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11 Facts About Matteo Boniciolli

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Matteo Boniciolli has been a head coach since 1999, guiding several clubs in Italy and abroad to titles, having taken charge of the Italian national team and the Kazakhstan national team.

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Matteo Boniciolli then moved to club coaching as head coach of Snaidero Udine in the second division Serie A2 in 1999.

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Matteo Boniciolli led the Fruili side to the first division Serie A in his first season there, finishing seventh in the league the next year and earning a playoff spot.

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Matteo Boniciolli was dismissed the next season after a run of poor results.

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Matteo Boniciolli reached the Belgian Cup final and the league semifinal the same year.

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Matteo Boniciolli was named head coach of Serie A and Euroleague side Lottomatica Roma in December 2009, replacing Ferdinando Gentile.

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Roma and Matteo Boniciolli parted ways in January 2011 despite him guiding the side to the Euroleague Top 16.

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8.

Matteo Boniciolli helped guide the Astana side to two consecutive domestic doubles and a VTB United League playoff appearance in only its second tournament appearance in 2013.

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However Astana and Matteo Boniciolli ended their contract by mutual agreement in December 2013, with the side sitting in 9th place in Group B of the VTB United League after winning the cup for the third time.

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In February 2015, Matteo Boniciolli returned to Fortitudo, by now in the third division Serie B, a few months the club won the playoffs to earn a promotion to the A2.

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On January 8,2019, Matteo Boniciolli became new head-coach of VL Pesaro in LBA, the Italian highest basketball league.