Antonio Calabro

Antonio Calabro (born 10 August 1976) is a retired Italian professional footballer turned coach who is in charge of Serie C club Viterbese.

Antonio Calabro
Personal information
Full name Nicola Antonio Calabro
Date of birth (1976-08-10) August 10, 1976
Place of birth Galatina, Italy
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Viterbese (head coach)
Youth career
Casarano
Lazio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Lazio 0 (0)
1994–1997 Casarano 76 (1)
1997–1998 Castel di Sangro 16 (0)
1998–2002 Lecco 100 (0)
2002–2004 Brindisi 56 (2)
2004–2007 Manfredonia 68 (1)
2007–2008 Pistoiese 25 (1)
2009–2012 Casarano 71 (8)
National team
1991–1992 Italy U16[1] 6 (0)
1992 Italy U15[1] 6 (0)
Teams managed
2012–2014 Gallipoli
2014–2017 Virtus Francavilla
2017–2018 Carpi
2019 Viterbese
2019 Viterbese
2019– Viterbese
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Calabro's playing career started as a youth player for Lazio, with whom he only appeared once as an unused substitute in a Rome derby against Roma on 24 October 1993.[2][3] After that, he left Lazio for Serie C1 outfit Casarano, and then went on to spend most of his career in the lower ranks of Italian football (mainly Serie C1 and Serie C2), with the highest point being a single Serie B season with Castel di Sangro in 1997–1998. He retired in 2012 after three seasons in the amateur leagues back to Casarano.[4][5]

Coaching career

In September 2012 he was named new head coach of Eccellenza amateurs Gallipoli.[6] In his second season in charge, he successfully won promotion to Serie D, but left the club soon after to accept an offer from another Eccellenza club, Virtus Francavilla.[4][7]

As Virtus Francavilla coach, Calabro succeeded in winning two consecutive promotions, leading the small club from Salento from the amateur leagues to the professional ranks of Lega Pro, and then to a place in the promotion playoffs of the 2016–17 Lega Pro after ending the season with an impressive fifth place in the final table. He left the club by the end of the season[8] and successively accepted an offer from Serie B club Carpi for the 2017–18 season.[9] At the end of the season he left the Emilia-Romagna team and he was replaced by Marcello Chezzi.[10]

On 21 January 2019, he was named new head coach of Serie C outfit Viterbese, replacing Stefano Sottili.[11] He was fired on 30 April 2019 and replaced by Pino Rigoli. Being still in contract for the club, on 29 June 2019 he was reappointed as Viterbese head coach in preparation for the 2019–20 Serie C season.[12] He rescinded his contract on 20 August 2019, before the start of the season, due to family reasons.[13] He was rehired by Viterbese once again on 12 November 2019.[14]

References
  1. "NOME: CALABRO NICOLA" (in Italian). FIGC.it. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. "Lazio 1993–94" (in Italian). BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. "ROMA 1 1 LAZIO" (in Italian). Calcio-serieA.net. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. "Antonio Calabro, un predestinato alla guida della Virtus Francavilla: la scheda" (in Italian). Pianeta Lecce. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. "Statistiche su Calabro Nicola Antonio" (in Italian). Carriere Calciatori.it. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. "GALLIPOLI – Ufficiale, Calabro nuovo tecnico giallorosso" (in Italian). Salento Sport. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  7. "VIRTUS FRANCAVILLA, L'IMPRESA ECCEZIONALE DI ANTONIO CALABRO" (in Italian). Contra-ataque.it. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  8. "Colpo di scena: Calabro e il Francavilla si separano" (in Italian). Quotidiano di Puglia. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  9. "Carpi, mister Calabro firma un biennale" (in Italian). Il Resto del Carlino. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  10. "Allenatori, il Carpi pesca in D: arriva Chezzi - Hellas1903". Hellas1903 (in Italian). 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  11. "UFFICIALE: Viterbese, esonerato Sottili. Al suo posto c'è Calabro" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  12. "Viterbese, per il raduno convocato Antonio Calabro" (in Italian). TusciaWeb. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  13. ""Antonio Calabro non è più l'allenatore della Viterbese"" (in Italian). TusciaWeb. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  14. "Viterbese, il nuovo allenatore è Antonio Calabro. «Torno con entusiasmo; sono legato a questa città»" (in Italian). Il Messaggero. 12 November 2019.
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