Maurizio Pellegrino

Maurizio Pellegrino (born 1 March 1966) is a retired Italian professional football player and coach. He is currently in charge as youth system chief of Serie B club Catania.

Not to be confused with Mauricio Pellegrino.
Maurizio Pellegrino
Personal information
Full name Maurizio Pellegrino
Date of birth (1966-03-01) 1 March 1966
Place of birth Syracuse, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Coach (former midfielder)
Club information
Current team
 Catania (youth system chief)
Youth career
Siracusa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Siracusa 0 (0)
1983–1985 Catanzaro 2 (1)
1985–1986 Carbonia 0 (0)
1986–1989 Catanzaro 17 (0)
1989–1991 Francavilla 60 (4)
1991–1993 Vis Pesaro 58 (4)
1994–1997 Catania 83 (5)
1997–1999 Viterbese 34 (1)
Teams managed
1999–2001 Viterbese (assistant manager)
2001–2003 Catania
2003–2004 Paternò
2004–2005 Lanciano
2005–2006 Padova
2007–2008 Martina
2009 Lecco
2009–2010 Cassino
2011 Südtirol-Alto Adige
2011–2012 Lecco
2014 Catania
2014–2015 Catania
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Player

Pellegrino mostly played at lower league levels with a number of teams, most notably Catanzaro in the Serie B.

Coach

Pellegrino began his coaching career in 1999 as assistant at Viterbese during the Gaucci years (Viterbese and Catania sharing the same ownership during these years). As such, he was named new Catania head coach together with Francesco Graziani in 2001, guiding the then-Serie C1 club for the final two games of the season, plus the subsequent promotion playoffs, and obtaining promotion to Serie B in the end. Confirmed as co-coach of Catania together with Graziani for the successive Serie B campaign, both were fired during the season due to poor results.

He then led Serie C1 club Paternò, failing to save it from relegation. This was followed by more experiences as Serie C1 level with a number of teams (Lanciano, Padova, Martina Franca and Lecco), and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione at Cassino.

He returned to Catania in September 2013 as youth system coordinator, and was then appointed caretaker coach on April 6, 2014, as the Sicilians were last-placed in the Serie A league.[1] Despite a late surge in results, Catania did not ultimately succeed to avoid relegation to Serie B, but this was enough to ensure Pellegrino a new contract as full-time coach for the 2014–15 Serie B season, with the goal to promptly bring the club back into the top flight. He was however removed from his managerial duties on 14 September 2014, after achieving only two losses and a draw in the inaugural three league games.[2]

He was reappointed at the helm of the Sicilian club on 19 December 2014, following the resignation of Giuseppe Sannino as head coach.[3] He was removed once again from his role on 3 January 2015 due to poor results, leaving Catania in nineteenth place in the Serie B league, being also moved back to his previous job as youth system chief for the club.[4]

References
  1. (in Italian) Rolando Maran sollevato dall’incarico. Maurizio Pellegrino è il nuovo allenatore della prima squadra Archived 2014-04-10 at the Wayback Machine ilcalciocatania.it
  2. "Maurizio Pellegrino sollevato dall'incarico, Giuseppe Sannino è il nuovo allenatore del Catania" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  3. "Giuseppe Sannino rassegna le dimissioni, Maurizio Pellegrino alla guida della prima squadra" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. "Dario Marcolin alla guida del Catania, Maurizio Pellegrino torna a dirigere il Settore Giovanile" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
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