Fabrizio Lorieri (born 11 February 1964 in

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) is an Italian professional

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coach and a former player who played as a goalkeeper, currently in charge as goalkeeping coach of Spezia.

Playing career

Lorieri spent 11 seasons in the Serie A for 4 different teams (though he never played for his first team, Internazionale), in 7 of those seasons he was the first-choice goalkeeper for his team, playing 192 games in the top-flight division overall.

Managerial career

After his retirement he worked alongside former head coach

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as his assistant at Catanzaro,

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and Parma. In 2007 he obtained his UEFA Pro licence at the Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, his dissertation covering the subject of goalkeeping psychology in football. In 2010 he joined Lecce, a former club of his as a player, as a goalkeeping coach. In 2013, after leaving Lecce, he was hired by Sassuolo as a goalkeeping coach, filling in the role until 2019. In 2019 he was called by

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to work alongside him at

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as his goalkeeping coach. In June 2022, he was named Luca Gotti's assistant at Serie A club Spezia. Following the dismissal of Gotti in February 2023, Lorieri was then appointed caretaker coach of Spezia for the upcoming league game against

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. He was successively confirmed as a goalkeeping coach following the appointment of Leonardo Semplici as the new first team head coach.

Coaching statistics

References

1964 births Living people People from Massa Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players AC Prato players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players Torino FC players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players AS Roma players US Lecce players US Salernitana 1919 players Genoa CFC players Spezia Calcio players ASD Sangiovannese 1927 players Footballers from the Province of Massa-Carrara {{Italy-footy-goalkeeper-stub