Antonio Filippini (born 3 July 1973) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played mainly as a defensive midfielder, currently in charge as head coach of Genoa Women of Serie B.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Filippini | ||
| Date of birth | 3 July 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Brescia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Genoa Women (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Brescia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–2003 | Brescia | 265 | (15) |
| 1992–1995 | → Ospitaletto (loan) | 93 | (8) |
| 2004–2005 | Palermo | 21 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | → Lazio (loan) | 36 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | Treviso | 32 | (0) |
| 2006–2010 | Livorno | 110 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | Brescia | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 572 | (31) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Brescia B | ||
| 2012–2014 | FeralpiSalò (youth) | ||
| 2016 | Lumezzane | ||
| 2017–2018 | Trento | ||
| 2020 | Livorno | ||
| 2021 | Pro Sesto | ||
| 2023– | Genoa Women | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played in several teams with his twin brother, Emanuele, and spent most of his extensive career with Brescia, amassing Serie A totals of 303 games and 12 goals over the course of 11 seasons.[1][2]
Football career
editFilippini was born in Brescia. Having emerged through hometown Brescia Calcio's youth system he stayed there for eight professional seasons, after having started – on loan – with amateurs Ospitaletto, the first of many teams he shared with his sibling Emanuele. The pair made their Serie A debut on 31 August 1997, in a 1–2 away loss against Inter Milan.[3]
In January 2004, Filippini moved to the Serie B with U.S. Città di Palermo.[4] He was crucial to the Sicilians' promotion, with 21 matches in only five months.
After a solid campaign with S.S. Lazio and a year with lowly Treviso F.B.C. 1993,[5] Filippini signed with A.S. Livorno Calcio on a free transfer in 2006, being rejoined by Emanuele (also his teammate at Lazio and Treviso) the following year and helping the side return to the top flight in his third season, with 24 matches and one goal.
Filippini rejoined Brescia's for 2010–11, after 18 years.[6] Following the team's top level relegation, he retired in June 2011 at the age of 38.
Coaching career
editOn 25 June 2012, it was announced that both brothers would join lower league club FeralpiSalò as youth system coordinators.[7]
He successively served as the head coach of Lumezzane in 2016, then managing Serie D club Trento from November 2017 to March 2018.
In November 2019, he was appointed assistant coach at Livorno. On 8 March 2020, with the club at the bottom of the Serie B league table, he was promoted to head coach, replacing Roberto Breda.[8] He was dismissed following Livorno's relegation to Serie C at the end of the 2019–20 season.
On 29 March 2021, he was hired by Serie C club Pro Sesto.[9] He was sacked on 19 September 2021 following a negative start in the 2021–22 Serie C campaign.[10]
On 3 January 2023, Filippini was announced as the new head coach of Genoa Women of the Italian women's football Serie B league.[11]
References
edit- ^ "The game's terrible twins". FIFA. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "Antonio Filippini stretto tra due amori" [Antonio Filippini caught between two loves]. Brescia Oggi (in Italian). 30 September 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "Eroi di Provincia: I gemelli Filippini" [Small country heroes: The Filippini twins] (in Italian). Dale Pepe. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Quadriennale per Adriano, Ceduti i Filippini e Vannucchi, riscattato Pepe" [Four years for Adriano, Filippinis and Vannucchi loaned, Pepe purchased] (in Italian). U.S. Palermo. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Livorno to bank on Bakayoko". UEFA. 18 August 2005. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "Antonio Filippini: "Con il Brescia a 1800 euro"" [Antonio Filippini: "With Brescia for 1800 euros"] (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "FeralpiSalò: ecco i gemelli Filippini. Esperienza e qualità per i verdeblù" [FeralpiSalò: here are the Filippini twins. Experience and quality for the green-and-blue]. Brescia Today (in Italian). 25 June 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "Livorno, esonerato Breda. Filippini è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "ANTONIO FILIPPINI NUOVO TECNICO DELLA PRO SESTO" (in Italian). Pro Sesto. 29 March 2021. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: ANTONIO FILIPPINI ESONERATO" (in Italian). Pro Sesto. 19 September 2021. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Genoa Women, Filippini è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). Il Secolo XIX. 3 January 2023.
External links
edit- Antonio Filippini at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Gazzetta dello Sport profile (in Italian) [dead link]
- Football.it profile (in Italian) [dead link]
- Antonio Filippini at Soccerway