Giacomo Modica (born 31 May 1964) is an Italian

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and former

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, currently in charge as head coach of

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club Hamrun Spartans.

Career

As manager

After a playing career spent with several

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and

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teams, most notably

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and

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, he moved into coaching, working as

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's assistant for six years (even following him at Fenerbahçe) before becoming a head coach himself. In 2004, he worked for

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team

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with little fortune; he then worked for

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teams

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in 2006 and

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the following year, leading the latter to an impressive season and a spot in the promotion playoffs. He agreed a one-year extension to his contract with

in July 2010. He left the club at the end of the 2010–11 season, the club citing excessive wage demands as the main reason behind the decision. On 17 January 2012 he was appointed new head coach of last-placed

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club

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in place of dismissed predecessor Maurizio Pellegrino. He avoided direct relegation but eventually failed to keep the club into professionalism after losing a playoff to

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, and left the club by the end of the season to reunite with Zdeněk Zeman at

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, where he worked as technical collaborator for the 2012–13 season. After Zeman's dismissal as head coach, he left Roma too, and re-joined his mentor in July 2014 as technical collaborator of

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. In April 2016 he was named as new head coach of

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club

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in place of Carlo Perrone, only to be dismissed himself after less than a month in charge. On 1 September 2016, Modica was announced as the new head coach of hometown club

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, in what was his first time with the club from his native city, as well as his first time in charge of a club in

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(second-highest level of amateur football in Italy). He successively served as head coach of

club

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in the 2017–18 season. He left Messina for Cavese (Serie D, soon to be readmitted to Serie C to fill vacancies) for the 2018–19 campaign, guiding the club to a mid-table placement in the league, then leaving the club by mutual consent by the end of the season. On 13 July 2019 he was unveiled as head coach of Serie C club Vibonese. On 3 July 2020 he was hired again by Cavese. On 11 November 2020, he resigned from Cavese following a bad start for the season, with the club in relegation zone. In December 2021 he was appointed new head coach of Serie D club Casale. He resigned from his position on 27 February 2022, after achieving only ten points in his eight games in charge. On 23 July 2022, Modica agreed to return to Vibonese following the club's relegation to Serie D. On 8 July 2023, Modica was appointed as the new head coach of

in the

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league. After saving the club from relegation and being confirmed in charge of Messina for the following season, Modica resigned on 20 January 2025 following a club takeover, leaving Messina in third-last place in the league table. On 1 June 2025, Modica was unveiled as the new head coach of

champions Hamrun Spartans.

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