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Giovanni Stroppa (Italian pronunciation:[dʒoˈvanniˈstrɔppa]; born 24 January 1968) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Serie B club Cremonese.
After an impressive season with Foggia, he returned to the Stadio San Siro to play with Milan for a single season, winning his third UEFA Super Cup with the club, as well as the Supercoppa Italiana.[citation needed] In total, Stroppa made 85 appearances for Milan, scoring nine goals; he made his final appearance for the club in a 1–0 away defeat to Napoli, in Serie A, on 18 May 1995.[3]
Final years
After leaving Milan, Stroppa then played two seasons with Udinese and two seasons and a half with Piacenza before joining Brescia in the 2001 winter transfer market. After a few other experiences with Genoa in Serie B, Alzano Virescit of Serie C1 and Avellino of Serie B, he returned to Foggia, in Serie C1, in 2004.[3]
He retired in late 2005, after a short spell with Chiari [it] of Serie D, where he was joined by his former Brescia teammate and striker Dario Hübner.[3]
International career
Stroppa's notable performances for the club even allowed him to make his debut for the Italy national football team on 13 October 1993, in a 3–1 home win over Scotland;[3] in total, he made four appearances for Italy between 1993 and 1994, under his former Milan manager Sacchi.[4]
Managerial career
AC Milan U21
Stroppa was coach of Milan's under-21 team for the 2010–11 season, but was relieved of his duties on 11 June 2011, with a year still to run on his contract, and just one week after losing 1–0 to Roma in the quarter-finals of the Campionato Primavera.[5]
Südtirol
On 13 July 2011, he was unveiled as new head coach of Südtirol.[6]
Pescara
On 8 June 2012, he was named head coach of Serie A newcomers Pescara, replacing Zdeněk Zeman, his former boss during his first spell as a player at Foggia, who was signed by Roma a few days before his appointment.[7] He was assisted by Andrea Guerra, Francesco Sità, Andrea Tonelli and Massimo Marini.[citation needed] He resigned as coach of Pescara on 18 November 2012, after a series of bad results and the team has fallen in the middle of the relegation zone.[citation needed] He left the club along with Guerra (vice-coach) and two assistants Sità and Tonelli.[citation needed]
Spezia
In June 2013, he was named new head coach of Serie B club Spezia.[8]
Return to Südtirol
On 20 April 2015, Stroppa returned as head coach of Südtirol, ending the 2014–15 season in tenth place.[citation needed] The following season, Stroppa helped the side finish in tenth place once again.[citation needed] On 12 May 2016, Südtirol communicated that Stroppa's contract would not be renewed following its expiration on 30 June.[citation needed]
In June 2018, Stroppa was appointed as coach of Crotone, replacing Walter Zenga.[9] Crotone announced the dismissal of Stroppa on 29 October 2018.[10] He was reinstated as head coach on 28 December 2018, following the resignation of Massimo Oddo, who had previously replaced him in charge of the Calabrian club.[11]
Since his return at Crotone, Stroppa led the Calabrian club to twelfth place in his first season, and was awarded a new contract.[12] On his second season, he led Crotone to automatic promotion to Serie A, leading the Rossoblu back to the top flight after a two-year absence. His debut season as a Serie A manager however did not prove to be successful, as Crotone struggled to stay out of the relegation zone, leading to Stroppa being sacked on 1 March 2021.[13]
Monza
On 28 May 2021, it was announced that Stroppa would be appointed head coach of Monza on 1 July.[14] He returned to the club 32 years after his experience as a player.[14] Stroppa's first win as a Monza coach came on 29 August, helping his side win 1–0 at home against Cremonese.[15]
He guided Monza to fourth place in the regular season, missing out on automatic promotion following a 0–1 loss to Perugia in the final game, which allowed Cremonese and Pisa to overtake the Biancorossi, who were placed in second place with one game to go.[16] In the promotion playoff tournament, Monza entered in the semifinals, where they eliminated Brescia, and then defeated Pisa in a two-legged final on a 6–4 aggregate result (after extra time), thus ensuring themselves a historical first promotion to Serie A in the 110-year club history.[17]
Confirmed in charge of the Brianzoli for the club's debut Serie A season, Stroppa was dismissed on 13 September 2022 after achieving only one point in the first six games.[18]
Cremonese
On 19 September 2023, Stroppa was named the new head coach of Serie B promotion hopefuls Cremonese, replacing Davide Ballardini.[19]
^"Comunicato Ufficiale N. 83" [Official Press Release No. 83] (PDF). Lega Serie A. 12 November 2012. p. 6. Archived from the original(PDF) on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2020.