Gennaro Monaco
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 5, 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Napoli | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1986–1988 | Ischia | 66 | (3) |
| 1988–1990 | Empoli | 52 | (0) |
| 1990–1993 | Casertana | 82 | (1) |
| 1993–1996 | Ischia | 71 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Juve Stabia | 65 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | Catania | 29 | (2) |
| 1999–2001 | Acireale | 37 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Catania | 20 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Acireale | 0 | (0) |
| 2005 | Taranto | 7 | (0) |
| 2005 | Ferentino | 22 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Quarto | 25 | (1) |
| Total | 476 | (9) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2010 | Pianura (Youth) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Palmese | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Gennaro Monaco (born January 5, 1968) is an Italian association football: he is former manager of Palmese[1] and former player.
Career
Playing career
Monaco began to play football in his city, within the Napoli youth team. On the season 1986-1987 the chairman of Ischia, Roberto Fiore, bought him at the age of 18. With 34 appearances and 3 goals is one of the main contributors to the second place on the table and the promotion, first time for the club, in Serie C1. Two season later he went to play in Serie B for Empoli, that was just relegated from Serie A. In Tuscany didn't go well and the team lost the final match against Brescia on penalties and was relegated to Serie C1. On the season 1990-1991 he moved to Casertana, the team won the Serie C1 but the year later they were relegated. He played 136 games between 1993 and 1998 in Serie C1 for Ischia and Juve Stabia before he joined Catania in Serie C2, where he was named captain, won the league at the end of the season. After one and half year with Acireale, he came back to Catania in Serie C1 then Serie B. He started the game at Stadio San Paolo for the first time against his Napoli under the manager Toshack.
Coaching career
After having retired as a footballer, Monaco worked as a manager for the youth team of Pianura.[2]
On the season 2011-2012 he has been manager of Palmese in Eccellenza Campania.
Honours
Player
- Serie C1 (1): 1990-1991
- Serie C2 (1): 1998-1999
References
- ↑ http://sport.ilmediano.it/aspx/visArticolo.aspx?id=19384
- ↑ "Gennaro Monaco: "Catania, sei sempre nel mio cuore e potrei tornare"". tuttomercatoweb (in Italian). 21 May 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2012.