Federico Giampaolo
Upright0.9
Birth date3 March 1970 (age 56)
Birth placeTeramo, Italy
Height1.78 m
PositionStriker
Years 11987–1988
Years 21988–1993
Years 31990–1991
Years 41991–1992
Years 51992–1993
Years 61993–1994
Years 71994–1997
Years 81997–1998
Years 91998–1999
Years 101999–2005
Years 112001–2002
Years 122005
Years 132005–2006
Years 142006–2007
Years 152007–2008
Years 162008–2009
Years 172009–2010
Clubs 1Giulianova
Clubs 2Juventus
Clubs 3→ Spezia (loan)
Clubs 4→ Bari (loan)
Clubs 5→ Verona (loan)
Clubs 6Palermo
Clubs 7Pescara
Clubs 8Genoa
Clubs 9Salernitana
Clubs 10Pescara
Clubs 11→ Cosenza (loan)
Clubs 12Ascoli
Clubs 13Modena
Clubs 14Crotone
Clubs 15Cavese
Clubs 16Sorrento
Clubs 17Noicattaro
Caps 127
Caps 20
Caps 331
Caps 420
Caps 529
Caps 621
Caps 7101
Caps 837
Caps 925
Caps 10152
Caps 1122
Caps 120
Caps 1325
Caps 1424
Caps 1525
Caps 1626
Caps 178
Goals 14
Goals 20
Goals 34
Goals 41
Goals 55
Goals 61
Goals 731
Goals 810
Goals 93
Goals 1033
Goals 115
Goals 120
Goals 131
Goals 145
Goals 155
Goals 164
Goals 174
Totalcaps573
Totalgoals116
Manageryears 12014
Managerclubs 1Valle d'Aosta
Manageryears 22017–2019
Managerclubs 2Avezzano
Manageryears 32019–2021

Federico Giampaolo (born 3 March 1970) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Playing career

Giampaolo was born in Teramo. Like his brother Marco, now a football coach, he started his career at Giulianova. He played his first professional season in 1987–88, making 27 Serie C2 appearances.

He then joined Juventus youth team. After age of 20, he was loaned to Spezia at Serie C1, Bari at Serie A and Verona at Serie B. In October 1993, he joined Palermo at Serie B. Still, in the next season, he joined Serie B rival Pescara, where he played another three Serie B seasons, including 1996–97 season which scored 16 goals. In the summer of 1997, Genoa, which failed to return to Serie A in the previous season, signed Giampaolo. He scored ten goals, but once again missed out on promotion. He played four Serie B games at the start of 1998–99 season, before joining Salernitana, newcomer of Serie A, in October 1998. But Giampaolo's Serie A career faced another false start due to Salernitana being in the relegation zone. After playing two games for Salernitana, he returned to Pescara, league rival of Salernitana. Pescara finished bottom of the table in 2000–01 season, and Giampaolo was loaned to Cosenza in Serie B, before returning to Pescara for the 2002–03 season, where he helped the club gain promotion back to Serie B. In July 2005, he went to play for Ascoli, later obtaining Serie A promotion due to the 2006 Italian football scandal. But he failed to play any games in his last Serie A season, as he moved to Modena in Serie B on 31 August, before the start of Serie A. In July 2006, he joined another Serie B club Crotone. Crotone finished the second from bottom in the league, and Giampaolo found his place at Cavese of Serie C1 in the next season. He then spent the 2008–09 season with Sorrento. He played for Noicattaro during the 2009–10 season, after which he retired from professional football.

Coaching career

In 2010, Giampaolo started a coaching career as an assistant to Sauro Trillini at Noicattaro. He then served as an Under-19 youth coach at Bari from 2011 to 2013, and then at Pescara from 2013 to 2014.

In 2014, Giampaolo briefly served as head coach of Serie D amateurs Valle d'Aosta. During the 2015–16 season, he served as assistant to Luca D'Angelo at Fidelis Andria, before returning to Bari to accept a position in charge of their Under-17 team.

He successively worked at Serie D clubs Avezzano (2017 to 2019), Recanatese (2019 to 2021) and Eccellenza club L'Aquila from June to December 2021.

In July 2022, Giampaolo returned to Bari, this time being named in charge of the Under-19 team.[1] On 15 April 2024, he was appointed as a caretaker coach for the first team until the end of the club's 2023–24 Serie B campaign, following the dismissal of Giuseppe Iachini.[2] Under his tenure, Bari barely suffered relegation, escaping that only after defeating Ternana in a two-legged playoff; he left the team by the end of the season.

References

  1. ^ "Bari Primavera, si cambia in panchina: scelto Federico Giampaolo come nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). Gianluca Di Marzio. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Mister Iachini sollevato dall'incarico. Prima Squadra affidata a mister Giampaolo" (in Italian). SSC Bari. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.