Vincenzo Vivarini Explained

Vincenzo Vivarini
Birth Date:2 January 1966
Birth Place:Ari, Italy
Currentclub:Frosinone (head coach)
Manageryears1:2007–2008
Manageryears2:2008–2009
Manageryears3:2009–2011
Manageryears4:2011–2013
Manageryears5:2013–2016
Manageryears6:2016–2017
Manageryears7:2017
Manageryears8:2018–2019
Manageryears9:2019–2020
Manageryears10:2020–2021
Manageryears11:2021–2024
Manageryears12:2024–
Managerclubs1:Luco Canistro
Managerclubs2:Renato Curi Angolana
Managerclubs3:Chieti
Managerclubs6:Latina
Managerclubs8:Ascoli
Managerclubs9:Bari
Managerclubs10:Virtus Entella
Managerclubs11:Catanzaro
Managerclubs12:Frosinone

Vincenzo Vivarini (born 2 January 1966) is an Italian professional football coach, currently in charge of club Frosinone.

Coaching career

Vivarini started his coaching career working as an assistant with Giulianova and Pescara. He took his first head coaching role in 2007 with amateurs Luco Canistro. In 2008, he took over at Serie D club Renato Curi Angolana, ending the season in seventh place.

He successively guided Chieti, leading them to win the Serie D title in his first season and then guiding them to sixth place in the Serie C2. This was followed by a two-year stint at another Serie C2 club, Aprilia, also winning a promotion playoff qualification during his stay.

In 2013, he became the new head coach of Serie C1 club Teramo, guiding them to a historical first promotion to Serie B in 2015; this was however revoked by the Italian football federation after Teramo was found guilty of match-fixing, with the club relegated back to Lega Pro as a consequence. Despite that, he was awarded the Panchina d'Oro for best Lega Pro coach for the 2014–15 season.[1]

Vivarini stayed in charge of Teramo until June 2016, when he left the club to accept an offer from Serie B club Latina.[2] He failed to avoid relegation with Latina, also due to the club being in financial struggles that successively led to its exclusion from professionalism later in July 2017.

He was successively named new head coach of promotion candidates Empoli for the 2017–18 Serie B campaign, but was dismissed later in December due to poor results and replaced by Aurelio Andreazzoli.[3]

On 12 July 2018 he signed a two-year contract as the new coach of Ascoli in Serie B.[4] He was dismissed by Ascoli on 5 June 2019.[5]

On 24 September 2019 he signed a two-year contract with Serie C club Bari.[6] After failing to lead the club to promotion following defeat to Reggiana in the playoff final, he left Bari by mutual consent at the end of the season.

On 25 November 2020 he was appointed at the helm of Serie B club Virtus Entella.[7] He was sacked on 12 April 2021, leaving Virtus Entella in last place, ten points below the relegation playoff zone, with only five games left.[8]

On 30 November 2021 he was hired by Serie C club Catanzaro.[9] After concluding the 2021–22 Serie C season in second place behind league winners Bari, Vivarini guided Catanzaro to promotion to Serie B in the following campaign, with a very offensive team that achieved 96 points and scored over 100 goals throughout the regular season. He was successfully confirmed in charge of Catanzaro for the club's 2023–24 Serie B campaign, the first one in the Italian second division for the Giallorossi since 2006. After leading Catanzaro to fifth place in the 2023–24 Serie B and then losing to Cremonese in the promotion playoffs, Vivarini mutually rescinded his contract with the Calabrian club on 28 June 2024.[10]

On 1 July 2024, Vivarini signed a two-year contract as the new head coach of Serie B club Frosinone.[11]

Managerial statistics

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Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
Renato Curi Angolana1 August 200829 May 2009
Chieti29 May 200920 June 2011
5 July 201118 February 2013
26 June 201313 May 2016
Latina13 June 20166 June 2017
Empoli19 June 201717 December 2017
Ascoli12 July 20185 June 2019
Bari24 September 201924 August 2020
Virtus Entella25 November 202012 April 2021
Catanzaro30 November 202128 June 2024
Total

Notes and References

  1. News: Panchina d'oro, a Vivarini lo scettro di miglior tecnico della Lega Pro . Il Centro . 23 January 2017 . 7 March 2016 .
  2. News: Latina: Vivarini nuovo allenatore . Corriere dello Sport - Stadio . 23 January 2017 . 13 June 2016 .
  3. Web site: Calcio, Empoli: esonerato l’allenatore Vivarini, lo sostituisce Andreazzoli. www.firenzepost.it. it-IT. 2018-03-16.
  4. Web site: Ascoli. Mister Vivarini nuovo allenatore dell’Ascoli: firmato un biennale.. 12 July 2018.
  5. Web site: Ascoli. Comunicato: Mister Vivarini sollevato dall’incarico.. 5 June 2019. it.
  6. Bari. Welcome Vincenzo Vivarini!. 24 September 2019. it.
  7. News: Ufficiale, Vincenzo Vivarini è il nuovo allenatore dell’Entella . 25 November 2020 . 25 November 2020 . Virtus Entella . it.
  8. Web site: Ufficiale, Vincenzo Vivarini sollevato dall’incarico. Prima squadra affidata a Gennaro Volpe . Virtus Entella . Italian . 12 April 2021 . 12 April 2021 .
  9. Web site: Catanzaro. VINCENZO VIVARINI È IL NUOVO TECNICO DEL CATANZARO. 30 November 2021. 1 December 2021. it.
  10. Web site: US Catanzaro 1929 . it . 2024-06-28 . 2024-06-28 . RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE CON IL TECNICO VIVARINI E IL SUO STAFF.
  11. Web site: Frosinone Calcio . it . 2024-07-01 . 2024-07-03 . VIVARINI È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL FROSINONE.
  12. Web site: Vincenzo Vivarini career sheet. footballdatabase . footballdatabase . 12 January 2021.