Francesco Statuto (; born 13 July 1971) is an Italian professional

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coach and a former player, being among the top

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during the 1990s.

Club career

Statuto played with

over three periods, beginning from the 1989-90 season, in which he did not play a single match for the ''giallorossi''. He then went on to join lower-division club Casertana before moving on to

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in 1992 and

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hopefuls

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in 1993. With Udinese relegated in the summer of 1994, Francesco joined Roma for the new season. The club ended in a good fifth place, thus qualifying for next year's

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. After another fifth-place finish, the club disappointingly finished 12th in the 1996–97 season, and heads started to roll. Spending another half year in Rome, Statuto moved back to former club Udinese for the remainder of the 1997–98 season - finishing third with the

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-outfit - one spot ahead of Roma. For the 1998–99 season, Statuto, who had played extraordinarily well for Udinese, was back with the ''giallorossi'', leading the club to another fifth-place finish in the Serie A, playing alongside a young

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. A memorable season for Statuto, including a short loan spell at

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, the club he eventually joined fully in the summer of 1999. He played three seasons for Piacenza, which saw out his career. The three years offered a relegation to the

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and a promotion back to the Serie A with the red and white outfit.

International career

Statuto earned three caps for the Italy national team in 1995.

Coaching career

In 2012 Statuto served briefly as the caretaker of

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for the two last games of the team. In July 2022, Statuto returned to management as the new head coach of newly established

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club Roma City. He departed by the end of the season as he failed to save the team from relegation.

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