Giovanni Lopez (born 23 May 1967) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player, who played as a defender, currently in charge as head coach of Serie C Group A club AlbinoLeffe.
Playing career
Whilst at Vicenza, Lopez won the 1996–97 Coppa Italia.[1] He then played for Lazio, Napoli and Torino before retiring after a single season at Rome-based club Lodigiani.
Coaching career
Lopez returned into Cisco Roma, a successor of Lodigiani, in 2006, this time as a head coach, and once again in 2008. On 15 July 2013, he was appointed as the head coach of Vicenza Calcio first team.[2]
Lopez was appointed as the assistant manager of Lazio in 2010 which he worked at until 2012.[3] He led Vicenza to promotion playoffs in Lega Pro Prima Divisione in his first season in charge, and was confirmed after the club was picked to fill a vacancy in the Serie B league. He was successively sacked on 29 October 2014 due to poor results.[4]
On 28 October 2015, Lucchese appointed, that they had appointed Lopez as their new manager.[5] He got fired on 22 February 2016.[6] He was resigned on 28 March 2017.[7]
He was fired by Serie C club Viterbese on 7 November 2018, with the club in 10th place in the table.[8] On 20 August 2019, he was reappointed at the helm of Viterbese.[9] He was fired again on 11 November 2019, following Coppa Italia elimination and a consequent league loss, despite the club being in 6th place in the table.[10]
On 26 October 2020 he was hired once again by Lucchese.[11] He was sacked on 13 April 2021, leaving Lucchese deep in relegation zone by the final part of the season.[12]
On 14 December 2021, he was hired by Pistoiese in Serie C.[13] He was dismissed only a month later, on 25 January 2022, following a club takeover.[14]
On 18 January 2023, Lopez agreed to return to Viterbese for a personal third stint at the club.[15]
After failing to save Viterbese from relegation, on 1 July 2023 Lopez was unveiled as the new head coach of fellow Serie C club AlbinoLeffe.[16]
Honours
Player
Vicenza
Lazio
References
- ^ "1996/97 Coppa Italia". gazzetta.it. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ Manduzio, Massimo. "In panchina "il" capitano Lopez". il giornale di Vicenza. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ Reja, lo staff si arricchisce: arriva anche Giovanni Lopez, ex difensore della Lazio‚ lalaziosiamonoi.it, 13 February 2010
- ^ "DISPOSTO L'ESONERO DEL TECNICO GIOVANNI LOPEZ" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Giovanni Lopez è il nuovo allenatore della Lucchese Archived 4 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine‚ asluccheselibertas.com, 28 October 2015
- ^ Lega Pro Lucchese ritorna Baldini dopo l'esonero di Lopez‚ tuttosport.com, 23 February 2016
- ^ LEGA PRO Lega Pro Lucchese, è ufficiale: torna Giovanni Lopez‚ corrieredellosport.it, 28 March 2017
- ^ "COMUNICATO STAMPA: ESONERO MISTER GIOVANNI LOPEZ; STEFANO SOTTILI ALLA GUIDA TECNICA DELLA SQUADRA" [PRESS RELEASE: MISTER GIOVANNI LOPEZ DISMISSED; STEFANO SOTTILI AT THE TECHNICAL GUIDE OF THE TEAM] (in Italian). Viterbese. 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Viterbese: Lopez torna in panchina" [Viterbese: Lopez back in charge] (in Italian). ViterboNews24. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "NEWS SERIE C: LA VITERBESE CALCIO ESONERA MISTER LOPEZ" (in Italian). Tutto Mercato 24. 11 November 2019.
- ^ "Giovanni Lopez alla guida dei rossoneri" (in Italian). Lucchese. 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Lucchese, esonerato Giovanni Lopez. Squadra affidata a Oliviero Di Stefano" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Giovanni Lopez è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). Pistoiese. 14 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Pistoiese, esonerato il tecnico Giovanni Lopez" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Bentornato a mister Giovanni Lopez" (in Italian). U.S. Viterbese 1908. 18 January 2023.
- ^ "AlbinoLeffe, scelto Lopez per la panchina. Obbedio è il nuovo ds del club" (in Italian). La Casa di C. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
