Gennaro Volpe (born 17 February 1981) is an Italian

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and former player.

Playing career

A former

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, he played for

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, Ascoli,

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and

Cittadella Cittadella () is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, founded in the 13th century as a military outpost of Padua. The surrounding wall has been restored and is in circumference with a diameter of around . There are fo ...

. He retired in 2016 after five years at

Virtus Entella Virtus Entella, commonly referred to as Entella, is an Italian professional Association football, football club based in Chiavari, Liguria. Founded in 1914, the club currently competes in the . Entella will play in Serie B 2025/26 after winning ...

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, he stayed at

as a youth coach. On 6 May 2018, he was named new head coach in place of dismissed manager

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, taking over a Virtus Entella side in deep relegation trouble (20th place with two games to go). Virtus Entella were eventually relegated after losing a two-legged playoff to Ascoli, and Volpe moved back into coaching the Under-19 team afterwards. On 12 April 2021, he was moved once again in charge of the first team, taking over from

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as Virtus Entella was at the bottom of the Serie B league table with five games to go. Later on 1 May 2021, Virtus Entella were relegated to Serie C following a home loss to

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, having achieved only a single point during Volpe's first three games in charge of the club. After two Serie C seasons with Virtus Entella, failing to win promotion in both cases, Volpe was dismissed on 17 September 2023, one day after a home loss to neighbouring rivals

Sestri Levante Sestri Levante () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, Italy. Lying on the Mediterranean Sea, it is approximately south-east of Genoa and is set on a promontory. While nearby Portofino and the Cinque Terre are pro ...

. On 29 October 2024, Volpe was signed as the new head coach of Serie C club

Lecco Lecco (, , ; ) is a city of approximately 47,000 inhabitants in Lombardy, Northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco''). The Bergamasqu ...

. He was dismissed on 2 February 2025 due to negative results.

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* 1981 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italian football managers Empoli FC players AC Prato players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Mantova 1911 players AS Cittadella players Virtus Entella players Serie B players Men's association football midfielders Serie B managers Serie C managers Virtus Entella managers Calcio Lecco 1912 managers People from Pozzuoli Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Naples 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub