1. Successively, Giovanni Tedesco has played for Foggia, Salernitana and Perugia, where he stayed for six seasons and became popular as a valuable midfielder and team leader, especially during his time with Serse Cosmi as manager.
13 Facts About Giovanni Tedesco
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In January 2004, Tedesco was signed by Genoa of Serie B in an attempt to strengthen the team for the end of the season, which was seeing the rossoblu fighting for the promotion to Serie A However, Tedesco only settle in with the arrival of Serse Cosmi, his former coach at Perugia, for the following season, who replaced Luigi De Canio who had not been able to maintain the team into the top table positions.
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Giovanni Tedesco was later stated to have refused offers from several other clubs in order to stay in Palermo and expecting to end his playing career with the rosanero.
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On 26 June 2012, Giovanni Tedesco amicably parted company with Palermo in order to pursue a head coaching career.
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On 6 April 2014, Giovanni Tedesco was assigned as the new manager for Floriana FC.
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Giovanni Tedesco then switched to another Maltese team, Birkirkara, coaching former Palermo teammate Fabrizio Miccoli.
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On 25 January 2016, a few weeks after his departure from Birkirkara, Giovanni Tedesco was announced as new head coach of his hometown club Palermo, as the club was searching for a trainer with the requested UEFA Pro coaching badges due to newly appointed Guillermo Barros Schelotto's pending issues on that sense.
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Giovanni Tedesco successively left Palermo in order to return to Floriana as head coach on 15 June 2016.
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On 21 January 2020 Giovanni Tedesco was sacked by the Maroons, leaving the team at the fourth position in the league.
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In December 2020 Giovanni Tedesco made his return to Malta, signing a one-year contract with the Premier League side Sirens.
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On 12 April 2021 it was confirmed, that Giovanni Tedesco would leave the club, as his contract had expired.
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In January 2022 Giovanni Tedesco moved back to Malta, signing a contract with Premier League side St Lucia FC until the end of the season.
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Giovanni Tedesco has two brothers who are football coaches and former players: Salvatore and Giacomo, who played at the Serie A level with Salernitana, Napoli, Reggina, Catania and Bologna.