Gianpiero Piovani (born 12 January June 1968) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of

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club Inter Milan Women. He played as a forward.

Club career

Piovani was born in

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. His long football career began in the 1985–86 season, when, although he was still very young, he joined

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and played 13 matches. He then moved to

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, which had just returned to B under

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. He was trained by the famous coach one year long and had 30 appearances and shot 4 goals. When the coach went

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Piovani returned to Brescia. He was then fetched by coach

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, where he helped to promote to

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. Piovani played for Piacenza Calcio between 1990 and 2001. In this period Piacenza achieved its best so far: 12th in the

1997–98 Serie A The 1997–98 Serie A saw Juventus win their 25th national title, with Internazionale placing second; both teams qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League. Udinese, Roma, Fiorentina, Parma qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. Lazio q ...

season.

International career

In 2009 Piovani was capped for the first time for the

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, which hosted the VIVA World Cup. On 22 June 2009, he achieved the winning goal in his first international match.

Coaching career

After his retirement, in the 2009–10 season he became the manager of

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. In the 2010–11 season, he became the head coach of A.C. Rodengo Saiano, in place of resigning Paolo Rodolfi, in the

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Group A. In the 2011–12 season, he became the head coach of Darfo Boario until the end of the season. In 2024 Piovani became manager of Inter Milan Women.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piovani, Gianpiero 1968 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Brescia Italian men's footballers Piacenza Calcio 1919 players AC Rodengo Saiano players ASD Calcio Ivrea players Men's association football midfielders Inter Milan (women) managers Serie A (women's football) managers 20th-century Italian sportsmen