Ciro Ginestra

Ciro Ginestra (born 3 August 1978) is an Italian football manager and a former player.

Ciro Ginestra
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-08-03) 3 August 1978
Place of birth Pozzuoli, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1995–1996 Puteolana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Venezia 7 (1)
1998–1999 SPAL 33 (10)
1999–2000 Ternana 15 (1)
2000 Venezia 6 (0)
2000–2001 Siena 7 (0)
2001 Modena 10 (2)
2001–2002 Pistoiese 14 (0)
2002–2003 Padova 45 (28)
2003–2005 Venezia 14 (0)
2005 Padova 16 (6)
2005–2006 Frosinone 34 (11)
2006–2007 Perugia 29 (5)
2007–2010 Gallipoli 50 (22)
2010–2011 Crotone 47 (13)
2011–2012 Sorrento 32 (21)
2012–2015 Salernitana 27 (17)
International career
1998–2000 Italy U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Salernitana U17
2016 Sangiovannese
2017–2018 Altamura
2018 Fidelis Andria
2018 Bisceglie
2018 Bisceglie
2019–2020 Casertana
2020–2021 Picerno
2021–2022 Fidelis Andria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

A journeyman striker whos career has included represeting over 13 clubs with much of his success in the third tier of Italian football. He is known for his prowess in the pitch and has regularly scored goals in the lower levels of Italian football. Earlier in his career he represented the Italy national U21 team.

Career

Ginestra started his career at Serie D club Puteolana. In the summer of 1996, he was signed by Venezia, where he won promotion to Serie A 1998 as the runners up of Serie B. He did not feature often in Venezia's Serie A campaign and instead spent the next two seasons out on loan, first at SPAL and then at Ternana. While at SPAL he had a relatively successful campaign in the 1998–1999 season when he scored 10 goals in 33 league appearances. He returned to Veneziafrom his loan periods in January 2000, and played his first match in Serie A on 26 March 2000. At the end of the season, Venezia failed to maintain her Serie A status, and consequently Ginestra left the club to join Siena who were then in Serie B. In the middle of that season, after failing to maintain his place in the side, he joined Modena of Serie C1. The following season, he signed for Pistoiese of Serie B, but he again left mid-season for another third division club, this timePadova. After helping Padova reach the playoff semi-final in 2003, and narrowly missing out on promotion, he was re-signed by his old club Venezia, who were now back in Serie B. In January 2005, 6 months before Venezia went bankrupt, Ginestra re-signed for another of his old clubs Padova of the Serie C1.

This was only a short spell back at Padova as in the summer of 2005, Ginestra was signed by Frosinone and won Promotion from Serie C1 to Serie B via the playoffs. As he was not in the managers plans for Frosinone's Serie B campaign, he was allowed to join Perugia and so returned to Serie C1. After he scored 2 in the opening match of the Serie C1 2007–08 season, he was signed by Gallipoli who were also in the same division. In January 2010, he signed a 3-year contract with Crotone.[1] This three-year contract was interrupted when in July 2011 he signed a 2-year contract with Sorrento.[2] As of 15 December 2011 he has been an immediate success with the Rossoneri and has scored 13 goals in 22 games.[3] This high scoring rate has seen Sorrento placed in the top half of the table for a second consecutive season where they are again pushing for Promotion to Serie B. On 3 August 2012 he moved on a free transfer to the Seconda Divisione club Salernitana.[4]

Coaching career

He resigned as coach of the Serie C side Bisceglie on 7 December 2018.[5]

On 6 June 2019 he was hired by Serie C club Casertana, signing a 2-year contract with the club holding an option to extend it for the third year.[6] On 24 June 2020 his contract with Casertana was terminated.[7]

On 16 September 2020 he joined Serie D club Picerno.[8] He was sacked on 26 February 2021 due to poor results.[9]

On 12 October 2021, Ginestra was appointed new head coach of Serie C club Fidelis Andria until the end of the season.[10] He was relieved from his job on 1 February 2022 due to negative results.[11]

Career statistics
Club Season League Italian Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Puteolana 1995–1996 00000000
Total 00000000
Venezia 1996–1997 21000021
1997–1998 50000050
Total 71000071
SPAL 1998–1999 331000003310
Total 331000003310
Ternana 1999–2000 1510000151
Total 1510000151
Venezia 1999–2000 60000060
Total 60000060
Siena 2000–2001 70000070
Total 70000070
Modena 2000–2001 1020000102
Total 1020000102
Pistoiese 2001–2002 1400000140
Total 1400000140
Padova 2001–2002 1170000117
2002–2003 342100003421
Total 452800004528
Venezia 2003–2004 70000070
2004–2005 70000070
Total 1400000140
Padova 2004–2005 1660000166
Frosinone 2005–2006 341100003411
Total 341100003411
Perugia 2006–2007 2830000283
2007–2008 12000012
Total 2950000295
Gallipoli 2007–2008 1860000186
2008–2009 311600003116
2009–2010 2150000215
Total 702700007027
Crotone 2009–2010 1970000197
2010–2011 2862000306
Total 471300004913
Sorrento 2011–2012 322122003423
Salernitana 2012–2013 00100000

Honours

References
  2. "Sorrento, Colpo Ginestra". Sorrentocalcio.net. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  3. "Ciro Ginestra". Sorrentocalcio.net. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  4. "UFFICIALE: Salernitana, ecco Ginestra" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  5. "Mister CIRO GINESTRA, rassegna le proprie dimissioni" [Mr. CIRO GINESTRA submits his resignation.] (in Italian). Bisceglie. 7 December 2018.
  6. "Ciro Ginestra nuovo allenatore della Casertana FC: "Una grande opportunità per la mia carriera"" (Press release) (in Italian). Casertana. 6 June 2019.
  7. "RISOLTO IL CONTRATTO CON IL TECNICO CIRO GINESTRA" (in Italian). Casertana. 24 June 2020.
  8. "Ciro Ginestra è il nuovo allenatore dell'AZ Picerno" (in Italian). Picerno. 16 September 2020.
  9. "Il Picerno esonera l'allenatore Ciro Ginestra" (in Italian). TuttoPotenza.com. 26 February 2021.
  10. "Fidelis Andria, il nuovo tecnico è Ciro Ginestra. Contratto annuale per il cobra" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  11. "Fidelis, altra svolta in panchina: via Ginestra, squadra affidata a Di Leo e Di Bari" (in Italian). AndriaViva. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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