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)
2000–2001Bologna (loan) 23 (0)
2002–2003Piacenza (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. He is the current head coach of Chelsea Premier League club.

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.

  1. ^ "Enzo Maresca". Elite Football. Archived from the original on 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.