Vincenzo Vivarini (born 2 January 1966) is an Italian professional

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coach, currently in charge of club

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Coaching career

Vivarini started his coaching career working as an assistant with

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and

. He took his first head coaching role in 2007 with amateurs Luco Canistro. In 2008, he took over at

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, ending the season in seventh place. He successively guided

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, leading them to win the Serie D title in his first season and then to sixth place in the

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. This was followed by a two-year stint at another Serie C2 club,

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, where he also won a promotion playoff qualification during his stay. In 2013, he became the new head coach of

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, guiding them to a historical first promotion to

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in 2015; the Italian football federation however revoked this after Teramo was found guilty of match-fixing, with the club relegated back to

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as a consequence. Despite that, he was awarded the Panchina d'Oro for best ''Lega Pro'' coach for the 2014–15 season. Vivarini stayed in charge of Teramo until June 2016, when he left the club to accept an offer from

club

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. He failed to avoid relegation with Latina, also due to the club being in financial struggles that successively led to its exclusion from professionalism later in July 2017. He was successively named new head coach of promotion candidates

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for the

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campaign, but was dismissed later in December due to poor results and replaced by

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. On 12 July 2018, he signed a two-year contract as the new coach of Ascoli in

. He was dismissed by Ascoli on 5 June 2019. On 24 September 2019, he signed a two-year contract with

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. After failing to lead the club to promotion following defeat to Reggiana in the playoff final, he left Bari by mutual consent at the end of the season. On 25 November 2020, he was appointed at the helm of Serie B club

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. He was sacked on 12 April 2021, leaving Virtus Entella in last place, ten points below the relegation playoff zone, with only five games left. On 30 November 2021, he was hired by

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. After concluding the

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season in second place behind league winners

, Vivarini guided Catanzaro to promotion to Serie B in the following campaign, with a very offensive team that achieved 96 points and scored over 100 goals throughout the regular season. He was successfully confirmed in charge of Catanzaro for the club's

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campaign, the first one in the Italian second division for the ''Giallorossi'' since 2006. After leading Catanzaro to fifth place in the

and then losing to

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in the promotion playoffs, Vivarini mutually rescinded his contract with the Calabrian club on 28 June 2024. On 1 July 2024, Vivarini signed a two-year contract as the new head coach of Serie B club

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. Despite being expected to be one of the teams fighting for a Serie A spot, Vivarini struggled to achieve results at Frosinone, obtaining only six points in the first nine league games; this led to Vivarini being dismissed from managerial duties on 22 October 2024, with Frosinone bottom of the league by then. On 2 July 2025, newly-promoted Serie B club

announced the hiring of Vivarini as their new head coach, on a one-year contract with an extension option.

Managerial statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vivarini, Vincenzo 1966 births Sportspeople from the Province of Chieti Living people Italian football managers Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC managers Empoli FC managers Serie B managers SSC Bari managers Frosinone Calcio managers Serie C managers Virtus Entella managers US Catanzaro 1929 managers Footballers from Abruzzo Latina Calcio 1932 managers Delfino Pescara 1936 managers