Vito Grieco (born 6 February 1971) is an Italian professional

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and former player.

Playing career

Born in

Molfetta Molfetta (; Bari dialect, Molfettese: ) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect. History The earliest local signs of permanent habit ...

, the

Province of Bari The province of Bari (; ; ) was a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Bari. It has an area of , and a total population of 1,594,109 (2005). On 1 January 2015 it was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Bari. Lis ...

, Grieco started his career at Baris. He then played over 100 matches at

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

, over 150 matches at

Serie C1 Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...

and over 200 matches at

Serie C2 Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging t ...

. He won Serie B runner-up in 2002 with

Modena Modena (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025. A town, and seat of an archbis ...

, but he was not in the Modena plan in Serie A and sold him to

Calcio Catania Catania Football Club, commonly known as Catania, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in the city of Catania, Sicily, that plays in Serie C. Originally founded in 1908 as ''Associazione Sportiva pro Educazione Fisica'', the clu ...

Coaching career

On 24 October 2019 he was dismissed by

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following 4 losses in 5 games. On 13 January 2020, he was hired by

once again. The club was dissolved at the end of the 2019–20 season.

Honours

: 2000, 2001, 2006 *

: 2008

References

External links

Profile at Football.it

Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport
1971 births Living people People from Molfetta Italian men's footballers SSC Bari players FC Crotone players Modena FC 2018 players Catania FC players Spezia Calcio players AC Reggiana 1919 players Serie B players Serie C players Men's association football midfielders Italian football managers FC Pro Vercelli 1892 managers Serie B managers Serie C managers Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Bari 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub