There are Domenico Criscito and Franck Ribery among the new UEFA A coaches
There are Domenico Criscito and Franck Ribery among the new UEFA A coaches
The new UEFA A coaches, who passed the final exams of the course in recent days, have been made official by the Figc Technical Sector. The new coaches had followed between June and July – in the classrooms and on the fields of Coverciano – the 192 hours of didactic program and now with this qualification, which represents the second highest qualification for a coach recognized at the European level, they will be able to lead all youth teams (including Primavera), all women’s teams and men’s first teams up to and including Serie C.
Among the new UEFA A coaches are many acquaintances from Italian and international soccer, such as former Azzurri Domenico Criscito and Alessandro Diamanti, the former Azzurri 'world girl' in 2019, Rosalia Pipitone, and the vice world champion in 2006, Franck Ribery. In the light of the final exams, the best of the course turned out to be the current coach of Lentigione Calcio, Stefano Cassani, and Gianmarco Pioli, already a collaborator in the technical staff of his father, Stefano; both graduated with top marks, 110 out of 110. Also noteworthy are the exams recorded by Vittorio Vona and the'former goalkeeper of Udinese and Inter, Samir Handanovic.
Below is the complete list of all qualifiers: Pierpaolo Anelli, Luca Antonini, Roberto Barrea, Gaetano Berardi, Angelo Bognanni, Francesco Bolzoni, Gaspare Cacciola, Battista Carta, Stefano Cassani, Domenico Criscito, Angelo D'Angelo, Alessandro Diamanti, Giovanni Esposito, Lidia Fossati, Carlos Clay Franca, Michele Fucili, Luca Galimberti, Marcello Gazzola, Claudia Ghitti, Samir Handanovic, Davide Lanzafame, Roberto Mantuano, Massimiliano Marchio, Daniele Marinelli, Lino Marzorati, Alessandro Parisi, Daniel Pavlovic, Manolo Pestrin, Mauro Petrosino, Valerio Pignataro, Gianmarco Pioli, Rosalia Pipitone, Francesco Pisano, Massimo Pizzulli, Nicola Polverini, Franck Ribery, Vincenzo Rispoli, Marco Sangermani, Juri Tamburini, Nazzareno Tarantino, Francesco Valiani, Vittorio Vona and Matteo Zago.
