Giampaolo Mazza (born 26 February 1956) is a former

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administra ...

of the

San Marino national football team The San Marino national football team () represents San Marino in men's international association football competitions. The team is governed by the San Marino Football Federation and represents the smallest population of any UEFA member. They ...

. Mazza was in charge of the San Marino national team between 1998 and 2013. When not managing the team, Mazza works as a PE teacher at a school near

San Marino San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the larger of two European microstates, microsta ...

. A former player who played as a midfielder, he was the longest serving national team manager in Europe, having spent 15 years managing San Marino. However, he retired in October, 2013 after only winning one game in his tenure. Mazza was born in

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. Before going into management at the age of 21, Mazza was a player for Italian

Serie C The Serie C (), officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship purposes, is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing ...

club

San Marino Calcio Associazione Camachista San Marino Calcio, better known as San Marino Calcio, is a Sammarinese professional football club based in the city of Acquaviva, that competes in the Serie D, the fourth tier of Italian football, since being promoted i ...

. He was

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five times by San Marino in 1991.

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