Roberto Boscaglia

Rocco "Roberto" Boscaglia (born 24 May 1968 in Gela[3]) is an Italian football coach and former midfielder. He is the head coach of Palermo.

Roberto Boscaglia
Personal information
Full name Rocco Boscaglia[1]
Date of birth (1968-05-24) 24 May 1968[2]
Place of birth Gela, Italy
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Palermo (manager)
Teams managed
Years Team
2004–2006 Akragas
2006–2007 Alcamo
2007–2009 Nissa
2009–2015 Trapani
2015–2016 Brescia
2016–2017 Novara
2017 Brescia
2018 Brescia
2018–2020 Virtus Entella
2020– Palermo

Career

A former amateur midfielder,[4] Boscaglia took his first head coaching role in 2004 at the helm of Eccellenza club Akragas, obtaining a seventh and a second place in two seasons in charge. In 2006, he then took over from another Sicilian Eccellenza club, Alcamo, leading them to promotion to Serie D. This was then followed by two seasons at Nissa, which he led to Serie D promotion as well (in a personal second consecutive Eccellenza title) followed by a surprising third place in the top amateur flight.

Boscaglia's impressive results at Nissa led to interests from ambitious Serie D club Trapani, owned by navigation entrepreneur Vittorio Morace who offered him the vacant coaching role at his club with the goal to bring the Granata back into professionalism. In his first season in charge, Boscaglia guided Trapani into second place behind Milazzo; however the club was successively admitted into Lega Pro Seconda Divisione later that season to fill a vacancy in the league.

In his first taste of professional football, Boscaglia led Trapani to another second place, then defeating Avellino in the promotion play-off final to ensure his club a second consecutive promotion.

In the 2011–12 season, Trapani - now in the Italian third tier, Lega Pro Prima Divisione - surprisingly emerged as contenders for a third consecutive promotion, missing out at the last weekday to Spezia Calcio and then losing to Virtus Lanciano in the playoff finals. However, promotion was only delayed by one season as Boscaglia surprisingly led Trapani to a championship title the following year against the likes of Lecce, who were unanimously tipped as title favourites, and ensured a historical first Serie B campaign ever to the Sicilian minnows. As head coach of a newly promoted Serie B club, he was therefore successfully admitted to the yearly UEFA Pro Licence course to be held in Coverciano.[1]

Boscaglia was dismissed as head coach of Trapani on 10 March 2015, after six years in charge, due to poor results; his role was taken over by Serse Cosmi.

For the 2015–16 season, Boscaglia was named head coach of Brescia. He left Brescia on June 2016 to accept an offer from another Serie B club, Novara.

On 3 June 2017, after completing a full season in charge of Novara, he agreed upon returning to Brescia as their head coach for the 2017–18 Serie B season.[5] He was replaced by Pasquale Marino on 12 October 2017, only a few weeks after the club's takeover by Massimo Cellino.[6] On 16 January 2018, he returned to Brescia following Marino's firing.[7] He was however sacked once again on 29 April, leaving Brescia in thirteenth place in the Serie B table.[8]

On 10 July 2018, he was appointed manager of Virtus Entella.[9] On his first season in charge, he guided Virtus Entella to immediate promotion to Serie B as Serie C/A champions.

On 18 August 2020, Boscaglia was appointed manager of Palermo.[10]

Managerial statistics
As of 30 January 2021[11]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Akragas 12 June 2004 16 May 2006 77 43 13 21 055.84
Alcamo 16 May 2006 30 June 2007 39 24 11 4 061.54
Nissa 30 June 2007 13 July 2009 81 47 16 18 058.02
Trapani 13 July 2009 10 March 2015 235 108 63 64 045.96
Brescia 24 June 2015 18 June 2016 44 14 13 17 031.82
Novara 18 June 2016 3 June 2017 45 17 11 17 037.78
Brescia 3 June 2017 11 October 2017 10 3 4 3 030.00
Brescia 16 January 2018 29 April 2018 17 6 5 6 035.29
Virtus Entella 10 July 2018 14 August 2020 83 36 24 23 043.37
Palermo 18 August 2020 Present 20 6 8 6 030.00
Total 651 304 168 179 046.70

References
  1. "Ammessi Corso Prima Categoria - Uefa Pro (2013/2014)" [Admitted to First Grade Course - UEFA Pro (2013/2014)] (PDF). Settore Tecnico FIGC. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. "Boscaglia Roberto" (in Italian). Tutto Calciatori. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  3. http://www.bresciacalcio.it/stagione/news/3952-roberto-boscaglia-nuovo-allenatore-del-brescia-calcio.html
  4. "Roberto Boscaglia, il mister dei miracoli" [Roberto Boscaglia, coach of miracles] (in Italian). LiveSicilia. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  5. "Bentornato Mister!" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. "Pasquale Marino è il nuovo allenatore delle rondinelle" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  7. "Roberto Boscaglia nuovo allenatore del Brescia" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 16 January 2018.
  8. "Brescia, esonerato Boscaglia: Pulga nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). SKY Sport Italia. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  9. http://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/calcio-mercato/2018/07/10-45214797/calciomercato_entella_ufficiale_boscaglia_e_il_nuovo_allenatore
  10. "DOMANI LA PRESENTAZIONE DI ROBERTO BOSCAGLIA" (in Italian). palermofc.com. 18 August 2020.
  11. Roberto Boscaglia coach profile at Soccerway
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