Andrea Stramaccioni

Andrea Stramaccioni

Stramaccioni coaching Inter in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-01-09) 9 January 1976
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Panathinaikos (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Bologna	0	(0)
Managerial career
2012–2013	Internazionale
2014–2015	Udinese
2015–	Panathinaikos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrea Stramaccioni (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa stramatˈtʃoːni]; born 9 January 1976) is an Italian football manager and a former footballer who is the current manager of Panathinaikos.

A football coach with experiences as youth coach of Roma and Internazionale, he was appointed in charge of first team duties on 26 March 2012 to replace Claudio Ranieri. He is also a 2010 law graduate.

Playing career

A former defender, his playing career was cut short by a serious knee injury while with Bologna in the 1994–95 season.

Early years

He graduated in law at La Sapienza University of Rome, the largest Italian university. After retiring as a footballer, Stramaccioni went on to become a football coach for a number of amateur youth teams. At age 25, he won a provincial title with Rome-based youth team Az Sport, then being hired by Romulea where he worked until 2005. Stramaccioni obtained the licence for youth coaches in 2003.

Coaching career

Youth coach at Roma

In 2005, Stramaccioni joined the youth coaching staff at Roma, winning two national titles: Giovanissimi Nazionali in 2007 and Allievi Nazionali in 2010. On 9 May 2009, Stramaccioni obtained a UEFA A coaching licence (Italy second category licence), made him eligible to work as a head coach of Lega Pro teams or as a vice-coach of Serie A and Serie B clubs. Stramaccioni, however, did not have a UEFA Pro Licence (Italy first category licence), he could only work as a care-taker in the first and second division of Italy. On that day, Roberto Samaden, Inter youth academy director since 2006, also obtained the same licence. Samaden met Stramaccioni in the course and gave Stramaccioni a job in Inter two years later.

Internazionale Primavera

After the departure of Fulvio Pea, who left Internazionale Primavera in summer 2011 to become the new Sassuolo head coach, Samaden called Stramaccioni to offer him the vacant position at the club, which he accepted (Roma was unable to offer the same position to Stramaccioni as Alberto De Rossi was the coach of that team and 2011 champion). Inter Primavera was the first in the Group B of its own league as of round 21 (22), the last round Stramaccioni was in charge, ahead Milan with one more point (both 21 games) and Varese with two points (and Varese had one more game, 22). Inter round 22 match was rescheduled and Milan also had a match (round 17) rescheduled. Primavera had a record of 13 wins, four draws, four losses, 43 goals scored, and 19 goals scored against. Stramaccioni also led Inter Primavera to the final of the 2011–12 NextGen series, after defeating Sporting Clube de Portugal in the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, and Olympique de Marseille on 21 March in Griffin Park, London. The final was played on 25 March in Matchroom Stadium. The match finished in a 1–1 draw and Inter beat AFC Ajax 5–3 in the resulting penalty shoot-out. On the same day as Internazionale's NextGen victory, the first team lost 2–0 to Juventus.

Internazionale

On 26 March 2012, Inter manager Claudio Ranieri was sacked and Stramaccioni was promoted to manager of the first team as caretaker, with Giuseppe Baresi returning to act as assistant coach. He led Inter to sixth place and a success in the Derby della Madonnina against Milan that cost Inter's crosstown rivals the Serie A title; his results led club owner Massimo Moratti to confirm him as head coach for the 2012–13 season, as well. The FIGC allowed Stramaccioni to sign the contract without a UEFA Pro Licence as he was admitted to 2012–13 coaching course in order to obtain the licence in June 2013. On 3 November 2012, Stramaccioni guided Inter to a 3–1 away victory over the previous season's champions, Juventus, claiming "[The] result will send a signal, as we came here to the Juventus Stadium against a team unbeaten in 49 rounds and attacked them with a trident". After 14 months in charge of Inter and a difficult 2012–13 Serie A campaign which saw them finish in 9th place and thus fail to qualify for Europe for the first time in 15 seasons, the club announced on 24 May 2013 that Stramaccioni had been sacked and replaced by Walter Mazzarri.

Udinese

On 4 June 2014, Stramaccioni was named as new head coach of Udinese.On 1 June 2015, he has step down as Udinese head coach after just one year when his contract expires at the end of the June.

Panathinaikos

On 8 November 2015, Stramaccioni was appointed as manager of Superleague Greece club Panathinaikos, signing on a one and half year contract deal until the end of the 2016–17 season.

Managerial statistics

As of match played on 11 May 2016.

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Internazionale	26 March 2012	24 May 2013	65	31	11	23	47.69
Udinese	4 June 2014	30 June 2015	41	12	11	18	29.27
Panathinaikos	9 November 2015	Present	27	13	6	8	48.15
Total			133	56	28	49	42.11

Honours

Managerial honours

Internazionale Primavera

• NextGen Series: 2011–12

External links

• Andrea Stramaccioni at Goal.com
• Andrea Stramaccioni at FutbolPrimera.es