Stefano Pioli

Stefano Pioli
Pioli managing Lazio in 2015
Personal information
Full name Stefano Pioli[1]
Date of birth (1965-10-20) 20 October 1965 (age 59)[2]
Place of birth Parma, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Al-Nassr (manager)
Youth career
1979–1982 Parma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1984 Parma 42 (1)
1984–1987 Juventus 35 (0)
1987–1989 Hellas Verona 42 (0)
1989–1995 Fiorentina 154 (1)
1995–1996 Padova 4 (0)
1996–1997 Pistoiese 14 (1)
1997–1998 Fiorenzuola 21 (0)
1998–1999 Colorno 20 (3)
Total 312 (6)
International career
1985–1987 Italy U21 5 (0)
Managerial career
1999–2001 Bologna (U18)
2001–2002 Bologna (U20)
2002–2003 ChievoVerona (U20)
2003–2004 Salernitana
2004–2006 Modena
2006–2007 Parma
2007–2008 Grosseto
2008–2009 Piacenza
2009–2010 Sassuolo
2010–2011 ChievoVerona
2011 Palermo
2011–2014 Bologna
2014–2016 Lazio
2016–2017 Inter Milan
2017–2019 Fiorentina
2019–2024 Milan
2024– Al-Nassr
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefano Pioli (born 20 October 1965) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr.

Pioli has managed several clubs in Serie A, including Bologna, Lazio, Inter Milan and Fiorentina. He most notably led AC Milan to the Serie A title in the 2021–22 season, a club's scudetto last accomplished over a decade earlier. He was later awarded the Panchina d'Oro for best coach of the season. In 2022–23, he returned Milan to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League before leaving the club at the end of the 2023–24 season.

  1. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 242" [Official Press Release No. 242] (PDF). Lega Serie A. 15 May 2018. p. 6. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Stefano Pioli è il nuovo allenatore dell'Inter" (in Italian). Il Sole 24 Ore. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2019.