Alessandro Grandoni

Alessandro Grandoni (born 27 July 1977) is an Italian football coach and a former defender. He is the head coach of Serie D club Chieti.

Alessandro Grandoni
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-07-27) 27 July 1977
Place of birth Terni, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Chieti (head coach)
Youth career
Ternana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Ternana 22 (1)
1995–1998 Lazio 33 (1)
1995–1996 → Ternana (loan) 30 (0)
1998–2000 Sampdoria 32 (0)
2000 → Torino (loan) 17 (1)
2000–2004 Sampdoria 106 (0)
2003–2004 Modena 16 (0)
2004–2010 Livorno 145 (2)
2009–2010 → Gallipoli (loan) 30 (0)
2010 Olympiakos Volos 0 (0)
Total 431 (5)
International career
1997–2000 Italy U-21 19 (0)
1997–2000 Italy U-23 7 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Scandicci
2018–2019 Savona
2019– Chieti
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Terni, Italy, Grandoni started his career with hometown club Ternana, then joining Lazio in 1995, and making his Serie A debut one year later. Since then he played at Serie A and Serie B level with a number of teams, including Sampdoria, Torino, Modena, Livorno and Gallipoli. In 2010, he agreed to join Greek Superleague club Olympiakos Volos, but he successively left the club a few days later by mutual consent.[1]

International career

Grandoni was also part of the Italy Olympic team that won the gold medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games football tournament; he also took part at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Grandoni started a career as a coach. He served as youth coach of ACF Fiorentina (Giovanissimi Nazionali) between 2014 and 2016, and successively as youth coach of the Primavera team of Pisa.

In November 2017 he accepted an offer as head coach of Tuscan Serie D club Scandicci,[2] which he led to avoid relegation by the end of the season.[3] He subsequently joined another Serie D club, Savona, in June 2018.[4] He left Savona at the end of the 2018–19 season.

On 17 July 2019, he joined Serie D club Chieti.[5]

References
  1. "ESCLUSIVA TMW - Olympiakos Volos, finalmente si libera Grandoni" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  2. "SERIE D, lo SCANDICCI cambia ancora: salta CIOFFI, arriva GRANDONI" (in Italian). ToscanaGol. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  3. "Serie D girone E, play out: lo Scandicci ce la fa. Giù la Rignanese" (in Italian). rsvn.it. 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  4. "Il Savona ha ufficializzato il nuovo mister: è Alessandro Grandoni" (in Italian). La Stampa. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  5. "ALESSANDRO GRANDONI" (Press release) (in Italian). Chieti. 17 July 2019.
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