Gabriele Cioffi was born on 7 September 1975 and is an Italian professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.
15 Facts About Gabriele Cioffi
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Gabriele Cioffi started his career with Tuscan amateurs Sestese, which was followed by several other experience in the minor Italian leagues of Serie C1 and Serie C2.
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Gabriele Cioffi left Torino after one season to join Ascoli, which he left in 2010 for AlbinoLeffe as a free agent.
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Gabriele Cioffi retired in 2012 after two seasons with Carpi where he won the league as captain getting the promotion from Lega Pro 2 to Lega Pro 1.
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Gabriele Cioffi subsequently relocated to Australia and worked for two years as youth coach for Eastern United, before moving back to Italy in November 2015 to accept an offer as youth coach for the Berretti team of third division club Sudtirol.
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Gabriele Cioffi left the club in February 2016 to join Henk Ten Cate's coaching staff as assistant head coach at Al Jazira.
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Gabriele Cioffi had been widely accredited as being instrumental as an assistant at his previous clubs, and having been earmarked and interviewed for several clubs after leaving Al Dhafra, the opportunity finally arose for him to take on a role as head coach.
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Gabriele Cioffi achieved the objective laid out for him comfortably, saving the club from relegation with several games of the season left, and was confirmed for a second season, during which Gabriele Cioffi took on two historic cup runs, the first being the club reaching the fourth round of the League Cup for the first time, and beating Premier League opposition for the first time in the process, as well as reaching the second round of the FA Cup for the first time in nearly a decade.
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Gabriele Cioffi's players supported Cioffi after the loss to League One team Fleetwood Town in the FA Cup, but, despite this, Cioffi and Crawley Town parted ways by mutual consent shortly thereafter.
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Gabriele Cioffi settled in quickly at Udinese and when Gotti was beset with COVID-19, Gabriele Cioffi was placed in interim charge, including a famous away victory at Lazio.
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On 7 December 2021, following Gotti's sacking at Udinese, Gabriele Cioffi became the caretaker head coach for the team.
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Under his tenure, Gabriele Cioffi managed to guide Udinese out of the relegation zone, ending the season in twelfth place with 47 points; despite this, on 23 May 2022, one day after the final matchday of the season, Udinese announced they would not extend Gabriele Cioffi's contract with the club, due to expire on 30 June 2022.
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In June 2022, Gabriele Cioffi signed as manager for Serie A club Hellas Verona with a contract lasting until 2024.
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On 11 October 2022, Gabriele Cioffi was dismissed from his job after achieving only five points in the first nine games of the Serie A season.
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Gabriele Cioffi was dismissed on 22 April 2024, leaving Udinese just above the relegation zone.