Francesco Farioli (born 10 April 1989) is an Italian former footballer and professional football coach who is the head coach of Eredivisie club Ajax.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 April 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Barga, Italy | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ajax (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007-2008 | Margine Coperta | ||
Managerial career | |||
2021 | Fatih Karagümrük | ||
2021–2023 | Alanyaspor | ||
2023–2024 | Nice | ||
2024– | Ajax | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Farioli started his coaching career in Turkey with spells at Fatih Karagümrük and Alanyaspor. He then had one season in charge of French club Nice in Ligue 1 before being appointed by Ajax in May 2024.
Career
editFarioli studied philosophy and later sports science at the University of Florence.[1] He began his career in football as a goalkeeping coach with Margine Coperta from 2009 to 2011. He thereafter was the goalkeeping coach at Fortis Juventus, and Lucchese, before moving to Qatar with the Aspire Academy, the Qatar U16s. He was approached by Roberto De Zerbi to return to Italy, and he was the goalkeeping coach with Benevento in the 2017–18 season. He followed De Zerbi to Sassuolo from 2018 to 2020.[2]
Farioli had his first stint as an assistant manager with the Turkish Super League club Alanyaspor for the 2020–21 season, where the team had an impressive start that saw them close to the top of the league.[3] On 21 March 2021, he was appointed the head coach of Fatih Karagümrük, another Turkish Super League club.[4] At 31, he was the youngest football manager in a pro league in Europe at the time of his contract signing.[5] He left Fatih Karagümrük on 12 December 2021.[6]
On 31 December 2021, he joined his former club Alanyaspor once again, but this time as a manager.[7]
On 30 June 2023, he joined French side Nice as manager, signing a two-year contract.[8] In September of that year, he obtained his UEFA Pro license.[9]
On 23 May 2024, he signed a three-year contract with Dutch club Ajax to become their new head coach, making him the first ever Italian in their managerial history.[10]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 18 September 2024
Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Fatih Karagümrük | 22 March 2021 | 16 December 2021 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 40.74 | |
Alanyaspor | 31 December 2021 | 27 February 2023 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 82 | 76 | +6 | 41.67 | |
Nice | 30 June 2023 | 23 May 2024 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 44.74 | |
Ajax | 23 May 2024 | Present | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 77.78 | |
Total | 122 | 55 | 31 | 36 | 193 | 155 | +38 | 45.08 |
References
edit- ^ "Curriculum Vitae di Francesco Farioli". Francesco Farioli. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Il Barcellona a lezione da Francesco Farioli, ex assistente di De Zerbi al Sassuolo". Canale Sassuolo (in Italian). 25 February 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Alanyaspor'un antrenörü sosyal medyadan duyurdu". Alanya Postası (in Turkish). 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Fatih Karagümrük'te Francesco Farioli dönemi". www.hurriyet.com.tr.
- ^ Rossi, Stefano (4 August 2021). "Da qui a Istanbul, i treni presi in corsa da mister Farioli: è toscano il più giovane allenatore d'Europa". Corriere Fiorentino.
- ^ "Son dakika: Fatih Karagümrük'te Francesco Farioli ile yollar ayrıldı".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Francesco Farioli nouvel entraîneur de l'OGC Nice" (in French). OGC Nice. 30 June 2023.
- ^ "Francesco Farioli (entraîneur de Nice) obtient sa licence UEFA Pro" (in French). L'Équipe. 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Francesco Farioli new Ajax head coach". english.ajax.nl. Retrieved 23 May 2024.