Andrea Camplone (born 27 July 1966) is an Italian professional

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coach and a former player. He was most recently the head coach of

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club

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Playing career

Born in

Pescara Pescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surround ...

, Camplone grew up playing with his hometown club, for whom he spent nine full seasons as a senior, amassing a total 188 games (52 of which at

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level). He left Pescara in 1992 to join

Perugia Perugia ( , ; ; ) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. It has 162,467 ...

, with whom he won two promotions (from Serie C1 to Serie B and then to Serie A in 1996)). He then spent two seasons with

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before ending his career in 1999 after a short stint with

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Coaching career

Camplone started his career as trainer at amateur

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level, guiding Abruzzo club

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. In 2006, he took his first managing job at professional level, as head coach of

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club

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, followed by a very short stint at hometown club

and a number of other coaching jobs at Serie C1 level. In November 2012 he was named head coach of

, which he led to second place in the Serie C1/B league and subsequent elimination in the promotion playoff semifinals to

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. Following this defeat, he was dismissed from his position, only to be renamed as Perugia boss two months later after his replacement

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was sacked before the first matchday of the season. On his second tenure at Perugia, Camplone managed to lead the ''Grifone'' to win the

2013–14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2013–14 Prima Divisione season is the thirty-sixth and final football league season of Italian Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fifth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It is divided into two phases: the r ...

title and get promoted to Serie B. He eventually coached Serie B team

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before being appointed head coach at

Cesena Cesena (; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and - with Forlì - is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine M ...

on 31 October 2016. However he failed to reach the playoffs and his team arrived at the 13th seed in the

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. He was confirmed for the following season. On 30 September 2017, almost after 1 year of his appointment, he was sacked from the Emilian team after a 5–2 away defeat against

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; he has been replaced by

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who returned to Cesena after 9 years. In July 2019 he returned into club management, signing a one-year contract as the new head coach of

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for the club's

2019–20 Serie C The 2019–20 Serie C was the 61st season of the Serie C, the third tier of the Italian football league system, organized by the Lega Pro. The season was scheduled to run from 24 August 2019 to 26 April 2020, however, on 9 March 2020, the Italian ...

season. He was dismissed by Catania on 21 October 2019 following a 0–5 loss to Vibonese, which was 3rd loss in 4 games, with club in 9th position in the table. On 19 October 2020 he was hired by

club

. On 17 January 2021 he was sacked due to poor results.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Camplone, Andrea 1966 births Living people Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players AC Perugia Calcio players Delfino Pescara 1936 players AC Ancona players AS Gubbio 1910 players Italian football managers Delfino Pescara 1936 managers AC Perugia Calcio managers Benevento Calcio managers AC Cesena managers Catania FC managers SS Arezzo managers Men's association football defenders Serie B managers Serie C managers Footballers from Pescara 20th-century Italian sportsmen