14 Facts About Stefano Colantuono

Stefano Colantuono was born on 23 October 1962 and is an Italian football professional football manager and former player, who played as a defender.

Stefano Colantuono played in Serie A until 1990 for several teams.

Surprisingly, Stefano Colantuono managed to win all these nine matches, leading his team to a fifth place, qualifying and successively even winning the promotion playoffs.

Again, supported by Matricciani because of his lack of a regular coaching license, Stefano Colantuono led Catania to a reasonably good season in ninth place.

Stefano Colantuono was recalled on 24 March 2008 to replace Guidolin as head coach of Palermo.

Stefano Colantuono announced his resignation after losing the promotion playoff finals to Brescia, contemporaneously confirming he was in talks for the vacant coaching post at his previous club Atalanta.

Stefano Colantuono took up the head coach position soon after at Udinese.

Stefano Colantuono then guided Bari from November 2016 until June 2017, only achieving twelfth place with one of the clubs more widely expected to fight for a promotion spot.

Stefano Colantuono was appointed head coach of Salernitana in December 2017, taking over from Alberto Bollini, guiding the club to a mid-table finish.

Stefano Colantuono was removed from his role on 11 January 2021.

Stefano Colantuono was removed from his managerial duties on 15 February 2022, a few weeks after a club takeover, after failing to improve the club's fortunes.

On 19 March 2024, Stefano Colantuono was appointed as head coach of Salernitana until the end of the season following the dismissal of Fabio Liverani.

Stefano Colantuono guided the club until the end of the season, which ended with relegation to Serie B, then returning to his previous role as youth system chief.

However, on 30 December 2024, after failing to turn the team's fortunes, Stefano Colantuono departed from Salernitana by mutual consent.