Pasquale Padalino (; born 26 July 1972) is an Italian

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and a former

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Playing career

Club

During his career, Padalino represented

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(two stints),

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(where he formed an interesting defensive partnership with Lorenzo Amoruso, later of

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(having only appeared once, in an

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contest against

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where he got injured on his right knee, after a contrast with Roberto Muzzi and missed out the rest of the season) and

Como Calcio 1907 Como 1907 () is an Italian professional football club based in Como, Lombardy. The club competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football, after achieving promotion in the 2023–24 Serie B season. Founded in 1907 as Como Foot-Ball C ...

, where he ended his career in 2004.

International

Padalino's only international cap came in 1996, in a friendly against

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Coaching career

Having retired in 2004, Padalino started as assistant coach to cousin

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, leaving at the end of the season to rejoin the first team at Foggia, as its administrative secretary. In 2007–08, Padalino rejoined Ventura as his assistant at

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, also in the second level. In 2009–10, Padalino started his career as head coach at Nocerina in the

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until the end of the season. On 7 August 2012, he was named the new coach of A.C.D Foggia Calcio, Foggia in the

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. He led the team to promotion to Lega Pro in 2014 and then left the club. In November 2014, he became the new manager of

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in the Lega Pro, but he was fired in January 2015, before the end of the season. On 5 October 2015, he was appointed as the new coach of

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, ending the season in sixth place in the Lega Pro. On 13 June 2016, he was named as the new coach of

in the Lega Pro. He was sacked on 24 April 2017 with two games to spare. He returned into management on 18 December 2018 after being appointed head coach of Foggia, in the

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league. On 13 August 2020, he was hired by

Juve Stabia Società Sportiva Juve Stabia is an Italian professional football club based in Castellammare di Stabia, Campania. Juve Stabia plays in Serie B, the second tier of Italian football system, following their promotion ahead of the 2024–25 seas ...

, freshly relegated into

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. He left the club at the end of the 2020–21 season. On 29 December 2021, Padalino was appointed as the new head coach of Serie C club

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. On 12 May 2022, Siena announced Padalino's departure from the club. On 30 August 2022, he was signed by

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, another Serie C club. On 25 October 2022, less than months since his appointment, Padalino tended his resignations and left Turris. In July 2024, Padalino was hired by Serie C club Latina; he was sacked on 20 October 2024 following a string of negative results.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Club

;Fiorentina *

: 1995–96, runner-up 1998–99 *

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

External links

Inter archive stats

Pasquale Padalino
at Soccerway

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Padalino, Pasquale 1972 births Living people Footballers from Foggia Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Calcio Foggia 1920 players Bologna FC 1909 players US Lecce players ACF Fiorentina players Inter Milan players Como 1907 players Italy men's international footballers Men's association football central defenders Italian football managers Serie B managers Serie C managers Calcio Foggia 1920 managers SS Juve Stabia managers Siena FC SSD managers Latina Calcio 1932 managers