Francesco Calzona
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-10-24) 24 October 1968
Place of birth Vibo Valentia, Italy
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Slovakia (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Arezzo 3 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Perugia (assistant manager)
2010–2011 Alessandria (assistant manager)
2010–2011 Sorrento (assistant manager)
2012–2015 Empoli (assistant manager)
2015–2018 Napoli (assistant manager)
2020–2021 Cagliari (assistant manager)
2021–2022 Napoli (technical coach)
2022– Slovakia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francesco Calzona (born 24 October 1968) is an Italian football coach who manages the Slovakia national team.

Playing career

Calzona had a very short career as a player, appearing three times with Arezzo in the Serie B division, and also making a single Coppa Italia appearance.[1]

Coaching career

Calzona worked as an amateur coach and coffee dealer during the 1990s; during the course of the 1999–2000 season, while in charge of Tuscan amateurs Tegoleto, he opted to resign and instead suggest to hire up-and-coming amateur coach Maurizio Sarri as his replacement.[2] Since then, he became part of Sarri's coaching staff, being his main assistant in all of his managerial jobs until Napoli.[1]

In 2020, he joined Eusebio Di Francesco's coaching staff at Cagliari,[1] then returning to Napoli the following year to work alongside new head coach Luciano Spalletti.[1]

Slovak national team

On 30 August 2022, Calzona was hired as the new head coach of the Slovakia national team. Following Pavel Hapal, Calzona became the second non-native coach of the team and the first of non-Czechoslovak origin.[3]

On 16 November 2023, following a 4–2 win against Iceland, Calzona's Slovakia qualified for the UEFA Euro 2024.[4]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 19 November 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Slovakia 30 August 2022 Present 14 7 4 3 21 13 +8 050.00
Career total 14 7 4 3 21 13 +8 050.00

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lo staff tecnico del Napoli saluta Calzona: sarà il ct della Slovacchia di Hamsik" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport - Stadio. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Francesco Calzona, da venditore di caffè ad allenatore in Serie A" (in Italian). Fanpage.it. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Potvrdené! Slovenská reprezentácia má nového trénera" (in Slovak). Aktuality.sk. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Slovakia-Iceland | European Qualifiers 2024". UEFA.com. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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