Francesco Statuto Explained

Francesco Statuto
Birth Date:13 July 1971
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Height:1.74 m
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1989–1990
Years2:1990–1992
Years3:1992–1993
Years4:1993–1994
Years5:1994–1997
Years6:1997–1998
Years7:1998
Years8:1999–2002
Years9:2002–2003
Years10:2003–2004
Clubs5:Roma
Clubs6:Udinese
Clubs7:Roma
Clubs10:Padova
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Caps2:38
Goals2:0
Caps3:29
Goals3:2
Caps4:31
Goals4:1
Caps5:74
Goals5:3
Caps6:19
Goals6:1
Caps7:0
Goals7:0
Caps8:73
Goals8:3
Caps9:0
Goals9:0
Caps10:1
Goals10:0
Nationalyears1:1995
Nationalteam1:Italy
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:2012
Managerclubs1:Grosseto
Manageryears2:2022–2023
Managerclubs2:Roma City

Francesco Statuto (pronounced as /it/; born 13 July 1971) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player, being among the top midfielders for Roma during the 1990s.

Club career

Statuto played with Roma over three periods, beginning from the 1989-90 season, in which he did not play a single match for the giallorossi. He then went on to join lower-division club Casertana before moving on to Cosenza in 1992 and Serie A hopefuls Udinese in 1993. With Udinese relegated in the summer of 1994, Francesco joined Roma for the new season. The club ended in a good fifth place, thus qualifying for next year's UEFA Cup. After another fifth-place finish, the club disappointingly finished 12th in the 1996–97 season, and heads started to roll. Spending another half year in Rome, Statuto moved back to former club Udinese for the remainder of the 1997–98 season - finishing third with the Friuli-outfit - one spot ahead of Roma.

For the 1998–99 season, Statuto, who had played extraordinarily well for Udinese, was back with the giallorossi, leading the club to another fifth-place finish in the Serie A, playing alongside a young Francesco Totti. A memorable season for Statuto, including a short loan spell at Piacenza, the club he eventually joined fully in the summer of 1999.

He played three seasons for Piacenza, which saw out his career. The three years offered a relegation to the Serie B and a promotion back to the Serie A with the red and white outfit.

International career

Statuto earned three caps for the Italy national team in 1995.

Coaching career

In 2012 Statuto served briefly as the caretaker of Grosseto in Serie B for the two last games of the team.[1]

In July 2022, Statuto returned to management as the new head coach of newly established Serie D club Roma City.[2] He departed by the end of the season as he failed to save the team from relegation.

Notes and References

  1. News: Calcio: Grosseto, nuovo allenatore e' Francesco Statuto Dopo l'esonero di Guido Ugolotti. Italian . Ansa. 15 May 2012 . 14 May 2012 .
  2. Web site: Roma City, la prima ufficialità è per il tecnico Francesco Statuto. La Gazzetta Regionale . it . 25 July 2022 .