Giancarlo Camolese

Giancarlo Camolese

Personal information
Date of birth	25 February 1961
Place of birth	Turin, Italy
Height	168
Club information
Current team	FC Chiasso
Youth career
	Torino
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1978–1979	Torino	0	(0)
1979–1980	Biellese	25	(0)
1980–1982	Reggina	53	(1)
1982–1986	Alessandria	125	(5)
1986–1988	Lazio	46	(0)
1988–1990	Padova	65	(0)
1990–1991	Vicenza	26	(1)
1991–1992	Taranto	32	(0)
Teams managed
2001–2002	Torino
2003–2004	Reggina
2005–2006	Vicenza
2007–2008	Livorno
2009	Torino
2012-2013	Pro Vercelli
2015	Chiasso
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Giancarlo Camolese (born 25 February 1961 in Turin) is an Italian football (soccer) manager, TV sports caster, ex footballer, university lecturer at SUISM in Turin and instructor at the Coverciano Training Centre for players and technical staff.

Biography

Following his career as footballer he completed his studies and graduated from Turin University in physical education and sport with a final mark of 110/110 cum laude in 2002.

Career

Player

As midfielder, he began his professional career in the Unione Sportiva San Mauro and then made his first-team debut with Torino in 1974. He played for Biellese, Reggina, Alessandria, Lazio, Padova, Vicenza, Taranto and for Saviglianese at the end of his career. He played a total of 230 matches in Serie C, which is currently Lega Pro, and 141 matches in Serie B for Lazio, Padova and Taranto, while he never made his debut in Serie A having only played for Torino in the Coppa Italia. He rose to fame with Lazio starting from -9 in the 1986-87 season and was promoted into Serie A at the end of the 1987-1988 football season.

Coach

He began his coaching career as Saviglianese’s youth coach which was the team in which he had terminated his career as footballer. He was hired by Torino as second coach of the first team managed by Mauro Sandreani and later by Lido Vieri.

In the following season he worked as vice coach for Graeme Souness and then Edy Reya.

In 1998 he took part in the "Supercorso di Coverciano" (super course for coaches) which he passed with flying colours. In 1999 he worked for Torino as coach for the Youth Under 20, which he took to the national football championship finals.

At the end of October 2000 he replaced Gigi Simoni when he was dismissed from the bench leading the team to gain the first position in [Serie A]] . With the Granata team he made his debut in the [Serie A]] by winning the Intertoto qualification.

Although he had achieved the highest number of points the previous year, he was dismissed in October 2002.

In the 2003-2004 season he replaced Franco Colomba as coach of the [Serie A]] Reggina team and led them to safety.

In 2005 he became coach of the Vicenza team (for which he had been captain from 1990 to 1991) and managed to save them on the last day and was reconfirmed as coach for the 2006-2007 season. On 10 October 2007 he replaced Fernando Orsi as coach of the Livorno ^[1] team finishing last in the Serie A table. After a good recovery, he was dismissed after a difficult second round a few days before the end.^[2]

On 24 March 2009 he was back on the bench for Torino,^[3] where he took over from Walter Novellino, although he was not able to save the team from relegation which occurred on 31 May 2009 after being defeated 3-2 by Roma and despite having obtained 10 points in 9 matches this defeat cost him his reappointment for the following season.

After a long absence from the bench, due to family problems, on 15 October 2012 Camolese started coaching again and became the Manager of the Pro Vercelli team. He was dismissed on 3 January 2013 having only gained 8 points from 2 draws and 2 wins in 13 matches.

Honours

Italian Serie B Championship: 1 Torino: 2000-2001

Activities

TV Sports caster

In 2002 he commented on various World Cup matches of the Korean and Japanese teams for RAI, while in 2007 he was a football pundit for Mediaset Premium.

Teaching Activities

At present he is a University Lecturer at SUISM in Turin and Teaches at the FIGC National Technical Centre and Coach Education School in Coverciano.

References

1. "Livorno turn to Camolese". Football Italia. 2007-10-10. Archived from the original on 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
2. "Spinelli caccia Camolese. Il Livorno torna ad Orsi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
3. "CAMOLESE È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL TORO" (in Italian). Torino FC. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.