Gian Piero Ventura

Gian Piero Ventura

Ventura in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Gian Piero Ventura[1]
Date of birth	(1948-01-14) 14 January 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Genoa, Italy
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1969	Sampdoria	0	(0)
1969–1970	Sestrese	29	(0)
1970–1974	Enna	9	(0)
1974–1976	Sanremese	21	(0)
1976–1978	Novese	30	(0)
Managerial career
1976–1979	Sampdoria (youth team)
1979–1981	Sampdoria (assistant coach)
1981–1982	Ruentes Rapallo
1982–1986	Entella
1986	Spezia
1987–1989	Centese
1989–1992	Pistoiese
1992–1993	Giarre
1994	Venezia
1994–1995	Venezia
1995–1997	Lecce
1997–1999	Cagliari
1999–2000	Sampdoria
2001–2002	Udinese
2002–2003	Cagliari
2004–2005	Napoli
2006	Messina
2006–2007	Hellas Verona
2007–2009	Pisa
2009–2011	Bari
2011–2016	Torino
2016–2017	Italy
2018	Chievo
2019–2020	Salernitana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gian Piero Ventura (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒam ˈpjɛːro venˈtuːra]; born 14 January 1948) is an Italian football manager.

His playing career as a midfielder was spent in the lower leagues, having not made the grade at Sampdoria, where he began his coaching career with the youth team in 1976. He debuted in Serie A with Cagliari in 1998, and also managed Udinese, Messina, Bari, Torino and Chievo in the top flight.

Ventura was the manager of the Italy national football team from 2016 to 2017. He was dismissed when they failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, their first absence from the tournament since 1958.