Antonio Di Gennaro

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Antonio Di Gennaro
Personnel
birthday 5th October 1958
place of birth Florence ,  Italy
size 177 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
AC Florence
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1976-1980 AC Florence 44 0(5)
1980-1981 AC Perugia 24 0(3)
1981-1988 Hellas Verona 182 (18)
1988-1991 AS Bari 64 0(4)
1991-1992 SS Barletta Calcio 28 0(3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1984-1986 Italy 15 0(4)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2001 AC Milan (assistant coach)
1 Only league games are given.

Antonio Di Gennaro (born October 5, 1958 in Florence ) is a former Italian football player and coach .

During his active career he mostly played as a playmaker in midfield .

Career

In the club

Antonio Di Gennaro began his career at Fiorentina , for whom he made his Serie A debut in 1976/77 at the age of 18 . Although the Fiorentina was more than well occupied in the playmaker position with Giancarlo Antognoni , Di Gennaro was regularly used in the following seasons. Nevertheless, he moved to the 1980/81 season for AC Perugia , but with the coming to the Serie B relegation.

For the 1981/82 season Antonio Di Gennaro went to Hellas Verona , who also played in Serie B. Osvaldo Bagnoli , who had taken over as coach of the Veronese in the summer of 1981, led the team straight away to promotion to Serie A. Under him, Di Gennaro was a regular and developed into one of the pillars of the team. After ranks four in 1982/83 and six in 1983/84 , Hellas Verona surprisingly won the Italian championship in the 1984/85 season . Along with Giuseppe Galderisi , Roberto Tricella , Preben Elkjær Larsen and Hans-Peter Briegel , Di Gennaro was one of the key figures in Bagoli's team.

In 1988 Hellas Verona got into financial difficulties and was forced to give up some important players. Antonio Di Gennaro then moved to AS Bari , for which he played until 1991, in Serie B. In 1988/89 he rose to Serie A with the club from Apulia . In the following two seasons you could stay there. In 1991 Di Gennaro moved to SS Barletta Calcio in the C1 series , where he ended his active career in 1992.

In the national team

In 1979 Antonio Di Gennaro was appointed to the squad of the Italian U-21 team. For this, as well as for the Olympic selection, for which he was also nominated, he was not used.

The midfielder made his debut in the Italian senior team on November 3, 1984 under Enzo Bearzot in a 1-1 draw against Switzerland . As a result, he was a regular at the Azzurri and was also appointed to the squad for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico . At the tournament, Di Gennaro played all four games and lost with his team in the round of 16 against France 2-0 .

After the World Cup he was never called up to the Squadra Azzurra again . In total, Di Gennaro played 15 international matches for Italy, in which he scored four goals.

After the active career

After the end of his playing career, Antonio Di Gennaro worked in the management of Fiorentina. After the sporting crisis that led to the dismissal of the then coach Fatih Terim , he left the club in 2001 for AC Milan , where he briefly worked as a coach under Terim.

After that, Di Gennaro became a TV commentator.

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personal data
SURNAME Di Gennaro, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th October 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence , Italy