Stefano Pioli is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a defender, where he most notably made 154 appearances for Fiorentina.
18 Facts About Stefano Pioli
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Stefano Pioli has managed several clubs in Serie A, including Bologna, Lazio, Inter Milan and Fiorentina in recent years.
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Stefano Pioli is the current manager of AC Milan, whom he led to win the scudetto in 2022, in a year which he was won the Panchina d'Oro for best coach of the season.
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An elegant, tenacious, physical, and mobile defender, Stefano Pioli was capable of playing anywhere along the back-line, although he performed best as a man-marking centre-back, or "stopper," in Italian.
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Stefano Pioli moved to Modena, still of Serie B, in 2004.
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In 2006, Stefano Pioli was named as Parma's head coach, therefore returning to his home city and marking his Serie A debut as a manager.
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On 10 June 2010, Stefano Pioli was named head coach of Serie A club Chievo on a 12-month contract.
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On 2 June 2011, Stefano Pioli was named head coach of Serie A club Palermo, but he was relieved of his duties just 90 days later.
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On 4 October 2011, Stefano Pioli was named new head coach of Bologna in Serie A, replacing the sacked Pierpaolo Bisoli.
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On 8 November 2016, Stefano Pioli was appointed as the new head coach of Internazionale on an 18-month contract.
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Inter had won 12 of the first 16 Serie A matches that Stefano Pioli was in charge of, but this was followed by two draws and five losses in their last seven Serie A matches prior to his sacking.
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On 6 June 2017, Stefano Pioli was named new head coach of Fiorentina.
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Stefano Pioli signed for two years with another optional year.
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Stefano Pioli was in charge of the team when on 4 March 2018 central defender and captain Davide Astori died unexpectedly; to honour the memory of the player, Stefano Pioli got a commemorative tattoo.
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The day after Marco Giampaolo's sacking, on 9 October 2019, Stefano Pioli was appointed as the new coach of AC Milan, on a deal to the end of the season.
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On 21 July, Stefano Pioli reached an agreement with Milan for a two-year deal extension of his contract as head coach to June 2022.
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In November, Stefano Pioli reached an agreement with the club to extend his contract until June 2023.
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On 31 October Milan announced that Stefano Pioli extended his contract until 30 June 2025.