Fabrizio Castori

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Fabrizio Castori
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-07-11) 11 July 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth San Severino Marche, Italy
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Managerial career
Years Team
1980–1981 Belfortese
1981–1982 San Vicino
1982–1983 Urbisaglia
1983–1984 Belfortese
1984–1985 Tolentino (Under-19 team)
1985–1987 Camerino
1987–1988 Grottese
1988–1991 Cerreto
1991–1992 Monturanese
1992–1998 Tolentino
1998–1999 Lanciano
1999 Castel di Sangro
2000–2003 Lanciano
2003–2007 Cesena
2008 Cesena
2008 Salernitana
2009 Salernitana
2009 Piacenza
2010–2011 Ascoli
2012–2013 Varese
2013 Reggina
2014–2015 Carpi
2015–2017 Carpi
2017–2018 Cesena
2018–2019 Carpi
2019–2020 Trapani
2020–2021 Salernitana
2022 Perugia
2022–2023 Perugia
2023–2024 Ascoli

Fabrizio Castori (born 11 July 1954) is an Italian football coach.

Career[edit]

Castori was born in San Severino Marche but grew up in Tolentino. He started his coaching career in 1980 at the age of 26 as head coach of Seconda Categoria team Belfortese from Belforte del Chienti. Initially a boss for amateur teams, having spent three seasons in Seconda Categoria (second-lowest division in Italian football) and three others in Prima Categoria, he led a Promozione team, Cerreto, to reach Serie D in 1990 (there was no Eccellenza division at that time). From 1992 to 1998 Castori coached Eccellenza team Tolentino leading them to Serie C2. In 1998-1999 he won a Serie D league and a Scudetto Dilettanti with Lanciano. After a poor Serie C1 season with Castel di Sangro, he returned to Lanciano in 2000 and immediately won the Serie C2 league. He stayed at Lanciano until 2003.

Cesena[edit]

In the summer of 2003, he was appointed head coach of Serie C1 team Cesena. In his first season, he led Cesena to win the promotion playoffs and the Coppa Italia Serie C; this however was obscured by a 3-year ban on him after having been the protagonist of a riot during the return leg of the promotion playoff finals against Lumezzane. The ban was successively reduced to 2 years following a pardon request by Castori himself;[1] during this time, Castori was unable to serve as head coach but, despite this, he was confirmed as Cesena's boss, with assistant manager Massimo Gadda serving at his place on the dugout until 23 January 2006.[2]

On 11 November 2007, following a 1–4 loss to Rimini in a regional derby and only seven points gained in the first fourteen matches, Castori was dismissed by Cesena, after four seasons at the helm of the bianconeri,[3] but was reinstated at his managing role only three months later following Giovanni Vavassori's dismissal on 25 February 2008;[4] his comeback at Cesena proved however to be unsuccessful, as the bianconeri were relegated to Serie C1 at the end of the season.

Salernitana[edit]

Castori served the 2008–09 season as head coach of the newly-promoted Serie B team Salernitana.[5] He was successively sacked later in December, to be replaced by Bortolo Mutti, and then re-called on February, only to be dismissed again on April and replaced by Fabio Brini, who guided the club to safety.

Piacenza[edit]

He was then appointed in June 2009 as the new head coach of Piacenza for the upcoming 2009–10 Serie B season, being however dismissed in November due to poor results.[6]

Ascoli[edit]

On 3 November 2010 he returned into management as head coach of Serie B relegation-threatened club Ascoli.[7] On 2 November 2011 he was sacked because of bad results. Ascoli is currently last in Serie B.[8]

Varese[edit]

Since 12 June 2012 he is the new head coach of Varese in Serie B.

Reggina[edit]

From October 2013 until December 2013 he had a brief stint as manager of Reggina in Serie B.

Carpi[edit]

On 30 June 2014, Castori was announced as the new manager of Serie B team Carpi, on a one-year deal.[9] He started his Carpi experience in a hugely successful way, leading the small outsider club top of the league table by the end of the first season half and turning them into strong contenders to a historical first Serie A promotion. He was relieved of his duties on 28 September 2015.[10] He was reinstated as manager a month later on 3 November 2015.[11] He was successively recalled to attempt to escape the club from relegation, which he failed on the final weekday of the season.

He was confirmed as Carpi boss for the 2016–17 Serie B season, which ended with the club narrowly missing a top-flight return, being defeated by Benevento in the promotion playoff finals; he left Carpi by mutual consent successively.[12]

Back to Cesena[edit]

On 1 October 2017, Castori agreed to move back to Cesena, taking over at the bottom of the Serie B league with the goal of saving the club from relegation.[13] In July 2018 the club was declared bankrupt and banned from participating in the Serie B.

Third stint at Carpi[edit]

On 18 September 2018, Castori was signed by Carpi, making his second return to the club.[14] The team was relegated to Serie C at the end of the 2018–19 season and he departed from the club.

Trapani[edit]

On 19 December 2019 he signed with Serie B club Trapani.[15]

Second stint at Salernitana[edit]

After one season at Trapani, he left for fellow Serie B club Salernitana. Under his tenure, the Campanians completed the season in second place, winning direct promotion to Serie A.

Castori guided Salernitana for the first eight games of the 2021–22 Serie A season, being relieved from his duties on 17 October following a 1–2 loss to Spezia which left the Granata at the bottom of the league table.[16]

Perugia[edit]

On 8 June 2022, Castori returned into management as the new head coach of Serie B club Perugia, replacing Massimiliano Alvini.[17] He was dismissed on 19 September 2022 following a dismal start in the 2022–23 Serie B campaign.[18]

On 19 October 2022, following the resignation of his replacement Silvio Baldini, Castori was called back in charge of Perugia.[19] He left Perugia at the end of the 2022–23 season as they were relegated to Serie C.

Second stint at Ascoli[edit]

On 13 November 2023, Castori returned to management as the new head coach of Ascoli, a former club of his, replacing outgoing manager William Viali.[20] He was dismissed on 12 March 2024, leaving Ascoli involved in the battle to escape relegation.[21]

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of match played 11 March 2024[22]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Monturanese Italy 1 July 1991 20 June 1992 34 18 11 5 46 24 +22 052.94
Tolentino Italy 20 June 1992 19 May 1998 220 71 94 55 220 196 +24 032.27
Lanciano Italy 19 May 1998 30 June 1999 40 28 11 1 78 17 +61 070.00
Castel di Sangro Italy 30 June 1999 24 December 1999 20 4 8 8 18 25 −7 020.00
Lanciano Italy 16 May 2000 3 June 2003 123 52 41 30 149 122 +27 042.28
Cesena Italy 3 June 2003 11 November 2007 198 70 67 61 253 257 −4 035.35
Cesena Italy 25 February 2008 6 June 2008 15 2 6 7 13 24 −11 013.33
Salernitana Italy 7 June 2008 6 December 2008 21 7 5 9 23 30 −7 033.33
Salernitana Italy 24 January 2009 4 April 2009 12 4 2 6 15 17 −2 033.33
Piacenza Italy 3 July 2009 10 November 2009 14 2 3 9 11 23 −12 014.29
Ascoli Italy 4 November 2010 2 November 2011 45 15 13 17 48 54 −6 033.33
Varese Italy 13 June 2012 17 April 2013 39 15 11 13 52 51 +1 038.46
Reggina Italy 21 October 2013 3 December 2013 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 016.67
Carpi Italy 30 June 2014 28 September 2015 50 23 16 11 68 45 +23 046.00
Carpi Italy 3 November 2015 12 June 2017 79 29 24 26 79 83 −4 036.71
Cesena Italy 1 October 2017 24 July 2018 35 10 16 9 50 45 +5 028.57
Carpi Italy 18 September 2018 30 June 2019 33 7 8 18 36 58 −22 021.21
Trapani Italy 19 December 2019 10 August 2020 22 8 9 5 32 30 +2 036.36
Salernitana Italy 10 August 2020 17 October 2021 49 22 13 14 57 52 +5 044.90
Perugia Italy 8 June 2022 19 September 2022 7 1 1 5 5 11 −6 014.29
Perugia Italy 19 October 2022 30 June 2023 29 9 8 12 35 38 −3 031.03
Ascoli Italy 13 November 2023 12 March 2024 16 3 7 6 15 18 −3 018.75
Total 1,107 401 375 331 1,308 1,229 +79 036.22

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bentornato: Fabrizio Castori, nel posticipo di stasera, torna sulla panchina del suo Cesena" (in Italian). Quelliche.net. 2006-01-23. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
  2. ^ "Per Juve e Cesena l'impresa è seriale" (in Italian). Avvenire. 2005-10-15. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
  3. ^ "Serie B: Cesena sack Castori". Football Italia. 2007-11-11. Archived from the original on 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
  4. ^ "Esonerato Vavassori, al suo posto torna Fabrizio Castori" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 2008-02-25. Archived from the original on 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  5. ^ "Mister Castori abbraccia Salerno" (in Italian). Salernitana Calcio 1919. 2008-06-12. Archived from the original on 2008-06-14. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  6. ^ "Comunicato Stampa" (in Italian). Piacenza Calcio. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  7. ^ "Fabrizio Castori nuovo allenatore dell'Ascoli" (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio 1898. 3 November 2010. Archived from the original on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  8. ^ "ASCOLI: VIA CASTORI, SILVA NUOVO TECNICO" (in Italian). Campionato Serie A. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  9. ^ "PANCHINA A CASTORI" (in Italian). Carpi FC 1909. 19 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Carpi FC 1909 » Comunicato – Carpi F.C. 1909". Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  11. ^ "Carpi fire Giuseppe Sannino to reinstate Fabrizio Castori". BBC Sport. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  12. ^ Calciomercato Carpi, è ufficiale: Castori se ne va Archived 2017-06-18 at the Wayback Machine‚ tuttosport.com, 12 June 2017
  13. ^ "Cesena: Castori è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). ANSA.it. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Carpi, ufficiale il ritorno di Castori in panchina".
  15. ^ "Mister Fabrizio Castori firma il contratto con il #TrapaniCalcio" (Press release) (in Italian). Trapani. 19 December 2019.
  16. ^ "COMUNICATO STAMPA". U.S. Salernitana 1919 (in Italian). 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  17. ^ "UFFICIALE: FABRIZIO CASTORI È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL PERUGIA!" (in Italian). A.C. Perugia Calcio. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  18. ^ "CASTORI SOLLEVATO DALL'INCARICO DI RESPONSABILE TECNICO PRIMA SQUADRA" (in Italian). A.C. Perugia Calcio. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  19. ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE" (in Italian). A.C. Perugia Calcio. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  20. ^ "E' FABRIZIO CASTORI IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DELL'ASCOLI CALCIO" (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio 1898. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  21. ^ "ESONERATI MISTER CASTORI E IL SUO STAFF" (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio 1898. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  22. ^ "Fabrizio Castori career sheet". footballdatabase. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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