Enzo Maresca

Enzo Maresca

Maresca in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Enzo Maresca
Date of birth	(1980-02-10) 10 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Chelsea (head coach)
Youth career
1991–1994	AC Milan
1994–1998	Cagliari
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	West Bromwich Albion	47	(5)
2000–2004	Juventus	37	(4)
2000–2001	→ Bologna (loan)	23	(0)
2002–2003	→ Piacenza (loan)	31	(9)
2004–2005	Fiorentina	25	(5)
2005–2009	Sevilla	96	(13)
2009–2010	Olympiacos	24	(5)
2011–2012	Málaga	39	(4)
2012–2014	Sampdoria	17	(3)
2014–2016	Palermo	47	(1)
2016–2017	Hellas Verona	8	(0)
Total		394	(49)
International career
1995	Italy U15	5	(0)
1995	Italy U16	1	(0)
1998	Italy U17	1	(1)
1998–1999	Italy U18	12	(4)
1999–2000	Italy U20	11	(6)
2000–2002	Italy U21	15	(2)
Managerial career
2021	Parma
2023–2024	Leicester City
2024–	Chelsea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Enzo Maresca (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛntso maˈreska]; born 10 February 1980) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Chelsea.

After starting out at West Bromwich Albion in 1998, he went on to play for several clubs in his country, including Juventus, who loaned him twice for the duration of his contract and with whom he won the league title in 2002. After being released in 2004, he went to play one season with Fiorentina. He then resumed his career in La Liga with Sevilla (where he remained for four years) and Málaga, appearing in 134 games and scoring 17 goals in the competition, after winning five major titles with Sevilla. In between his two spells in Spain, he also spent one year in Greece with Olympiacos. In 2012, he returned to Italy, where he played until his retirement in 2017, totalling 140 appearances and 17 goals in Serie A.

Maresca represented Italy at youth level, including the Italy under-21 team, but was never capped at senior level.