Giuseppe 'Beppe' Iachini (; born 7 May 1964) is an Italian professional football manager and former player in the role of midfielder.
Club career
Iachini was born in
Ascoli Piceno. He started his playing career at Ascoli and made his
Serie A and professional debut at the age of 17 during the 1981–82 season. He played for Ascoli until 1987, when he signed for Verona.
In 1989, Iachini left Verona, moved to ACF Fiorentina, and played five seasons with the viola, four in Serie A. From 1994 to 1996, he played for Palermo of Serie B. After a single Serie B season with Ravenna Calcio, in 1997, Iachini transferred to Venezia, where he played for three years, two of them in Serie A. He retired in 2001, after a Serie C1 season with Alessandria.
As a player, he represented the Italy Olympic side at the 1988 Summer Olympics at international level, where they finished in fourth place.
Managerial career
Venezia
Iachini started his coaching career in October 2001, when he was called to coach Venezia of
Serie A, despite not having a coaching license yet. Assisted by "official" head coach
Alfredo Magni, Iachini left his position as assistant coach at
Piacenza Calcio to join Venezia, despite the Italian football regulation laws and was successively disqualified for six months because of that. Ultimately, Venezia were relegated to
Serie B.
Cesena
In the 2002–03 season, Iachini coached Cesena of Serie C1, leading his team to a spot in the promotion playoffs.
Vicenza
In the 2003–04 season, Iachini moved to
Vicenza Calcio, in Serie B, where he managed a team composed mostly of youngsters and led them to a mid-table place.
Piacenza
He coached
Piacenza Calcio, another Serie B club, from 2004–05 to 2006–07 with good results, including a notable fourth place, only behind
Juventus FC, Napoli and Genoa, in his latest season with the
biancorossi.
Chievo Verona: promotion to Serie A
He was announced in June 2007 as the new Chievo Verona boss for their 2007–08 Serie B campaign and successfully led the
Gialloblu to become league champions and promptly mark their return in the top flight.
On 4 November 2008, following an unimpressive start in the 2008–09 Serie A campaign, and two days after a 3–0 loss to Palermo, Iachini was dismissed from his coaching post by the club management.
Brescia: promotion to Serie A
On 4 October 2009, he was appointed new head coach of
Serie B outfit
Brescia Calcio, replacing
Alberto Cavasin.
Under his tenure, Brescia ended the regular season in third place, missing automatic promotion in the final game of the season. The team, however, went back to win the promotion playoffs and claim a place in the 2010–11 Serie A after defeating Torino in the finals.
After a wave of bad results, resulting in the team's dropdown to the relegation zone near the winter, on 6 December 2010, he was sacked;
Sampdoria: promotion to Serie A
On 14 November 2011, Iachini was named as the new head coach of Sampdoria, after a disastrous start to the season in
Serie B, in place of the sacked
Gianluca Atzori.
He charged the team, strongly depressed under the psychological profile and in winter market with radically revised to players motivated and adapted to the category. On 9 June 2012, the team, ranked only 6th in the league with an incredible recovery, was promoted after playoffs to
Serie A, defeating Varese in the finals.
Siena
On 17 December 2012, Iachini was appointed the new coach of Siena in
Serie A in place of the sacked
Serse Cosmi.
He left the club by the end of the season.
Palermo
On 25 September 2013, he was announced as the new head coach of Palermo, a former team of his as a player, signing a two-year contract and taking over from dismissed
Gennaro Gattuso. During his tenure, he succeeded in turning the Sicilians' fortunes, eventually winning his fourth top-flight promotion, guiding Palermo to be crowned Serie B champions on May 3, five matches before the end of the season. He was successively confirmed as Palermo's head coach for the upcoming 2014–15 Serie A season. He was sacked on 10 November 2015.
[ Palermo: Iachini out, Ballardini in]
Following a confusing period where Palermo owner Maurizio Zamparini appointed four different managers in a month after the sacking of Davide Ballardini, Iachini returned as manager of the club on 15 February 2016,[ Palermo bring back Beppe Iachini in seventh managerial change] but was sacked once again on 10 March.
Udinese
He was appointed manager of
Udinese Calcio on 19 May 2016.
He was sacked on 2 October 2016.
Sassuolo
On 27 November 2017, Iachini was named manager of Sassuolo following the sacking of
Christian Bucchi.
He left the club on 5 June 2018 by mutual consent.
Empoli
On 6 November 2018, he was appointed manager of Empoli, replacing Aurelio Andreazzoli, who was sacked the day before.
He was sacked on 13 March 2019.
Fiorentina
On 23 December 2019, Iachini was unveiled as the new manager of Fiorentina, his former club as a player. He succeeded Vincenzo Montella.
On 9 November 2020, Iachini was sacked.
On 24 March 2021, Iachini was rehired as Fiorentina manager after Cesare Prandelli resigned.
Parma
On 23 November 2021, Iachini returned into management as the new head coach of
Serie B club Parma, replacing
Enzo Maresca.
On 17 May 2022, after failing to ensure qualification to the promotion playoffs, despite being touted as title favourites before the start of the season, Parma announced their decision not to continue with Iachini as their manager.
Bari
On 6 February 2024, Iachini was hired by Serie B club
SSC Bari, signing a contract until 30 June 2025.
He was however dismissed only two months later, on 15 April 2024, leaving Bari in the relegation zone.
Managerial statistics
| + Managerial record by team and tenure |
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| Cesena | | 1 July 2002 | 3 June 2003
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| Vicenza Calcio | | 1 July 2003 | 1 July 2004
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| Piacenza Calcio | | 1 July 2004 | 15 June 2007
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| Chievo | | 15 June 2007 | 3 November 2008
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| Brescia Calcio | | 4 October 2009 | 6 December 2010
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| Brescia Calcio | | 30 January 2011 | 29 June 2011
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| Sampdoria | | 14 November 2011 | 2 July 2012
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| Siena | | 17 December 2012 | 14 July 2013
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| Palermo | | 25 September 2013 | 10 November 2015
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| Palermo | | 15 February 2016 | 9 March 2016
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| Udinese Calcio | | 19 May 2016 | 2 October 2016
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| Sassuolo | | 27 November 2017 | 5 June 2018
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| Empoli | | 6 November 2018 | 13 March 2019
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| ACF Fiorentina | | 23 December 2019 | 9 November 2020
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| ACF Fiorentina | | 24 March 2021 | 23 May 2021
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| Parma | | 23 November 2021 | 17 May 2022
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| SSC Bari | | 6 February 2024 | Present
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Honours
Playing
- Ascoli
- Fiorentina
Managerial
- ChievoVerona
- Palermo
- Individual
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Panchina d'Argento: 2007–08
