Diego_Garzitto
Diego Garzitto
French footballer (born 1950)
Diego Garzitto (born 19 January 1950) is a French football coach and former professional player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1950-01-19) 19 January 1950 (age 74) | ||
| Place of birth | Lestizza, Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Ittihad (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1972 | Louhans-Cuiseaux | 30 | (1) |
| 1972–1973 | Ajaccio | 36 | (0) |
| 1973–1983 | Louhans-Cuiseaux | ||
| Total | 66 | (1) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1984–1985 | Louhans-Cuiseaux | ||
| 1986–1992 | Lons-le-Saunier | ||
| 1992–1995 | Besançon RC | ||
| 1995–1996 | Bourg-Péronnas | ||
| 1996–1997 | FC Vaulx-en-Velin | ||
| 1998–1999 | Jura Sud Lavans | ||
| 2000 | Chasselay | ||
| 2001 | Ethiopia U20 | ||
| 2001–2002 | Mâcon | ||
| 2002 | Togo | ||
| 2003–2004 | TP Mazembe | ||
| 2004–2006 | Louhans-Cuiseaux | ||
| 2006–2007 | Ethiopia | ||
| 2007–2009 | Jura Sud Lavans | ||
| 2009–2010 | TP Mazembe | ||
| 2010 | Wydad Casablanca | ||
| 2012–2013 | Al-Hilal Omdurman | ||
| 2013 | CS Constantine | ||
| 2014–2015 | Al-Merrikh | ||
| 2017 | Al-Merrikh | ||
| 2017–2018 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 2020 | FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Italy, Garzitto was raised in France, and spent his entire professional career in his adopted nation, playing as a defender for CS Louhans-Cuiseaux and AC Ajaccio.[1]
After coaching in the lower-leagues of France,[2] Garzitto took charge of the under-20 national team of Ethiopia, leaving that position in August 2001.[3] He then took charge of the national team of Togo in July 2002, leaving two months later.[4] After returning to French club football for a period, Garzitto took charge of Ethiopia in December 2006, resigning two months later.[5] Garzitto later led the Congolese side TP Mazembe to the 2009 CAF Champions League title,[6] before later coaching Moroccan side Wydad Casablanca.[7]
He became manager of Sudanese club Al-Merrikh in December 2014.[8] He won the 2015 Sudan Premier League and 2015 Sudan Cup, and reached the semi-finals of 2015 CAF Champions League for the first time in the club's history, only losing to the eventual champions TP Mazembe.[9] He left the club in November 2015 due to late salary payments.[9]
In January 2017, he came back to manage Al-Merrikh in a hope to retrieve money allegedly owed to him.[10] In August, he became manager of Libyan club Al-Ittihad.[11]
He became the manager of Libyan club Al-Ittihad in August 2017. He became the manager of Saint-Eloi Lupopo in April 2020.[12]
- Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.
- "Tpmazembe.com :: Entente Urbaine de Football de Lubumbashi". Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- "Garzitto's time is up". BBC Sport. 30 August 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- "Togo coach Garzitto resigns". BBC Sport. 17 September 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- "Garzitto quits as Ethiopia coach". BBC Sport. 4 February 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- Steve Vickers (7 November 2009). "Mazembe clinch Champs Lge title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- "Moroccan champions fire coach Diego Garzitto". BBC Sport. 2 January 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- Oluwashina Okeleji (5 December 2014). "Al Merreikh appoint Diego Garzitto as coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "المريخ السوداني يعلن رسميا رحيل الفرنسي جارزيتو". kooora (in Arabic). 30 November 2015.
- "جارزيتو: المال سبب رحيلي عن المريخ". kooora (in Arabic). 23 August 2017.
- "الاتحاد الليبي يعلن عن مدربه الجديد". kooora (in Arabic). 30 August 2017.
- "Diego Garzitto : nouvel entraineur du FC Saint Eloi Lupopo". 13 April 2020.
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