Carlo Cornacchia

Carlo Cornacchia

Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-05-04) 4 May 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Altamura, Italy
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Torino
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1986	Puteolana	18	(2)
1986–1987	Prato	29	(1)
1987–1989	Reggiana	62	(4)
1989–1991	Cagliari	52	(6)
1991–1992	Atalanta	21	(3)
1992–1994	Napoli	3	(0)
1994–1996	Ancona	39	(1)
1996–1997	Rimini	7	(1)
Managerial career
	Colorado Rush (youth)
2017–2018	Nantes (technical coach)
2018–2019	Fulham (technical coach)
2019	Roma (technical coach)
2019–2021	Sampdoria (technical coach)
2021–2022	Watford (technical coach)
2022–2023	SPAL (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlo Cornacchia (born 4 May 1965) is an Italian football manager.

Career

Playing career

In 1985, Cornacchia signed for Italian third division side Puteolana, where he made 18 league appearances and scored 2 goals.[1] In 1989, he signed for Cagliari in the Italian second division, helping them earn promotion to the Italian Serie A.[1]

In 1991, Cornacchia signed for Italian Serie A club Atalanta. On 12 April 1992, he scored a 14-minute hat-trick during a 4-4 draw with Foggia, the fastest hat-trick in history for a defender.[2] In 1994, he signed for Ancona in the Italian second division.[1] In 1996, Cornacchia signed for Italian third division team Rimini.[1]

Managerial career

He started his managerial career as youth manager of Colorado Rush in the American lower leagues.[3] In 2017, Cornacchia was appointed technical coach of French Ligue 1 outfit Nantes.[4] In 2018, he was appointed technical coach of Fulham in England.[5]

In 2019, he was appointed technical coach of Italian side Roma.[6] In 2021, Cornacchia was appointed technical coach of Watford in England.[7]

In October 2022, he joined Serie B club SPAL to serve as Daniele De Rossi's assistant coach.[8] He was relieved from his post, together with De Rossi and his entire staff, on 14 February 2023.[9]

References

1. Carlo Cornacchia at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
2. "Carlo Cornacchia e la tripletta più veloce della storia per un difensore". mediapolitika.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 23 January 2018.
3. "Cornacchia ha trovato l'America Dirige il vivaio del Colorado Rush". ecodibergamo.it. 30 March 2012.
4. "Carnet - Joyeux anniversaire Carlo". fcnantes.com.
5. "The coaching staff Claudio Ranieri has brought to Fulham to help him in their quest for survival". football.london. 17 December 2018.
6. "DiFra esonerato, la Roma torna a Ranieri. Pronto all'addio anche Monchi". insideroma.com.
7. "Ranieri takes trio of Italian assistants to Watford". trainingground.guru (Archived). Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
8. "Da Giacomazzi a Chimenti: ecco lo staff di De Rossi alla Spal" (in Italian). SiamoLaRoma.it. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
9. "Daniele De Rossi sollevato dall'incarico di allenatore della SPAL" (in Italian). S.P.A.L. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

External links

• Carlo Cornacchia at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)