa's first win as a Monza coach came on 29 August, helping his side win 1–0 at home against Cremonese.[15]

He guided Monza to fourth place in the regular season, missing out on automatic promotion following a 0–1 loss to Perugia in the final game, which allowed Cremonese and Pisa to overtake the Biancorossi, who were placed in second place with one game to go.[16] In the promotion playoff tournament, Monza entered in the semifinals, where they eliminated Brescia, and then defeated Pisa in a two-legged final on a 6–4 aggregate result (after extra time), thus ensuring themselves a historical first promotion to Serie A in the 110-year club history.[17]

Confirmed in charge of the Brianzoli for the club's debut Serie A season, Stroppa was dismissed on 13 September 2022 after achieving only one point in the first six games.[18]

Cremonese

On 19 September 2023, Stroppa was named the new head coach of Serie B promotion hopefuls Cremonese, replacing Davide Ballardini.[19]

Style of play

A quick, energetic, and talented, yet injury-prone player, Stroppa was mainly known for his technical skills, and his ability to create chances for teammates, which enabled him to play in several creative midfield and attacking roles: he was initially deployed as an attacking midfielder, or as a supporting striker, but he was also used as a winger, and even as a central midfielder on occasion; he later played as a deep-lying playmaker during the final seasons of his career.[3][20][21]

Career statistics

Managerial

As of match played 5 April 2024[22]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Südtirol Italy 13 July 2011 20 May 2012 38 12 15 11 43 38 +5 031.58
Pescara Italy 8 June 2012 18 November 2012 14 4 2 8 10 24 −14 028.57
Spezia Italy 20 June 2013 14 December 2013 21 8 7 6 25 26 −1 038.10
Südtirol Italy 20 April 2015 12 May 2016 40 12 14 14 43 51 −8 030.00
Foggia Italy 14 August 2016 20 June 2018 87 45 21 21 151 107 +44 051.72
Crotone Italy 20 June 2018 29 October 2018 11 5 2 4 17 13 +4 045.45
Crotone Italy 28 December 2018 1 March 2021 84 32 18 34 117 121 −4 038.10
Monza Italy 1 July 2021 13 September 2022 50 24 11 15 77 62 +15 048.00
Cremonese Italy 19 September 2023 Present 29 17 5 7 42 26 +16 058.62
Total 374 159 95 120 525 468 +57 042.51

Honours

Player

AC Milan[3]

References

  1. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 83" [Official Press Release No. 83] (PDF). Lega Serie A. 12 November 2012. p. 6. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ^ Courtney, Barrie (22 May 2014). "England – International Results B-Team – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Giovanni Stroppa" (in Italian). magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Stroppa, Giovanni" (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  5. ^ "UFFICIALE: Stroppa esonerato da tecnico della Primavera". milannews.it (in Italian). milannews.it. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  6. ^ "CALCIO: LEGA PRO; STROPPA NUOVO ALLENATORE SUDTIROL" [FOOTBALL: LEGA PRO; STROPPA NEW SUDTIROL HEAD COACH] (in Italian). ANSA.it. 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Ufficiale: Giovanni Stroppa nuovo allenatore" [Official: Giovanni Stroppa new head coach] (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Ufficiale: Giovanni Stroppa è il nuovo allenatore dello Spezia" [Official: Giovanni Stroppa is the new Spezia head coach] (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  9. ^ "GIOVANNI STROPPA È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL CROTONE". F.C. Crotone. 20 June 2018.
  10. ^ "MISTER STROPPA SOLLEVATO DALL'INCARICO" (in Italian). Crotone. 29 October 2018.
  11. ^ "ODDO SI DIMETTE. STROPPA È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE" (in Italian). FC Crotone. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Salvezza, promozione, difficoltà ed esonero: l'avventura di Stroppa a Crotone tra gioie e dolori" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 1 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Official: Crotone sack Stroppa". Football Italia. 1 March 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Welcome back Giovanni Stroppa!". A.C. Monza. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  15. ^ "La Cremonese gioca meglio, il Monza vince: finisce 1–0 in Brianza". Pianeta Serie B (in Italian). 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Cremonese in serie A, il Monza crolla a Perugia e va ai playoff: i verdetti della serie B". Il Giorno (in Italian). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  17. ^ "BERLUSCONI'S MONZA PROMOTED TO SERIE A AFTER SEVEN-GOAL THRILLER". Football Italia. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  18. ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE". AC Monza (in Italian). 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Giovanni Stroppa nuovo allenatore della Cremonese" (in Italian). US Cremonese. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  20. ^ CORRADO SANNUCCI (9 August 1991). "ANCORA UMILI MA PER POCO". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  21. ^ Germano Bovolenta (20 November 1998). "Stroppa e le storie di un calcio felice" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  22. ^ Giovanni Stroppa at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

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