Angelo Adamo Gregucci (born 10 June 1964) is an Italian

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and former

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, currently assistant coach at

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club

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Playing career

Born in

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, Gregucci started his playing career in 1981 with

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, before moving to

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the following season, spending four seasons with the

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ese side. From 1986 to 1993 he played for

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, collecting a total of 187

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appearances with the ''biancazzurri'', being a mainstay for the

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side. After a single season with

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in 1993–94, he moved to

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where he spent four seasons before retiring in 1998.

Coaching career

Gregucci started his coaching career in 2000 as

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's assistant at

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, and then briefly served as joint coach of

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side Viterbese during the 2001–02 season. He then joined

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as head coach for the following season, ending it in eighth place. He was then appointed by

team

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for the following season, but he failed to keep the ''lagunari'' away from the relegation zone as they ended in 20th place. He moved to

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, another Serie B team, in the next season, leading them to a 14th place in the final table. Gregucci started his 2005–06 season as

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coach in the

, but was sacked after only five weeks due to poor results. He was head coach of Serie B team

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since October 2006, when he was appointed to replace Giancarlo Camolese. Gregucci was confirmed as the new

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head coach on 5 June, but was later sacked after losing all four games into the season. On 3 October 2010, he was announced as new head coach of Serie B promotion hopefuls

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, taking over from

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. He is the head coach of the team, He was sacked, but after two weeks he was called back. On 8 January 2012, he was announced as new head coach of Serie B promotion hopefuls

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, taking over from

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. He was removed only three months later, on 15 April, following a 1–1 home draw with

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, with Breda being reinstantiated at his place. From 8 August 2012 he worked at Manchester City to fill the role of technical assistant. On 18 July 2016, Inter Milan announced that Gregucci had been appointed assistant coach until 30 June 2017. He rejoined Mancini in 2018 as assistant for the Italy national team, a position he held until December 2018, when for the third time in his career he returned to Salernitana (now in Serie B), this time as the club's head coach. On 6 May 2019, Gregucci was relieved by the club due to bad results. On 24 January 2020, he was hired by

for a second time. After completing the

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in fifth place and then being eliminated in the round of 16 of the promotion playoffs, he was confirmed for the new season, but was removed from his managerial duties on 21 January 2021, with the club in fourth place and eleven points behind first-placed

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Honours

Player

Torino *

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runner-up:

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Coach

Salernitana *

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: 2013–14

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gregucci, Angelo 1964 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Taranto Men's association football defenders Italian men's footballers Taranto FC 1927 players US Alessandria Calcio 1912 players SS Lazio players Torino FC players AC Reggiana 1919 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Italian football managers Italian expatriate football managers AC Reggiana 1919 managers ACF Fiorentina non-playing staff ACF Fiorentina managers AC Legnano managers Venezia FC managers US Salernitana 1919 managers US Lecce managers LR Vicenza managers Atalanta BC managers US Sassuolo Calcio managers AS Reggina 1914 managers Manchester City F.C. non-playing staff Casertana FC managers Leyton Orient F.C. non-playing staff US Alessandria Calcio 1912 managers Inter Milan non-playing staff FC Zenit Saint Petersburg non-playing staff Italy national football team non-playing staff UC Sampdoria non-playing staff Serie A managers Serie B managers Serie C managers Serie D managers Italian expatriate sportspeople in England Italian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Italian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia 20th-century Italian sportsmen