Francesco Stifano

Francesco Stifano
	Stifano in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Francesco Stifano Garzone
Date of birth	19 July 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Caracas, Venezuela
Youth career
	Caracas
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2001	Caracas
2002	Deportivo Italchacao
2003	Marítimo de Margarita
Managerial career
2003–2009	San Agustín El Paraíso
2009–2013	Real Esppor (youth)
2013	Deportivo La Guaira
2014	Portuguesa
2015	Tucanes de Amazonas
2015–2017	Zamora
2017–2018	Deportivo Táchira
2018–2019	Zulia
2020	Rionegro Águilas
2021	Águilas Doradas
2022	Caracas
2023	Zamora
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francesco Stifano Garzone (born 19 July 1979) is a Venezuelan football manager and former player.

Career

Born in Caracas, Stifano made his senior debut with hometown side Caracas in 1998. In 2003, after playing for Deportivo Italchacao and Marítimo de Margarita, he retired.

Immediately after retiring Stifano took up coaching, being in charge of C.S. Colegio San Agustín El Paraíso's youth categories. In 2009 he moved to Real Esppor as their youth manager, and was named first team manager in June 2013.^[1] A few months later, the club changed their name to Deportivo La Guaira, and on 31 October, he was sacked.^[2]

In January 2014, Stifano was named manager of Portuguesa,^[3] and won the 2013–14 Segunda División with the club before being dismissed on 30 September.^[4] The following 3 March, he took over Tucanes de Amazonas.^[5]

Stifano was appointed at the helm of Zamora on 6 June 2015, and finished the campaign as champions. He opted to leave the club in June 2017,^[6] and was named in charge of Deportivo Táchira in October.^[7]

Stifano left Táchira on a mutual agreement on 22 May 2018,^[8] and took over Zulia on 17 June.^[9] He left the club on 15 September 2019,^[10] and moved abroad on 12 December after being appointed Rionegro Águilas manager.^[11]

Stifano left Águilas in December 2020 after his contract expired,^[12] but returned to the club the following 3 March after the resignation of Hubert Bodhert.^[13]

Stifano was sacked by Águilas on 16 November 2021,^[14] and returned to his home country on 27 December to take over Caracas.^[15] He was dismissed by the latter on 19 September 2022.^[16]

Honours

Portuguesa

Venezuelan Segunda División: 2013–14

Zamora

Venezuelan Primera División: 2015

References

^ "Francesco Stifano dirigió su primer entrenamiento" [Francisco Stifano managed his first training] (in Spanish). GradaDigital.com. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Stifano fue apartado del Deportivo La Guaira" [Stifano was put apart at Deportivo La Guaira] (in Spanish). La Vinotinto. 31 October 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Francesco Stifano: "Dirigir al Portuguesa FC es el mayor reto que he tenido"" [Francesco Stifano: "To manage Portuguesa FC is the biggest goal I have had"] (in Spanish). Proben TV. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Francesco Stífano sale del Portuguesa" [Francesco Stífano leaves Portuguesa] (in Spanish). Diario Meridiano. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Francesco Stifano es el nuevo estratega de Tucanes" [Francesco Stifano is the new manager of Tucanes] (in Spanish). Diario Meridiano. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Francesco Stifano deja al Zamora FC luego del Octogonal Final" [Francesco Stifano leaves Zamora FC after the Knockout stage] (in Spanish). Balonazos.com. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Deportivo Táchira presentó a Franceso Stifano como director técnico" [Deportivo Táchira presented Franceso Stifano as manager] (in Spanish). Vavel. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Francesco Stifano dejó de ser el técnico del Deportivo Táchira" [Francesco Stifano left as manager of Deportivo Táchira] (in Spanish). La Vinotinto. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Francesco Stifano llega como nuevo director técnico del primer equipo" [Francesco Stifano arrives as new manager of the first team] (in Spanish). Zulia FC. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Francesco Stifano deja de ser director técnico del Zulia FC (+Comunicado)" [Francesco Stifano leaves as manager of Zulia FC (+Announcement)] (in Spanish). Noticia Al Dia. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Francesco Stifano es nuevo entrenador de Rionegro" [Francesco Stifano is the new manager of Rionegro] (in Spanish). ESPN. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Francesco Stifano no continuará como DT de Águilas Doradas de Colombia" [Francesco Stifano will not continue as manager of Colombia's Águilas Doradas] (in Spanish). Balonazos.com. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "¡Bienvenido a casa, Francesco Stifano!" [Welcome home, Francesco Stifano!] (in Spanish). Águilas Doradas. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Cae el técnico número 11 en el semestre, en Águilas Doradas" [11th departing manager of the semester, at Águilas Doradas] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ "Oficial: Francesco Stifano es el nuevo técnico del Caracas FC" [Official: Francesco Stifano is the new manager of Caracas FC] (in Spanish). Diario Meridiano. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ "Francesco Stifano no sigue como DT del Caracas FC y asume Henry Melendez para cierre del FutVe" [Francesco Stifano does not continue as manager of Caracas FC and Henry Melendez takes over for the remainder of the FutVe] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.